Monthly Archives: February 2016

Quote for the day

And let us not underestimate the calamity which crept out of Christianity into politics. Today nobody has the courage any longer for privileges, for masters’ rights, for a sense of respect for oneself and one’s peers — for a pathos … Continue reading

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Old Testament-world, ctd

ISIS has beheaded a 15-year old boy for listening to Western pop-music. According to Kurdish media reports, the jihadist group that has captured wide swaths of Syria and Iraq beheaded a 15-year-old boy in Mosul for the crime of listening … Continue reading

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Headline of the day

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Who knew?

DPRK issues new rounds of economic sanctions on US, as well as travel bans on US Senator Marcos Rubio and Governor Michael Huckabee. — DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 18, 2016 I can sympathize with the Rubio and Huckabee thing; … Continue reading

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Press release of the day

I’m no fan of either Donald Trump or Pope Francis, but my sympathies lie with the Pope in the fracas du jour. Francis was quite right that The Donald’s plan isn’t exactly Christian. You shall love the stranger, for you … Continue reading

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