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Happy Thanksgiving!
I am not going to be tied up writing at the computer today, so here are some links you may wish to peruse, in various categories.

Thanksgiving-related posts

My own photo-essay illustrating what I'm thankful for.

James Jewell has two posts of interest, the first about to whom thanks are given and the second relating an insight of Prof. Langdon Gilkey on how the answer to greed and injustice is not less wealth but the development of moral character.

Langdon was one of my professors in seminary, and I didn't know until I read James's post that he recently died. It's a great loss.

Austin Bay recently returned from several months on active duty in Iraq and has a focused perspective on what to be thankful for.

Titusonenine links to two worthy reads:

The Union Leader's piece, "America's religious holiday."

Mark D. Roberts on "Our Need for Gratitude."

The crumbling edifice of the United Nations

Diplomad blog documents that UN staff see Corruption as a Way of Life.

Former Sen. John Danforth, now the US ambassador to the United Nations, actually wondered aloud whether the UN has any real utlity anymore.

Employees of the UN Secretariat in New York actually cast a vote of no confidence in the United Nation's management because of corruption scandals.

William Rusher at Human Events asks, "Is the United Nations Worth Saving?"

And it seems that at least one UN agency actually employs members of terrorist organizations on its payroll.

Belmont Club weighs in with a good rollup of the UN's main problems.

And while we're on the topic, it might be helpful to review what the UN was really founded to do (surprise!).

GWOT related

A Marine captain fighting in Iraq is delighted to have a CBS News crew embedded with his company. Seriously. Anyone who thinks that embeds should summarily be yanked should ponder this officer's letter a lot.

A retired Marine pilot returned to duty in the Air Force Reserve and wound up flying a plane full of Marine coffins back to the States. As Marine dad this piece really got to me. I am so thankful we have men (and women) like this serving.

You really should read about three amazing medics in combat in Iraq known as Charlie's Angels.

Blackfive posts emails home in Thanksgiving in Fallujah.

Joe Gandelman offers more exploration of the meanings in bin Laden's recent videotape.

The IHT elaborates on how Europe is paying the price for cultural naivete, namely that Muslims immigrants have largely rejected the multiculturalist "tolerance" on which Europe prides itself.

OTOH, Tony Blankley thinks that Europe is starting to wake up to the danger.

Belmont Club has a third installment about the Triangle of Death.

This and that

It's baaaaccckkk -- Mt St. Helens is rapidly rebuilding itself to its former size. And I always was taught that geologic processess were slooooooooooww - you know, eons long.

A physicist has some thoughts about religion and morality.

Might the now-infamous basketbrawl between the Pacers and Pistons been an elaborate hoax? The mind boggles!

A camel's nose inside the tent? Heck, we've got the whole darn hump now!

A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God -- including the Declaration of Independence.

by Donald Sensing, 11/25/2004 10:51:49 AM. Permalink |

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