The Anatomy of Patriotism – Flags and Anatomy Head Model

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arabian sea – Haiku / Poetry on the Death and Burial of Osama Bin Laden

in murky depths a body lies a mouldering; arabian sea arabian sea, all the perfumes of the land cannot clean stained hands arabian sea, it cannot yet be that sea, of forgetfulness __________________________ Also, though I am not a Catholic and so do not know exactly what to make of this author’s mention of the [...]

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a man in darkness – a poem for Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisia, Egypt and Tahrir square

a man in darkness burns out his life, touching fire to a firmament

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Helping Your Neighbor, Loving Your Enemies – Pakistan Flood Relief

When the Haiti earthquake occurred, the response in our country was immediate and overwhelming, and with good reason, as so many people lost their lives. The needs continue to be great and help should continue to flow. The response to the Pakistani flooding, though, in both dollars and attention, seems to be muted in comparison. [...]

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Helping the Displaced in Pakistan

-Image from the BBC The picture above is from this story which describes some stories of people who have been displaced by the fighting between the Pakistani Army and Taleban insurgents in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. If you read some of these stories, particularly one about the teacher, you get a sense of how [...]

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Pixels to Start Your Mind, Break Your Heart, Move Your Feet: A Worldmapper Discussion

In my work as a librarian I came across this amazing site, which is thought provoking and alternately heartbreaking or amusing, though much too much more the former. The way it works is a bit like a semi inflated balloon in ones hands. If you compress one part of the balloon another part of the balloon [...]

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Back Home From the Pub

Back home from the pub. The red kettle chortles. My Nightcap is steeping.

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The Dassler Effect, A Retrospective

Well, this new version of The Dassler Effect has had a more promising start than I could have imagined. And yet its previous incarnation was no slouch either (it still shows up first on Google). Because it was around for longer, it has far more more photos on it than the current blog and there [...]

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Francis Schaeffer Lecture Series, Fall 2008, On Politics

Looks like this will be an interesting and timely series. It is free, but registration is required. With 18 months of unprecedented media coverage, a barrage of TV advertisements, and a couple of surprise decisions…the upcoming Presidential election has been the most talked about Presidential process in American History. Yet, as questions emerge about the [...]

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