For many years, and especially in the past 10 years, many so called “Christians” have been supporting the military actions of the United States government. Some do so because of belief that “those guys over there (wherever there happens to be) want to kill us.” And often ask the flawed question, “would you rather fight them over here or over there?” to justify...

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who many believe may be preparing to enter the GOP Presidential race, has recently come out on two sides of the same issue. ABCNews reports, “Last week in Aspen, Colo., Rick Perry said he supported New York’s decision to allow gay marriage because it is a states’ rights issue, saying ‘that’s fine with me.’” Just...

When the markers of success you’ve picked out for yourself, maybe with a little help from others, simply evaporate, what do you do? This question is prompted by the collapse of the publishing industry. First it rotted from within, like the USSR, commodifying and pandering until the product was pretty much just some paper (hopefully acid-free so it wouldn’t disintegrate)...

Author Darryl W. Perry’s “The Anarcho Teachings of Yeshua” was named the winner of FreedomBookClub.com’s third annual “Book of the Year” award for 2010. “The Anarcho Teachings of Yeshua,” in Perry’s words, “aims to dispel some of the myths regarding the teachings of Yeshua…” Yeshua is another, some...

The quote below comes from my Netherlands friend, the poet and psychiatric nurse Aad de Gides.  (He is not “English as a Second Language,” but maybe as Fourth or Fifth Language and I find the irregularities charming, so will not edit.) ungraspable suffering rains through the human affairs.easily this could be a core denominator for the human condition.maybe paradoxically...