Here's a fascinating question to mull over -- call it an exercise in future history:
What are the ideas or practices that are uncontroversial and widely accepted today — and that you personally find unobjectionable — that you think might be seen as barbaric or immoral one hundred years from now?
I have mixed feelings about all the Lincoln Museum stuff staying in Indiana. On the one hand, it reflects the dedication and hard work of a lot of people, and it certainly will be good for the state and Fort Wayne. But part of the problem with the museum was that it didn't have enough visitors.
Just a little something for perspective the next time you encounter one of those "Serial killer seemed like such a nice man, neighbors say" stories:
History has condemned him as the megalomaniac who brought death and misery to millions.
But for one woman, the name Adolf Hitler evokes a smile not a shudder.
From Wikipedia:
The saying "Do not drink the Kool-Aid" now commonly refers to the Jonestown tragedy, meaning "Do not trust any group you find to be a little on the kooky side," or "Whatever they tell you, do not believe it too strongly." Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly is known for using the term in this manner.
Having "drunk the Kool-Aid" also refers to being a strong or fervent believer in a particular philosophy or mission — wholeheartedly or blindly believing in its virtues.
What the king decrees, the king can undo:
President-elect Barack Obama is poised to move swiftly to reverse actions that President Bush took using executive authority, and his transition team is reviewing limits on stem-cell research and the expansion of oil and gas drilling, among other issues, members of the team said Sunday.
Tomorrow is Veterans Day, but today is the 233rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Happy anniversary, Jarheads! When I was in the Army, the Marines had the reputation of being being elitist jerks who thought they were tougher and better than the rest of us. The reality was that they were tougher and better than the rest of us. So let them celebrate a day early.
We had to beat down a rumor a couple of years ago that The News-Sentinel had "a plan" to give up the paper product and go online only. It didn't make sense for any newspaper then, and it doesn't make sense for most now -- the online revenue stream isn't there yet. But we're probably getting to the point where it will make sense for some papers. Here's the biggest name so far to go online only:
At this late date, we're really going to find something that will shock us?
A new 6-session Bible Study that "is bound to change your perceptions of who Jesus is" begins Wednesday, Oct. 29 at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 126th St. & Rangeline Road in Carmel.
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Here we go again:
The professor of statistics at Texas A&M University organized a six-member team that compared the composition of bullet fragments from the JFK shooting with other bullets from the same manufacturer.
Let's just savor the moment:
In a moment of bipartisan unity, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will come together at Ground Zero in New York City on Thursday to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The two campaigns issued a rare joint statement on Saturday announcing the plans of the Republican and Democratic rivals. They also will appear together at a forum later that day at Columbia University.
