I was just reading part of the book: Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II by Alvin Rubinstein. The author suggests that: “…Soviet disarmament policy reveals that Moscow has exploited the theme as a means of compensating for military and … Continue reading
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I recently interviewed a woman who went to Haiti as part of a Mission Possible team. [Mission Possible is a Christian humanitarian aid agency.] Her impression shortly after landing there: “I’m not sure what Dante’s Seven Circles of Hell are, … Continue reading
I recently interviewed a couple in Lima, Ohio, who adopted two babies from mothers who were in crisis pregnancy. The couple are Christians. The wife said: “God adopts us into His family,” so it only stands to reason we should do … Continue reading
I interviewed Carl Liechty for one of my wife’s magazines today. Carl and his family were Mennonite missionaries in Japan for an extended period. Carl taught in several universities there and the family had a “house church” where they taught … Continue reading
I stopped at Ada, Ohio, (pop. 6,052), home of the Wilson Football Factory. They make the “official” NFL footballs here… While in downtown Ada, I met a woman whose husband had had a fatal heart attack during the middle of … Continue reading
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To much hoopla, we just landed another vehicle on Mars in the early morning hours today — to the tune of $2.5 billion. Meanwhile on this planet, one billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water. Many die each … Continue reading
Catching up on the week… I’ve been cloistered in “campaign headquarters” working on position papers for our stances on foreign policy, and on gun rights. That’s what happens when you don’t have much of a staff, you actually end up … Continue reading
Catching up on some of our recent backroads campaigning… Just outside Huntington, West Virginia, I interviewed Frank Holcomb from Point Pleasant in Mason County. He is a retired state trooper. Several years prior, he had answered a … Continue reading
Our campaign manager in Georgia, Thomas Farmer, just sent me an insightful essay he wrote about unequal distribution of wealth worldwide. It follows… “Photojournalist Peter Menzel has published something of a sequel to his 1995 acclaimed work Material World, which … Continue reading
Recap: We have spent the week at the Koinonia Community in Southwest Georgia. It is a group of Christians living in intentional community on a pecan farm here. They are trying to model how the early Christians were inspired to … Continue reading