Archives for the ‘Lead Story’ Category

“Pleased to Meet You.”

By BBennettJ • Jun 17th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

“Pleased to Meet You.”
I really feel for Michael Specter and his unlimited faith in science.  At least the standing ovation at the TED conference for his talk about “The Danger of Science Denial” must have made him feel a little better.
He is really struggling with why so many people are reluctant to take the present [...]



The Toddlers are at it again.

By BBennettJ • May 18th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

The Toddlers are at it again!
One of “The Four Toddlers of Atheism” – Sam Harris, is featured on a website that boasts of having “shit that is worth repeating” – or something like that?  He even receives a byline from that guru of gurus – Richard Dawkins, “Read Sam Harris and wake up.” (see the [...]



Haiti

By BBennettJ • Apr 29th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

Haiti
The magnitude of the catastrophe that we simply refer to as “Haiti” is a study reserved for those with sufficient determination and resources to discover its roots and causes – and is an investigation that is not recommended for the faint hearted or the fearful.
Most of those involved with attempting to address the rescue and [...]



Jack

By BBennettJ • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

Jack

It seems that there are some people on Earth who are only here on loan. They are the kind of people that light up every room that they enter – and seem to be able to touch everyone they encounter – from the bus driver and the waitress to the business mogul and the official [...]



“In His Image”

By BBennettJ • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Articles, Lead Story

“In His Image”

“And let them make me a sanctuary . . . “

When the God of Israel commanded (the priests) Moses to make the Ark of the Covenant – He charged Moses to “make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount” – The Exodus 25

The Ark thus fashioned [...]



Man was not made for the Sabbath

By BBennettJ • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Lead Story, Observations

Man was not made for the Sabbath

Man was not made for the Sabbath but the sabbath for man. The Carpenter

Mankind, down through the ages and most recently in nearly every manifestation of government has clamored for law. From the Sunni & the Shiite to the socialist, the communist [...]



Covenants and Covens

By BBennettJ • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Lead Story, Observations

Covenants and Covens

The political leaders of our modern world continue to strive for the placement of international agreements on subjects as diverse as carbon emissions and trade barriers to the uses of atomic energy human rights, financial regulations, intellectual piracy and copyright, media access the list of topics being negotiated is [...]



Chernobyl

By BBennettJ • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

Chernobyl
“There are some things that you seal in concrete – they have their times and their seasons – nuclear meltdowns, times when your emotions run at a fever pitch – power that can only be tempered with a harsh winter wind – the javelin’s point in the ice, fractured and violated in ecstatic wonder – [...]



The Snapshot

By BBennettJ • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

The Snapshot

She held up the picture and there in the corner were the burning numbers

04:07:97

This is my child,- she said with a smile this is my child. The Fool

From the little daily departures of our ever increasingly disconnected lives, to the bigger events staring down at us from [...]



The Clamour

By BBennettJ • Aug 31st, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

The Clamour

For Babylons sins have reached unto heaven and the cries of the innocent have bidden her judgements. The Fool

Every word you say
Every word you write
Be it Daytimes stage
Or the still of Night
The opinions you state
What you set your eyes upon
All the roads you take
Every secret work
Every bitter hate
Every act of [...]