Some of the Israeli Livebloggers have reflections on what took place a year ago today.
Greetings from the French Hill has this:
Sharon told us all that after we left Gaza, if ONE Kassam rocket was launched into Israel, Israel would be in an excellent military position to fight and defeat the terrorists, it […]
From the Wikipedia article on the Tomb of the Unknowns:
Sculpted into the east panel which faces Washington, D.C., are three Greek figures representing Peace, Victory, and Valor. Inscribed on the western panel of the Tomb are the words: HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER […]
This story made me smile:
On April 25, the Chicago Cubs were visiting Dodger Stadium for a three-game series. Playing center field for the Cubs was Rick Monday[.] * * * On this day, fate would hand Monday a moment that people still talk about with reverence 30 […]
by OOTM
There are those who flirt with pacifist ideologies (from the cozy confines of West Texas, mind you), and there are those who are actually pacifists (returning from captivity in Iraq, mind you).
For the latter, the struggle over what to make of pacifism in action is much more difficult than the former sometimes leads others […]
After two days of driving Griswold-style across Virginia and Tennessee with both kids and the dog, we are now in Memphis with family. Then tomorrow it’s on to Arkansas for a week, then back to Memphis for the first week of the New Year. This is our family tradition, our annual there […]
A fellow here in the D.C. area has used Christmas lights to decorate his house with, “two pentagrams, a six-six-six and an upside down cross” calling it a “zany response to annual Christmas mania.” And here’s the shocker: “He hasn’t got any complaints - yet.”
It’s Pearl Harbor Day. On occasions such as this, go directly to Ocular Fusion, if you haven’t already.
For even more Lewis commemorations, go to Ocular Fusion and thence to Further Up and Further In.
Whew. Got it in with about a half hour to spare.
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis:
Lewis died on November 22, 1963, at the Oxford home he shared with his brother, Warren. He is buried in the Headington Quarry Churchyard, Oxford, England. Media coverage of his death was overshadowed by news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, […]
Go immediately to Ocular Fusion.