This week, soldiers across the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took part in a special project to visit Holocaust survivors across the country. "Flower to the Survivor" was born three years ago in 2005 as an initiative of the IDF Education Corp and the Museum of the Ghetto Fighters and promised that 1,000 Holocaust survivors across the country […]
Americans Still Dreaming
Remember he has come to destroy you and distract you from the salvation given freely to those that believe and call on the name of Jesus as their Lord and Savior. For example, many people believe that the antichrist is a person that will rise up in the last days in the battle between […]
The Pasta Makers
La Plata, Argentina — When people think of Argentine cuisine, they think beef. True, the average Argentine consumes around 68 kg (150 lbs) of red meat per year, but a macho cannot live on steak alone, grass-fed, tender and delicious as it is. Luckily, there are the wheat derived dishes; the bread, pastries […]
Vetoing Violent Video in EU
EU Banning Violent Video Games After watching the video game "Manhunt" EU politicians agreed: Games like this must be banned. Germany the current EU president initiated the debate after several recent violent attacks in Germany committed by youths who played video games. The first example was in April 2002 when former Erfurt school pupil […]
Harry Potter and the Rejected Plot
Author J.K. Rowling’s recent announcement of the title of the seventh and final book in her Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, set 30-year-olds-who-live-with-their-parents across the world tittering with either delight or indignation at the name choice. While many are speculating about the contents of the unreleased novel, we take a look […]
Taoist Beatles Propaganda, Part II
I ran into Thurston Moore, guitarist for Sonic Youth, at the book party for Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York’s Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992, an anthology we’re both in. I told him I am beginning an anti-Beatles blog. "The Beatles are The Beatles," said Thurston, tautologically. Then he added: "There are innovators […]