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April 2008

Star Wars? How did we start talking about this?

by Joel April 28, 2008

Justin and I begin to talk about the Strategic Defense Initiative and the impact that policy had in the past.Star Wars? How did we start talking about this? from Justin Bradshaw & Joel Van Brunt on Vimeo.

The FOX News effect on the war

by Justin April 27, 2008

We’ve known about FOX news for a long time… their conservative slant and their guise of being “fair and balanced”. Many people have exposed this over the years as a counter-argument to the idea that the media is liberal. Never before (to my knowledge) though, have military analysts been suspect in the same way… and [...]

Is Love a Choice? Joel’s Perspective

by Joel April 24, 2008

Is Love a Choice?   I recently told someone that love is a choice.  C.S. Lewis was asked by a friend once, “Is it easy to love God?”  He responded, “It is easy to those who do it.”  This response, by one of the greatest layman apologists of all time, illustrates the personal choice of love in our [...]

Some places are worth risking your life to check out!…?

by Justin April 20, 2008

I’m glad that SOMEBODY made this journey with a camera to let us in on this amazing place! It’s called makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro. Did I mention dangerous? Un, yeah, just a little…

MLK > Jeremiah Wright > Barack Obama

by Justin April 17, 2008

You must listen to this speech. Press play and sit back and listen to every word. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks against Vietnam and with the eloquence, spiritual depth and gravitas of Barack Obama. In fact, MLK is impossible to top, but I can see where Obama gets it. Inspiration. You can’t buy it, make [...]

Target: now just the lesser evil.

by Justin April 16, 2008

Y’know when you’re mad at nothing in particular except injustice? There’s big injustices in this world all around us and we care about them… but it’s the little injustices that happen right in front of our eyes that make the biggest impact. Take, for example, my recent visit to Target. 2 or 3 weeks ago [...]

Quick: What’s the biggest difference between the Vietnam and Iraq wars?

by Justin April 13, 2008

It’s the draft, stupid. We have a volunteer military (of which my Skull Session partner was in!) who is bearing a tremendously disproportionate share of the burden in this war. The taxpayers have not (yet) been asked to pay the $3 billion/week tab, soldier caskets are prohibited by the white house and not one leader [...]

Nuanced Views on Environmentalism

by Joel April 8, 2008

Many divisive issues in today’s world lack a nuanced approach in debate.  All too often, these issues are deliberately debated in black and white despite the inherent complexities and subtleties involved.  Take, for example, the global climate change debate.  On the right is the not-entirely unfounded fear that vast worldwide regulations to curtail global carbon [...]