To gain more of an overall historic perspective on the current North Korea situation, I picked up the book: The Korean War by Mathew Ridgway. Neither side, the North (with aid from China and Russia), or the South (primarily aided … Continue reading
Search Results for: "North Korea"
Catching up on August/Sept… I did an article for the local newspaper on First Mennonite Church’s “Casket Ministry” here. A regular on-the-market casket costs, on average: $4,000. A First Mennonite casket, of comparable quality and crafted by church member “carpenter … Continue reading
An American aircraft carrier is steaming toward North Korea. In the face of a UN Security Council resolution banning test missile launches, North Korea continues to defy that. It’s a high stakes geopolitical chess match. That is as we move … Continue reading
In response to further UN sanctions, North Korea today said that it would “weaponize” it’s plutonium. They, at present, don’t have nuclear missiles. We, at present, have nuclear missiles. Some of those nuclear missiles are aimed at … Continue reading
the specter of war increases… In this last week, Russia illegally annexed more of Ukraine and Putin threatened to use limited nuclear weapons in these regions. This could, of course, escalate into full-blown, world-wide nuclear war. What’s more, North Korea … Continue reading
‘De-nuclearization,’ as this term has been coined by politicians and pundits, of North Korea, and the Korean Peninsula in general, has been in the news regularly of late. What hasn’t been in the news, and what was classified as “top … Continue reading
Reading USA Today this morning, I came across articles noting that: Scott Pruitt is dismantling a lot of the EPA; some 73 million American jobs will be lost to automation by the year 2030; and that will only be a … Continue reading
210
In our travels, we recently came across a Korean War veteran. He talked at length about his war expreiences there and was concerned about the mounting tension there now as well. It’s a complex situation geo-politcally. While doing some research, … Continue reading
A few weeks back, we were at Jubilee Partners Community in Comers, Georgia. (They’re mission is taking in refugees from all over the world.) While at Jubilee, I interviewed Don Mosley, 71, who is the co-founder of Jubilee. … 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