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Category: Locke

July 30, 2013 Locke

Yes, Religious Tone Matters

It seems that the interwebs are all a twitter over Pope Francis’ remarks regarding the Gays. Addressing the issue of the gay lobby, Pope

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July 22, 2013 Locke

Pacific Rim is this Summer’s Most Fun Blockbuster

After carefully considerating the matter, I’ve come to the conclusion that Pacific Rim was easily the most enjoyable and entertaining of the summer blockbusters

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June 1, 2013 Locke

Concessions to location

I’m at the DMV right now. There’s an Eastern European woman here with her son. And I marvel at how extraordinary people are that

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March 7, 2013 Locke

Roger Ailes Toads the Wet Sprocket

Rod Dreher linked to a bit in a profile of Fox News chief, Roger Ailes: Ailes admits that he sometimes flies off the handle.

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January 4, 2013 Locke

The Myths We Value

or The World that Exists in Darkening Hours of the Night… Rod Dreher linked to a post about a man who had to confront

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January 3, 2013 Locke

Surviving the Apocalypse

Pittsburgh will survive the apocalypse (zombie or non). Chances are your town or city won’t. You see, most cataclysmic events happen in big cities

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November 15, 2012 Locke

Parallels in International Response between the Ongoing Syrian Uprising and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

Or… I hope Richard Nixon is Rotting in Hell The Arab Spring. A series of demonstrations, protests and wars that has rocked the autocratic

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October 17, 2012 Locke

On Immigration and Blue Passports

I’m a natural-born US citizen because my mother came to this country (well, Brooklyn actually), stayed with friends, gave birth to me and then

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August 9, 2012 Locke

Redrawing the Middle East

I’ve been trying to get my mind around a 2006 article in the Armed Forces Journal that I recently came across. The post, entitled

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August 9, 2012 Locke

Ethnic Purity leads to Developmental Stagnation?

I was at an iftar recently and made a comment to my mother how it appeared as though other ethnic groups seemed to be

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