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Rev. Jerry Falwell, R.I.P.

  • Posted by Nacho
  • May 15, 2007

Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, Televangelist, and key player in the development of the religious right in this country, died today at the age of 73. In my estimation, Rev. Falwell was misguided in his attempts to create a theocracy in the U.S.. I think his statements, his pos ...>

Outsourcing American Style

  • Posted by Nacho
  • April 29, 2007

Getting worse by the minute, yet another scandal in a town that seems to go from one to the next, and the media machine just has to wait a few minutes for the next one. Need a good laugh about now? Read this statement by deputy secretary of state Randall L. Tobias: On Friday, Randall L. Tobias r ...>

Faith in Public Life Dialogue

  • Posted by Nacho
  • March 29, 2007

One of the things I've wanted BeliefNet to do since they started their Blog Heaven web site (even suggesting it a couple of times), and invited me to participate, was to use the opportunity they had with these superlative blogs to facilitate the kind of "ecumenical" exchange and conversation that ...>

Giving Meditation a Spin

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 23, 2007

The Washington Post has an article on Meditation as a way to combat the growing stress in our lives, and highlighting the rapidly growing interest in meditative practice as a mental toolset. Unfortunately, it is not an in-depth article. The piece essentially rehearses the same information that has ...>

Forgiveness & Poverty

  • Posted by Nacho
  • December 23, 2006

Forgive me, I'm not trying, nor desire, to be preachy, but these two organizations have recently come across my inbox and I want to highlight them here. To be sure, there are many such organizations out >there, more than I can highlight here. There are blogs dedicated to the work of social justic ...>

Sleepwalking Santa

  • Posted by Nacho
  • December 22, 2006

Today as we were driving to Portland for one of Terra's medical appointments (we have to visit a few doctors in Portland: Pediatric Neurologists, Pediatric Ophtalmologists, the Geneticist, Speech Therapists, and members of a developmental team. Not to mention Ear surgeons, MRI techs, EEG folks, etc. ...>

Homosexuals in the Military, all for Gay Sex!

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Oh, this is not news but it is so frustrating that I had to come out of my self-imposed semi-exile to post about it. Chris Kelly, columnist and retired supervisory DEA agent, wrote a column titled: Why Do Homosexuals Want to Serve in the Military? For Sex, Of Course (click on it for the original) ...>

Bye Bye Bush & Cheney

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

I've been thinking about Bush's farewell, and how to finally say sayonara to President Bush (and let us not forget Vice President Cheney, who leaves office, apparently, quite happy and content with the state of things in the U.S. and the world). At this point there is nothing in me that I really wa ...>

Bye Bye Bush & Cheney

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

I've been thinking about Bush's farewell, and how to finally say sayonara to President Bush (and let us not forget Vice President Cheney, who leaves office, apparently, quite happy and content with the state of things in the U.S. and the world). At this point there is nothing in me that I really wa ...>

Homosexuals in the Military, all for Gay Sex!

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Oh, this is not news but it is so frustrating that I had to come out of my self-imposed semi-exile to post about it. Chris Kelly, columnist and retired supervisory DEA agent, wrote a column titled: Why Do Homosexuals Want to Serve in the Military? For Sex, Of Course (click on it for the original) ...>

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