"There's Never Nothing Happening"- June 15, 2008 I know exactly what I was doing.... The question is, do you know what you were doing -- Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior LAST WEEK I ATTENDED AN ADVANCE SCREENING of Peaceful Warrior , a new film scheduled to open on June 2 in the limited release common to films that fail to blow things up, chop off heads, or give you a close-up of a famous actor's body-double's butt. I imagine that the critics will have their way with this film. It has the all obvious weaknesses of low budget films.http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/grace_notes/theres_never_no.php "Ain't It Cool"- June 12, 2008 Truth: "uncool." Nineteen-year-old Army Pfc. Aaron J. Ward, a Fort Lewis military policeman whose hometown was San Jacinto, Calif., was killed May 6 in Iraq's Anbar province when his patrol came under enemy fire. - Ranger, sub officer, MP with links to state died in war last month EDITOR'S NOTE: Each month, the P-I remembers the servicemen and servicewomen with ties to Washington who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The American culture of cool has become a nation apart, an...http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/terrorwar/aint_it_cool.php Judas: A Saint for Our Seasons- June 6, 2008 If we betray the people who love us, what's to stop us from betraying the country that makes us possible Have you ever betrayed your promise Did you ever break a vow Have you traded love for money, And are you happy now Did you kiss him in the garden, And then abandon him to fate Is your final sin forgiven, Or is it far too late WHEN IT COMES TO DISCOVERING new ways to cheapen the human soul, the "professional intellectuals" of our society have cornered the market. So it was last week.http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/culture_civilization/saint_judas_1.php |