It’s a mark that paganism is slowly coming of age in terms of acceptance and respectability that MSNBC ran this story about pagans celebrating the Solstice at Stonhenge this year and then linked to it off the front page.
As a communications person, I can say this marks some important progress because the story is matter-of-fact [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Current Events’
June 21, 2009
Pagans Celebrate: Film at 11
June 21, 2009
Technically, it’s a revolution
Those who follow me on Twitter know that I’ve been watching and “retweeting” information about the upheaval in Iran this past week.
Even one who’s as naturally jaded as me can’t help but be moved by what’s going on there. I truly hope for success for them because I think it will have a beneficial and [...]
June 17, 2009
If you support the Iranian protestors…
…then you just might be so very 2003. Which is to say you might a “neocon“. Or at least that’s the point that Daniel Finkelstein over at the Times of London made today in his very interesting take on what’s going on in Iran right now.
I find it an interesting and compelling argument myself. I [...]
February 4, 2009
The Coming, Quiet Social Revolution?
Despite all the hyperbole, I think it’s fair to say that the credit crisis represents the most serious loss of trust in the finance system since the Great Depression (and maybe even a more serious loss of trust than that).
It is a true “credit” crisis in that the word “credit” comes from the Latin verb [...]
April 16, 2008
Desperate Clinging
Dan Schnur worked as John McCain’s communications director in the 2000 campaign.
Given my own work and background, I have a soft spot for the communications folks: they often have the ability to elucidate what’s going on more effectively than others. This is due, in part, to the fact that to communicate something effectively, you have to [...]
June 19, 2007
Of Heroism: Human and Animal
From San Francisco there comes the final, heartwrenching page in a story about human compassion and heroism.
The story has full details but the important points to note are that after safely escaping a fire in a house he was minding on Russian Hill on February 6, 2007, Michael James Keenan realized that the dog, Bobby, hadn’t [...]
May 28, 2007
Who’s your enemy in a war without end?
Sadly, as if to provide a counterbalance to my post on paganism and Memorial Day, we have this story from Alabama. An overzealous Alabama Department of Homeland Security had listed a number of “single issue” groups as potential spawning grounds for terrorist groups. These included pro-life/anti-abortion, animal rights, antiwar and gay rights groups.
The site was [...]
May 28, 2007
Of Paganism and Memorial Day
A surprisingly non-sensationalist and reasonably accurate story about paganism and the US Military graces the front page of CNN on this Memorial Day. It talks about how Wiccans have been successful in fighting for their rights to have their religion commemorated on the headstones of veterans.
The story notes that since the settlement in April 2007, [...]
May 23, 2007
UK Government Petition to Stop Scientology Becoming a Religion: A pagan view
I read today that James Higgs in United Kingdom has created a petition calling on the British Government to not accept Scientology as a religion in the UK.
Gods know that I’m no fan of the Scientologists, but my thoughts on them are for another posting.
For today, my thoughts are that, no matter how much I [...]
May 18, 2007
Say You Want a Revolution
In the interest of full disclosure, this is adapted from a comment I made in Robert Scoble’s blog today.
So Microsoft today spent 6 Billion on an advertising company, aQuantive. First, I have to say, that’s one of the ugliest sounding names I’ve heard in quite some time.
More importantly, I think if they rummaged around in [...]
