Drink Upstream

Explosives, Soapy Mouths, and Catholic Mass

Apparently a bomb squad responded to a Catholic Mass during Ash Wednesday services.

*eye roll*

Laughing Too Hard

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

Props, BCDees, props.

This is clearly a most excellent use of an Austin College education.

Indexed

I'm a fan of nerdy things.  This should be no surprise.

Check this out.

A Voice for the Dead?

I am not one to argue for troop withdrawal from Iraq. The war began as a foolish idea to alter by force the politics of the Middle East, and to that end, we have succeeded. The desert lands now look much different than they did when we began this war. The tenuous balance that kept extremism and violence in check has tilted and upset. And yet, Democratic members of Congress tell us that it's time to hold the Iraqis to accountability and let them assume full power in their nation. What are they thinking? The dam has broken, we broke it, and now it is all we can do to hold together the pieces and stop the coming flood. If we really were to abandon the people of Iraq to the flooding waters of violence, future generations could legitimately say that we the United States are inhumane monsters. Pick your favorite murderous dictator and insert the political establishment of the U.S. in his place.

We bandy about terms like 'civil war' and 'sectarian conflict' with such little comprehension of the pain and devastation that they signify. We might as well have stood outside the walls of Auschwitz and debated if we should call Hitler's 'Final Solution' a 'good alternative to the Warsaw Ghetto'. Meanwhile, the killing continues and we read about it with growing emotional numbness.

Social Justice, Kids, and Buzzards

It's been almost a week since SHYC 2007.  We're already starting to plan SHYC 2008.  And this is a recap post with some theological reflection thrown in.  Read on at your own risk, it's going to be pretty stream-of-conciousness.