I have procrastinated on writing a post about this topic for too long. As some of you have seen, I’ve already stated our opinion in the forum. For those Global Citizens out there, you don’t even need to read the forum to know what our opinion is. The reason I procrastinated is… well.. you know…… Continue reading USA – Muslim Hearings
Leaders, Faith, Affairs and Excitement!
Kind of a weird title here but I really have the urge to weave all of these together after reading an article in the New York Times today. The article concerns Newt Gingrich and how he is using faith and God to reconnect with the Republican base in order to burnish his image after three…… Continue reading Leaders, Faith, Affairs and Excitement!
News of the Week – Middle East, Tea Party, Wisconsin, Pig Pen, Goths, Marketing and Relationships
Just a few news items that caught my attention this past week. 1. Uprisings in Middle East – Palin, Beck and Limbaugh I must say I was not surprised that this awful trio support the dictators in the Middle East. Just when you think they couldn’t be more absurd, well, they are. I cannot understand…… Continue reading News of the Week – Middle East, Tea Party, Wisconsin, Pig Pen, Goths, Marketing and Relationships
Penance, Happiness, Language and Poison Oak
It has recently occurred to me that in order to achieve happiness, the opposite is first required.
How can we know happiness when we have never experienced pain or sorrow? As I look around, I see people with a very high standard of living, which the Kings of the past could only have dreamed. I see people who should be happy or even content, slogging through life continually reaching for that elusive state of joy.
Madame Butterfly – Asian Women, Western Men, A Global Citizen Perspective
For me, I have always had conflicting feelings about this one and true to Global Citizen form, it will be an opinion that I do not think has ever been discussed in the West. I’m not sure if it was discussed in Japan but if any Japanese have an opinion I would LOVE TO HEAR IT!