Archive for March 5th, 2011

Hellfire and the immortal soul are pagan doctrines

Posted on March 5th, 2011

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Although I have been the most utter atheist for all of my adult life, I cannot rid myself of an interest in theology, or more precisely, exegesis — so I am reproducing the article below. I would normally have nothing but contempt for an “evangelical” equivalent of Episcopalian Bishop Spong but I think that there [...]

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The Invisible Man in the Middle East: Foreign Workers

Posted on March 5th, 2011

by Nancy Reyes in All News, Asian News, Breaking News, Business News, China News, Country News, Economic News, India News, Middle Eastern News, Philippines News, Presidential News, Regional News, Society and Culture, Technology News, The United Nations, US News, World Politics

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I’ve been too busy to watch the US news on our cable network, but the BBC reports are mainly about the fighting in Libya. But here in the Philippines, the headlines are about our workers. You see, there are at least 25,000 Filipino OFW’s (“overseas foreign workers”) in Libya, and although the government has arranged [...]

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The Palestinians and Changes in the Middle East

Posted on March 5th, 2011

by shimonzk in Israel News

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Â By Shimon Z. Klein Bat Hefer, Israel The last few months we have all witnessed sweeping changes in much of the Arab world. It started in Tunisia with the overthrow of corrupt President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, snowballing into Egypt with Mubarak’s downfall.Â Yemen has chronic civil hiccups with its leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, [...]

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Music Video Review: A Week Ago by T.J. Hart

Posted on March 5th, 2011

by Simon Barrett in Music Reviews, Reviews

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TJ is a good friend of mine. I know him best as an investigative journalist, radio personality, and Programing Director for The Sky 97.3 out of Gainsville Florida. I also know him as a big sports fan, he is very much involved in covering the Florida Gators. In fact as I recall in his college [...]

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