It has not been a good year. By anyone’s standards, 2008 has been a year of suffering which threatened not only our belief in our capacity to do something meaningful – but which also threatened our belief in life itself. We cried. We lost people that mean a lot to us. For instance, the […]
Presidential Rivals OBAMA and McCAIN -THE FIRST MEETING
President Barack Obama had a meeting, held at Barack Obama’s transition headquarters in downtown Chicago, with his defeated Republican rival John McCain, on Monday. They have discussed about the way they could work together in order to roll back some of the Bush years’ most controversial policies. The event is being considered by many as […]
Ron Paul – The Real Agent of Change
In these Primaries, the voters have been subjected to a cacophony of candidates trying to convince them that they are for change. These candidates are trying to convince the populace that they will change the way Washington politics is done. How many times have we heard this lie forwarded by candidates? The only real change […]
Eid-ul-Adha:: The story of Ibrahim and the Sacrifice
Islam celebrates two great festivals annually – Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. The first is the great festival that follows the month of Ramadan when the fast is broken. The second occurs about two months later during the month of Zil-Hajj when an animal is sacrificed in commemoration of Ibrahim’s sacrifice of his son. This festival is […]
The Price of Freedom
Isn’t it wonderful to be free? Are you free; truly free? What is true freedom anyway? Is it the freedom to choose a mate, religion, profession or lifestyle? If you’re privileged to enjoy all of them, can you honestly say that you feel free? Are you free from stress, abuse, self condemnation and unforgiveness? The […]
THE WEAK MAY STRENGTHEN YOU
by Marciano Paroy Jr. Claire’s suicide note simply said “I’m tired.” I failed to comprehend, or I refused to comprehend. How can I put semblance to her finding a way out of whatever mess she was in? Even with her idiosyncrasies and weird disposition, her decision to terminate her own – her words – […]