Archive for Public Discourse
Christian Zionism & Foreign Policy: Irony & Tragedy
A news article by Michele Chabin in the December 14, 2010, Christian Century has reinforced my view about the irony & tragedy of the Christian Zionist movement – now well over 100 years old, yet stronger and more influential than ever.
Read moreCommanding Nature
Commanding Nature by Charles Strohmer The seventeenth century was an extraordinary period in Europe. Changes occurred on the Continent that shoved the entire western world into a different orbit. In a revolt against the prevailing intellectual paradigms of Aristotelianism and Scholasticism, philosophers such as Locke, Descartes, Newton, and Pascal virtually created the modern western mind. […]
Read moreOlympics Take Away
Revisiting East London: On Second Thought by Charles Strohmer By the middle of the provocative Opening Ceremony (OC) for the Olympics two weeks ago, I was having a gut reaction and immediately blogged about it, with a provocative title itself: Nightmares in East London. For reasons too obvious to need mentioning, gut reactions should afterward […]
Read moreNightmares in East London
Opening Olympics Ceremony, Little to Applaud by Charles Strohmer Apparently the opening ceremony of the London Olympics is about half over. I’m taking a break from it while the countries file into the stadium. I’m watching this on NBC-TV here in the States. It’s been taped. NBC did not start showing it until 7.30pm, Eastern […]
Read moreAmerican Political Witchcraft
Apparently, the politics of fear is no longer a strong enough brew for my country. From sea to shining seas, spells are now being spun over the presidential primaries and the up-coming 2012 presidential race that resemble a form of political witchcraft. The hard-hitting divisive rhetoric of recent years that reflected legitimate fundamental differences between […]
Read moreElaine Storkey (conversation)
Charles Strohmer talks about public communication and gender with the widely listened-to British Christian Elaine Storkey, author and BBC broadcaster on current affairs. Read the interview here
Read moreTen Years After 9/11
What Are We Remembering? by Charles Strohmer The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is upon us. But what will we be remembering? Will it be humble remembering of our days of personal and collective grief, suffering, tears, and loss? Or will it be faux remembering? Read this short opinion piece here
Read moreThe Blast is Back
This essay came from some meditations on how the nuclear horrors of my childhood affected me in ways the adults were oblivious to, and why I think we adults are failing children today by not understanding what they think about the nuclear threat today.
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