Facebook, censorship, and trolls

CNN just aired what I would call a “fluff” piece this morning on American Morning about how Internet sites, especially news sites, are combating web trolls. Trolls are those who leave “inflammatory” comments and try to bait other commenters into giving heated or emotional responses. The piece seems to have been done in response to [...]

The world’s love for hating all things Christian

As decades have come and gone, those of us who pay attention to the news have noticed that there has been an increase in hatred toward Christians, Christianity, and the Bible.  This hatred has risen in its intensity in recent years, manifesting itself in a number of ways, including increased sales of books on atheism/agnosticism, [...]

U.S. Senate sneaks in vote to pass Hate Crimes amendment

To move forward on President Obama’s wishes to make homosexuals a protected class under federal law, the U.S. Senate overnight Thursday attached the Hate Crimes bill to a Defense Authorization bill started to beef up the military.  The vote was brought to the floor of the Senate after most Americans went to bed on Thursday, [...]

Syria-Iran experiment blows up in their faces

The Jerusalem Post reported today on an article originally appearing in Jane’s Magazine that the close ties between Iran and Syria surfaced when a cooperative experiment to develop chemical weapons literally blew up in the faces of the team working on it.  The Syrian-Iranian team made up of Iranian engineers and Syrian soldiers were in the process [...]

European racism increases

The Council of Europe, the main human rights organization of that continent, reported to BosNewsLife on Sept. 12, 2007 that they are concerned about the rise of anti-Jewish sentiments that are sweeping across Europe.  In response to the rising hatred, the Council will host a campaign September 18 in Paris, Kiev, and Warsaw called “All Different-All Equal” to [...]

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