Reflect on Calvary
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ resonates because it poignantly reveals God’s mysterious love.
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Newspaper columns
Only responsible sexual conduct will make a dent in AIDS deaths, STDs
We’re reading the papers in the heart of Africa and this is what we see: How a woman’s derriere needs the right jeans. Photo included. A cartoon of a married fellow who’d rather give up drinking than sex on the side. And a story about boda-bodas — the motorcycle- taxis everyone here uses — and how ladies of the night like to proposition drivers while on board. One driver says he gets headaches if he refuses.
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I’m safer in Yemen
Yemen is an arms bazaar, but has far fewer firearms than the U.S., with its almost one gun per person.
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Yemen battling image problem
The Middle East. Quick, what do you think of? Oil? Terrorism? Women wearing head-to-toe burqas? Islam? Script with funny squiggles? Can you honestly think of much good? If you had a free ticket to holiday anywhere, would this region even make your short list?
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What ever became of combustible water?
Canadians may fuss and fume from time to time over roads and traffic, but they know nothing — I mean nothing — about how truly horrendous the driving experience can be.
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Living fat, dying poor
As obesity becomes an issue in developing nations, I ask you this: Will you go hungry with me?
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The perils of prayer
You don’t want to raise a generation that cares about others, do you?
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Surreal Saddam trial
Let’s hope any pursuit of justice takes the highest road possible.
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