In 1968, in the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith won the 200 meter gold. He was the first man in Olympic history to run it in record-breaking time for the medal. He is still the only track and field athlete to hold eleven world records simultaneously. I didn’t know that until I read his autobiography. …
Category Archives: Current Affairs
Structural Support
Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today show reports this morning that the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis was a structural failure. Several people are dead. Families are weeping at the bedsides of critically injured spouses and children. Others wait without hope for news of the missing. A chief engineer, whose name is not yet public, signed …
Danish Cartoons Perspective
For a penetrating perspective on the current furor over the Danish cartoons that dishonor Muhammad, read this essay on desiringgod.org: Being Mocked: The Essence of Christ’s Work, Not Muhammad’s By John Piper. ©Desiring God. Website: http://www.desiringgod.org/. Email: [email protected]. Toll Free: 888.346.4700. Also, note you can now subscribe by email to this blog. Just enter your …