WORLD Magazine | Delivery from shame | Emily Belz | Apr 23, 11. I would be interested in hearing about Muslim doctors who help these women. ===== When women arrive at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, they usually reek of urine and feces. Often they have walked many miles and their husbands have abandoned them as social outcasts. Common in countries... Read more
Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
Book Review: Everything Is Obvious
April 9 | Posted by mrossol | PhilosophyBook Review: Everything Is Obvious. ” … that common sense is a shockingly unreliable guide to truth and yet we rely on it virtually to the exclusion of other methods of reasoning …” Might not be for the High “I”s or the High “D”s…
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When rape is a tool of war
April 6 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, PhilosophyWhen rape is a tool of war – CNN.com. I have no way of verifying facts, but I certainly lean very far in the direction of Eman al-Obediy. She is due our prayers…
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The Arab Revolt and American Interests
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Obama, PhilosophyReview & Outlook: The Arab Revolt and American Interests – WSJ.com. A longer piece, but also worth the read. “Then there is Iran, a regime that President Obama spent his first years in office trying to court on the theory that only the pig-headedness of his predecessor had prevented an earlier rapprochement. It took a stolen election, terrible domestic... Read more
The Course of Human Events
April 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, PhilosophyA rather long piece, sent by my son (thank you), but worth the read, nonetheless. A lecture given in 2003 by David McCullough ——- Dr. Cole, ladies and gentlemen, to be honored as I am tonight in the Capital of our country, in the presence of my family and many old friends, is for me almost an out-of-body experience. ... Read more
