When an Arabic-speaking Muslim friend saw Mel Gibson’s movie Passion of the Christ with most of the dialogue in Aramaic, he was very surprised that he did not need most of the subtitles in English to understand the movie! This connection is a critical bridge builder: sister languages, the Arabic, and the Aramaic, the written [...]
Much of our recent foreign policy is guided by the notion that spreading democracy will naturally result in a state of peace, and respect for basic human rights. While seeking peace and human rights are notable and essential goals, the idea of using force to set up a system claiming to foster true freedom is [...]
While the neo-conservative “solution” of war-imposed “democracy” continues to fail and bankrupt America, former Congressman and UN Ambassador Mark Siljander has been quietly, yet steadily, building bridges of love, tolerance, peace, and understanding in the Middle East. His new book, A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman’s Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide, offers hope and genuine [...]
This is part 5 of a 6-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Anti-Federalist Prediction #6: The Treaty Power Will Be Abused Prediction: The treaty power will be used to change the Constitution in ways the people don’t even know about and that benefit [...]
Specific Solutions that Only Entrepreneurs Can Provide This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Consider the major problems we are facing. Most are the natural results of too much reliance on institutional size and power and not enough initiative, innovation, and leadership from “little guys.” Of course, the few who [...]
Futurist John Naisbitt wrote in Mindset that success in the 21st Century will go to the opportunity leaders, not the problem solvers. America hasn’t yet figured this out. The focus of our leaders — political, corporate, media — seems mostly on problems. As Fareed Zakaria argues, the current debate in the United States is totally [...]
While regulation increases and economic freedom decreases in America, other nations are going the opposite direction. In order to remain prosperous and strong, America must revive the principles of free enterprise that made her great. Three New Hotspots In a two-day span, the New York Times ran two articles — “The Tel Aviv Cluster” and [...]
After coming across a group of (older generation) Europeans skinny-dipping in a semi-secluded national park pond, my friend thought to himself, “That is why I love Americans.” From our sense of modesty, to the democratic experiment resulting in the U.S. Constitution, all of us have our reasons for feeling patriotic. We have much in the United States, [...]
