“I watch CNN but I’m not sure I can tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran”. If Alan Jackson had written that song today, I don’t think he could have said the same. The truth is that Iraq and Iran and the difference between them has become the crucial question at the center of [...]
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The Soul Of Democracy
October 17, 2007 – 10:37 am
By Benjamin Wolaver
Once considered the ‘Great Experiment,’ American democracy has become the “Great Standard” by whose light all other nations are examined. In this time of war, we have recognized that freedom is synonymous with peace. If government of the people must be government by the people, then freedom of the people must be freedom [...]
Scales
October 17, 2007 – 10:35 am
Journey through the void of space,
Avoid the face of swirling stars.
Celestial orbs enthroned in light
Once far, now here, right where you are.
In-between are worlds apart
Warped and rural, mural skies.
Crystal seas reflect the Glories,
Watchers winged with sapphire eyes.
Dive beneath the solid waves
Crust of earth that is not Earth
Fire rivers flowing where
Humankind does not give birth.
Closer still [...]