When I first created this blog it was only to be used for my old history papers. Things have changed, or rather will change. I am going to be posting random thoughts about news worthy or interesting topics.
Thomas P.M. Barnett is a name everyone should learn. The man has a knack for explaining the world, and I just so happen to agree with many of his opinions. In the near future I am going to do a review of his book Great Powers: America and the World After Bush. For now I am just going to highlight some of the most recent posts from his blog.
Keeping the A Types Coming to America:Lexington column in The Economist.
"IMMIGRANTS benefit America because they study and work hard. That is the standard argument in favor of immigration, and it is correct. Leaving your homeland is a big deal. By definition, it takes get-up-and-go to get up and go, which is why immigrants are abnormally entrepreneurial. But there is another, less obvious benefit of immigration. Because they maintain links with the places they came from, immigrants help America plug into a vast web of global networks."
This is a great piece to show anyone in support of the new Arizona laws. Connections to other countries. Exposure to new cultures--art, music, women (sorry I'm single and young), food, and more. Plus an improvement to the US/Global economy. Sounds like a bucket of win to me.
Arizona's new law is a step in the wrong direction. Don't like immigrants taking jobs? What have you done to make yourself a more valuable worker? If the answer is nothing, then it's you not the immigrant.
Millennials: plenty spiritual, just not religious USA Today
This article hits the nail on the head. It explains why I, a young American, have no interests in Christianity.
As a young history major, with parents who have seen the ugly side of Christianity--nasty nuns and Catholic School--I'm hard pressed to even give America's traditional religion a shot. Be it Catholic or a Protestant sect of Christianity.
Crusades, witch trials, sex scandals, and other bad press makes it difficult to believe there is good in Christianity. Of course there are great individuals out there that prove that sentence wrong, but that doesn't change my skepticism.
For the other two chapters in the one Gods plan I see similar issues. Israel seems to be in a holy war with Islam. How can I accept a faith as good when there is so much death and destruction? It's hard to believe things will change with the thousands of years of religious based chaos.
If I had to pick a religion, then I'd probably branch out to something totally different like Buddhism or Hinduism. I would, however, have to do some research before making a final choice. Is there any religion out there that doesn't have blood or sex juice on their hands?
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