The Reality: In an effort to improve continues US operations in Afghanistan, the Afghan government and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates have announced a new plan that will work to strengthen the Afghan military and restructure the foreign military command.
The Thought: We all have ways that we typically like to do things. Most often, I'm guessing these ways are based on approaches that worked for us in the past.
The Reality: Christians do and have done horrible things in the name of God. Be it wars, stripping people of their land or resources, the fall of tele-evangelists, heinous actions like this one, or other instances where walk and talk don't match, those bearing the name Christian are, all too often, not Christ-like.
The Thought: It's not uncommon to hear people identify the failings of Christians as their ultimate reason for disregarding Christianity ...
The Reality: College students, with some exceptions, love to party ... and some of them are better at it than others.
The Thought: For some, alcohol is a means to an escape because dealing with life sober is too difficult. For others, it's simply a means to achieve relaxation at the end of a hard week. Still others, because they see so much potential for abuse, avoid alcohol all together.
As previously discussed on TheSwim, we believe that God doesn't have issues with alcohol itself, but there are problems with how we, as people, use it.
The Reality: Cities across the United States are scrambling the provide the mass transit demands of people who are trying to lessen the burden caused by high fuel prices.
The Thought: If you've ever spent time in Europe, you can't help but notice how compact everything is and how tightly it's integrated with mass transit, an approach to development that is obviously linked to a smaller amount of land to build on.
Quote: So who are the folks obsessed enough to camp out waiting in line for new Apple 3G iPhone?
Bleary eyed, I dragged myself out of bed at 5 a.m. to conduct a nonscientific survey of the first hundred or so people in line at the flagship Apple Store on 59th Street. I asked them for their first name, age, where they lived, their occupation and some miscellaneous details.
Discussion Starter: I was one of those who was out at the crack of dawn to get in line for an iPhone ...
