I enjoy sharing my journey with our handbell choir, and this weekend will be our final contribution before breaking for the summer. Interestingly, Song of Peace was originally written for the 2001 CORD Handbell Festival held in a place realizing both terror and peace – Oklahoma City.
To better understand the piece, read the following from [...]
Archive for May, 2009
On Terror and Peace through Music
Posted in Handbells, tagged Handbells, Music, Peace, Song of Peace, Terror on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Sotomayor: The First Wave
Posted in Politics, tagged Conservatives, Republicans, Senators, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court on May 29, 2009 | 11 Comments »
This isn’t what I had planned for today, but it just had to be done.
This past Tuesday morning President Obama publically nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a position on the highest court in the land. Since then, the political pundits on both sides have set the stage for the battle that could be.
Personally, Rush’s quick [...]
Opinions in the Shorts: Vol. 25
Posted in Opinions in the Shorts, tagged Bipartisanship, Cell Phones while Driving, Conservatives, Republicans, Rick Steves, Roland Burris, Sonia Sotomayor, State of Play, Supreme Court, Yankees Football on May 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On a Conservative Poll
Of the over 2000 people taking the Web poll at ConservativeHQ.com during the May 12-19 period, President Obama’s political philosophy received the following labels” Socialist (46%), Marxist (24%), Communist (11%), Fascist (10%), Liberal (5%), Progressive (2%), Moderate (1%), and the remaining 1% was divided between Other, Populist, and Conservative. FYI: Of those [...]
On Torture Shorts
Posted in Politics, tagged Boehner, Cheney, Conservatives, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Gingrich, Guantanamo, John Boehner, Liberals, Military torture, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Pelosi, President Obama, Republicans, Torture on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Torture and Guantanamo continue to be in the news. Here are some random thoughts on the latest.
On Congress
Seems Republican Leader John Boehner is questioning the handling of Speaker Pelosi’s knowledge of torture issues. Beware Mr. Boehner, as a leader I also have same questions for you regarding torture during the previous administration: What did you [...]
On Hubble
Posted in Science, tagged Hubble, Hubble images, Hubble pictures, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble telescope, NASA, Space pictures on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The astronaut crew of the space shuttle Atlantis has safely returned home after what appears to be a successful restoration of the Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble). Designed in the 1970s and launched in 1990, Hubble should continue to deliver information for about another 5-10 years. Thank you Atlantis crew!
Without Earth’s atmosphere interfering, Hubble has taken [...]
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