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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side.
— , Farewell Address [September 26, 1796]
patriotism
State Religion
A blogger syndicated here, Peter Wall, is upset that an atheist soldier has been the recipient of harassment by Christians in the military. While I agree that such behavior poorly represents Christ to the world and is inexcusable, I’m more frightened and annoyed by this quote from Michael Weinstein, a retired senior Air Force officer […]
Independence Day
The following piece, “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain, sums up pretty well how I felt on Independence Day as I reflected on the gung-ho, John Wayne, cowboy diplomacy attitude espoused by so many of my fellow American Christians.
Wise Old Gilbert
Sometimes it’s enlightening to soak up some of G.K.Chesterton’s wisdom, especially
when it’s obviously still applicable after 80 years.
“You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must
have a democracy in order to have a revolution.” - Tremendous Trifles, 1909
“The whole modern […]
