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A Defense of Western Civilization: Preview

• September 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in A Defense of Western Civilization, Commentary, Reflections, politics
Tags: ancient greece, atheism, captialism, christianity, commerce, defense of western civilization, democracy, europe, history, imonk, internetmonk, nanny state, pacifism, philosophy, politics, Religion, republic, roman republic, united states of america, war and peace

Kings: A Post-Mortem

• July 27, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Commentary, Pop Culture, Reflections, Religion, TV Reviews, Uncategorized
Tags: adaptation, biblixal stories, brain cox, chris egan, christopher egan, chronicles, ian mchsane, kind saul, king david, king silas, kings, kings analysis, kings post-mortem, nbc, old testament, one season tv series, Pop Culture, queen rose, review, rose benjamin, samuel, show before its time, silas benjamin, susannah thompson, tv executives, tv review, tv series, vesper abaddon

July 4th

• July 4, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Army Life, Commentary, Reflections, politics
Tags: america, american exceptionalism, eagle, freedom, hope, independence, independence day, july 4th, patriot, patriotism, us, usa

Judiciary Day

• May 27, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Commentary, politics
Tags: america, american government, barack obama, CA, california, judges, judiciary, laws, obama, prop 8, sonia sotomayor, supreme court nomination, usa

Some Actual Musings!

• May 22, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Basketball, Commentary, Hockey, Sports
Tags: america, anti-americanism, Basketball, bettman, boston, boston bruins, canada, chicago, chicago blackhawks, colorado, colorado avalanche, corruption, coyotes, david stern, gary bettman, Hockey, indiana, jim balsillie, las vegas, nba, new england, nhl, officiating, phoenix, phoenix coyotes, professional sports, referee, refereeing, relocation, salary cap, seattle, sports ownership, tim donaghy, vegas, wisconsin

Banner Midterm Blog

• March 1, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commentary
Tags: politics, obama, barack obama, congress, democrats, competence, technocrats, inland empire, press-enterprise, washington, insanity, irony

Cowards. The Lot of Them.

• February 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commentary, politics
Tags: bailout, bush, congress, cowards, dubya, george w bush, gop, harry reid, house of representatives, nancy pelosi, pelosi, republican party, republicans, senate

Meditations on Scripture

• September 9, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commentary, Reflections, Scripture Study
Tags: baptism of christ, christ, devotional, gospel, gospel of matthew, holy bible, matthew, matthew 3, matthew 4, meditations, quiet time, Reflections, satan, scripture, study, temptation of christ, the bible, theology

Meditations on House

• June 28, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commentary, Reflections
Tags: 1984, amusing ourselves to death, bioshock, brave new world, grand theft auto iv, gta iv, hollywood, house, house s03e04, john milton, Lines in the Sand, lost, maturing, maturity, media, media studies, metal gear solid 4, metaphor, narrative, neil postman, philosophy, Reflections, shakespeare, soul, television, theater

So About That Vietnam Metaphor…

• June 19, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commentary
Tags: al-qaeda, iraq, national review, politics, vietnam

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