The Anti-Manichaeist

If you haven’t seen it, don’t in the theaters.
If you have, don’t see it again(in the theaters).
The movie is just badly written. 

I discovered this post  on the Nigerian elections because it referenced Ukraine.
It describes how recent elections in Nigeria were stolen.  It demonstrates that our selective interest in “expanding Democracy” has bitter fruits for much of the world.
“I could try to salvage something from this: I could tell you about the few positives,

Taras H posts the “good news” that the president and prime minister of Ukraine have reached a compromise and elections will be within 60 days of required legislation passage.
Uber Ukrainian Reporter Taras Kuzio reflects though on how despite the strong likelihood of president Yuschenko coming out on top with the election, Ukraine still has a […]

Those are the Words of the Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated last October and has now been post-mortem awarded the UN’s annual World Press Freedom prize on World Press Freedom day(which received only 607 hits on Google News, quite a bit less than the 5000 plus ”Britney Spears” hits but thankfully more than the 103 “Britney […]

FunkyDung(FD) of Ales Rarus responded at his blog to a post I made on feminist reasons for the illegality of prostitution, I couldn’t find the comment button, so I thought, given he’s a top-notch blogger, I’d also post my replies here.

Is the question that it seems many in Washington DC may be asking themselves soon due to the revelations of the DC Madam.
“Palfrey’s claims that her business was legal are given little credence among sex worker advocates, but many of them wholeheartedly support her fight. With the potential to drag many power brokers into the […]

They have simple summaries of the views of eight candidates for President on this issue.
This is the sort of role that Christians ought to play in politics.
We are not the high priests, pronouncing “God’s Politics”.
We are rather even-handed communicators that equip people with the info that they should have to decide how they act politically.  My regret […]

Russia is Denying Oil Products to Estonia
for standing up to its cultural imperialism.
This is nothing new. 
We Can Spit on Them and They Will Swallow!
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My Ukrainian friend Elmer describes the effects of Communist/Oligarch rule in Ukraine that have complicated the ability of the Orange Revolution to effect change. 

Towards the end of the New Yorker piece on Barack, there is some speculation about the theological overtones of his campaign as holding out an offer of collective redemption.
“his talk of unity, his avoidance of blame, and his promise to end the war all seem intended to gesture to a… prospect of redemption: not only for […]