Herbert James Draper The Lament for Icarus, 1898 Currently housed in London’s Tate Britain… Continue reading
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American Aircraft Shot Down By Serbia In 1999
Readers will no doubt recall that NATO initiated bombing strikes against Serbia on March 24th, 1999 as a result of events in Kosovo… The bombing lasted for 78 days. Several American aircraft – some manned and some unmanned – were shot down by Serbian forces during the more than 38,000 combat missions flown over Serbia … Continue reading
Qumran And The Dead Sea Scrolls
I still remember our teacher, Joe Gledhill, describing the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls to us in the fourth grade at Dobbins Elementary School. After all, it is a memorable story (and one that he told well) – the Bedouin shepherd boy searching for a stray goat and discovering the scrolls inside earthenware jars … Continue reading
Mexico City: Modern Mexico City
The skyline of Mexico City from our apartment: Many imagine Mexico City as simply another overcrowded, chaotic and polluted megacity of the sort unique to the developing world. And sure, part of the city does look like those typical scenes of a developing country: But there is more to Mexico City than that. And there … Continue reading
Mexico City – El Centro
Right at the heart of things, El Centro has always been the city’s core – even from the very beginning… El Centro was formerly the site of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, it was subsequently the colonial capital of New Spain and it remains the center of Mexico’s government today. El Centro is a concentrated cornucopia … Continue reading
Occupied Palestine
When I use the term “Occupied Palestine”, I am referring to the West Bank. Although Israel and Egypt have the Gaza Strip tightly encircled, Hamas runs Gaza. And if Israel does enter Gaza, they must do so with a full-scale military invasion. That is not the case in the West Bank, which is firmly under … Continue reading
Banias Nature Reserve, Israel
Located in Israel’s Golan Heights region, the Banias Nature Reserve serves as a strong reminder that Israel’s capture of the Golan Heights was about a lot more than just punishing Syria and seizing the military advantage afforded by occupying high ground. You see, Mount Hermon is in the Golan Heights. And the Hermon Spring emerges … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 