Author: btchakir

While watching a series on cable recently about the creation and development of the universe, based on the scientific knowledge which has been growing for centuries, I was stunned by the flat out statement that the Earth was...

Having watched the debate today, I felt Obama came out stronger than he has in previous encounters. Everyone else held their own. Edwards scored some real positives in my book. I was disappointed in the method used to keep...

The first time I was politically active was during the Eugene McCarthy campaign, followed by the Humphrey campaign. That was the first year I distributed information, discussed issues with others and, of course, the first time I...

As Gore gave his Nobel lecture, some things occurred to me… maybe they did to you as well. It was not only a great and well-informed speech, but it was obvious that Gore WROTE it. What do you suppose a speech actually...

In his speech the other day defending his Mormonism, Mitt Romney tied himself together with other religions, but failed to say that he was campaigning for those non-believers who are atheists or agnostics. In fact he said about...