Author: Mark Draughn
Blog Against Theocracy
Happy Easter everyone. A bunch of bloggers have chosen this weekend to host a Blog Against Theocracy blogswarm, with everyone posting articles opposing the mixing of church and government. I’m against theocracy, but I just didn’t have the energy to come up with anything to say about it. (Besides, scheduling it on the weekend of… Read more
Cops Gone Wild
The Chicago Police have been having a bad time in the media. You probably already know about the first incident: Officer Anthony Abbate attacked Karolina Obrycka, a 24-year old bartender at Jesse’s Shortstop Inn, because she wouldn’t serve him any more drinks. I should probably say “allegedly,” but there’s video of the incident so I… Read more
Dad Health Update
My father has been in the hospital since February 22, almost six weeks now. He’s going home sometime this week, and things have been a little hectic. They’ve been sending home-care supplies to my parents’ apartment for a few days now—adjustable bed, nebulizer kit, over-bed table—and I’ve been helping my mother deal with it all.… Read more
Shift Happens
Why the world is going to be an exciting place in the new century: Did You Know? Thanks, Susan, for bringing this little presentation it to my attention. Read more
What Will Happen to the Kurds?
Wretchard at The Belmont Club points to an article in the Sierra Vista Herald about an address by Qubad J. Talabany, a representative of Iraqi Kurdistan, to a U.S. military Training and Doctrine Command Cultural Awareness Summit: In 1974, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger led the United States away from supporting a Kurdish homeland. After… Read more