Read more Americana / Books / Obama / Politics / Social Commentary Top Ten Best Books: 2013 By Steve on December 27, 2013 I read a lot. In the pre-digital world I would have certainly struggled to remember every book I had read in a given year. Now though I need only scroll through my Amazon purchases of… Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Mark Driscoll’s “Obama Tweet”: How Should We Pray For Our Leaders? By Steve on January 24, 2013 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. I was disturbed this week to see a tweet which has gone viral by Pastor Mark Driscoll in which he calls into question… Read more Democrats / Film / G.O.P. / Movie Review / Obama / Politics Weekend Update: Hobbits, Russians, and Obama By Steve on January 14, 2013 It’s the weekend which means I’m allowed to go a little off topic on events which I find a bit interesting: Gerard Depardieu becomes Russian Everyone’s favorite Frenchman isn’t French anymore! Yes, this week Gerard… Read more Americana / Christianity / Democrats / G.O.P. / God's Kingdom / Obama / Politics The U.S. Election vs. The Kingdom of God By Steve on November 8, 2012 Yesterday there was a lot of emotion in America. President Barack Obama secured his re-election bid over the Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a marathon campaign that involved a lot of mud-slinging on both sides…. Read more Americana / In Memorium / Obama / Space Program In Memorium: Neil Armstrong By Steve on August 27, 2012 America lost one of her legends yesterday. Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, died at the age of 82. Armstrong landed on the moon on July 21,… Read more China / Foreign Affairs / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Obama / Politics / South China Sea dispute / Steve's Life China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America By Steve on December 2, 2011 Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news… Read more Americana / Christianity / Hong Kong / Obama / Social Commentary / Steve's Life A Hong Kong Thanksgiving! By Steve on November 27, 2011 My first Hong Kong Thanksgiving was in 1990 and it was on a rooftop of a village home in Fanling. 21 years later the location was Ma Wan…but I was still on a village rooftop…. Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Why the Republicans need to get behind Romney By Steve on November 9, 2011 Herman Cain is the front runner in the Republican race to the White House despite new charges of sexual harassment leveled against him. However this week’s New Yorker has an article that says, The knowing people who… Read more Democrats / G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Dylan Ratigan’s Rant and President Obama’s failed leadership By Steve on August 12, 2011 There is a Shakespearean sentiment that is brewing within America. Republicans and Democrats alike have been completely ineffective in dealing with the economic crisis that is beginning to jeopardize, at least the perception, of America’s… Read more Foreign Affairs / Great Britain / Obama / Social Commentary United States & United Kingdom: Special & “Essential” By Steve on May 30, 2011 President Obama has just returned from a State visit to the United Kingdom where he and Prime Minister David Cameron cemented the ongoing “special relationship” between the two countries and then took it up a… Next
Read more Americana / Books / Obama / Politics / Social Commentary Top Ten Best Books: 2013 By Steve on December 27, 2013 I read a lot. In the pre-digital world I would have certainly struggled to remember every book I had read in a given year. Now though I need only scroll through my Amazon purchases of…
Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Mark Driscoll’s “Obama Tweet”: How Should We Pray For Our Leaders? By Steve on January 24, 2013 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. I was disturbed this week to see a tweet which has gone viral by Pastor Mark Driscoll in which he calls into question…
Read more Democrats / Film / G.O.P. / Movie Review / Obama / Politics Weekend Update: Hobbits, Russians, and Obama By Steve on January 14, 2013 It’s the weekend which means I’m allowed to go a little off topic on events which I find a bit interesting: Gerard Depardieu becomes Russian Everyone’s favorite Frenchman isn’t French anymore! Yes, this week Gerard…
Read more Americana / Christianity / Democrats / G.O.P. / God's Kingdom / Obama / Politics The U.S. Election vs. The Kingdom of God By Steve on November 8, 2012 Yesterday there was a lot of emotion in America. President Barack Obama secured his re-election bid over the Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a marathon campaign that involved a lot of mud-slinging on both sides….
Read more Americana / In Memorium / Obama / Space Program In Memorium: Neil Armstrong By Steve on August 27, 2012 America lost one of her legends yesterday. Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, died at the age of 82. Armstrong landed on the moon on July 21,…
Read more China / Foreign Affairs / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Obama / Politics / South China Sea dispute / Steve's Life China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America By Steve on December 2, 2011 Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news…
Read more Americana / Christianity / Hong Kong / Obama / Social Commentary / Steve's Life A Hong Kong Thanksgiving! By Steve on November 27, 2011 My first Hong Kong Thanksgiving was in 1990 and it was on a rooftop of a village home in Fanling. 21 years later the location was Ma Wan…but I was still on a village rooftop….
Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Why the Republicans need to get behind Romney By Steve on November 9, 2011 Herman Cain is the front runner in the Republican race to the White House despite new charges of sexual harassment leveled against him. However this week’s New Yorker has an article that says, The knowing people who…
Read more Democrats / G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Dylan Ratigan’s Rant and President Obama’s failed leadership By Steve on August 12, 2011 There is a Shakespearean sentiment that is brewing within America. Republicans and Democrats alike have been completely ineffective in dealing with the economic crisis that is beginning to jeopardize, at least the perception, of America’s…
Read more Foreign Affairs / Great Britain / Obama / Social Commentary United States & United Kingdom: Special & “Essential” By Steve on May 30, 2011 President Obama has just returned from a State visit to the United Kingdom where he and Prime Minister David Cameron cemented the ongoing “special relationship” between the two countries and then took it up a…