Ufo video

" Santiago, Peru I showed this videos to several friends and family, but nobody seems to have a rational explanation of what is shown here. And why wait about 3 years?, well I filmed this, I show this to a lot of people including UFO researchers here in Chile and TV stations...

China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue

It looks like the Chinese government doesn't ban all political rallies.  This is starting to get very ugly."BEIJING - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western...

Did Jesus Really Exist?

The Jesus Mythicist Position By Rook Hawkins     (1) A Brief Introduction to the Revised Article   About a year and a half ago, I started a campaign to educate people about Jesus mythicism.  When I had first started working on the campaign I was...

Which Jesus? A Legend with a Multiple Personality Disorder

Which Jesus?: A Legend with a Multiple Personality Disorder By Rook Hawkins Recently I wrote an article on the genre of the Gospels, and determined that the biographical genre of the Gospels is in serious doubt.  The Gospels can not longer be considered a history of...

Tomorrow Shall You and Your Sons be With Me: A Look at Ancient Ghost Stories ...

Tomorrow Shall You and Your Sons be With Me: A Look at Ancient Ghost Stories and Hauntings By Rook Hawkins Ghost stories hold a special place in human culture.  It has been given as evidence throughout the generations of man as evidence...

Josephus on Jesus: What's the Deal?

Far too often apologists and evangelicals bring up Josephus as a source for a historical Jesus. This is a continuing error among scholars, and it is fueled by secular scholars who are either persuaded by pseudo-scientific evaluations of the texts, or for reasons dealing...

Does it Matter if Jesus Existed?

By Rook Hawkins     While thumbing through the May/June issue of American Atheist (2007), I was compelled to read an article written by Rick Hillegas entitled, It Doesn’t Matter If Jesus Existed. An erudite and cultivating piece, the article presents a case...

Post-traumatic Iraq syndrome

"Post-traumatic Iraq syndrome The war is lost. Americans should begin to deal with what that means. By Christopher J. Fettweis, CHRISTOPHER J. FETTWEIS is assistant professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College. These opinions are his own. June 12,...

The lessons of Vietnam by Henry Kissinger

"The lessons of Vietnam Iraq desperately needs a political solution in the short term to make the war more manageable for the next president. By Henry A. Kissinger, HENRY A. KISSINGER was secretary of State from 1973 to 1977. May 31, 2007 THE IRAQ WAR has reawakened memories...

Moderation Despite the RAND Corporation!

" 16/05/2007 Mshari Al-Zaydi A Saudi journalist and expert on Islamic movements and Islamic fundamentalism as well as Saudi affairs. Mshari is Asharq Al-Awsat’s opinion page Editor, where he also contributes a weekly column. Has worked for the local Saudi press occupying...

Leftist Thought Control

"The political left, which holds itself as progressive, rational and fact-based, is becoming an enemy of academic inquiry, and a practitioner of thought control on a wide variety of issues. Increasingly, from the left's perspective, there is just one acceptable viewpoint. "

The Big Idea: Did America's view of itself as unique lead to the Iraq war? Wa...

"The Big Idea Did America's view of itself as unique lead to the Iraq war? Reviewed by Josef Joffe Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page BW05 THE SILENCE OF THE RATIONAL CENTER Why American Foreign Policy Is Failing Preparing to bring democracy to Iraq, U.S. soldiers train in Kuwait...

A muslim's response to Western strategy

"I don't want this blog to simply catalogue the stupid things Muslims say. Many Muslims have sophisticated and well-thought out opinions on world events and foreign policy, and though I certainly disagree with both their premises (Islam is true) and conclusions (everyone...