news from kintespace.com ::: 12/29/2009
Contents:
- ::: Ezrah Aharone: Happy Holidays America: Enjoy the Religious War
- ::: Johann Christoph Arnold: Obama in Oslo
- ::: rasx() on film: 2009#### ::: Ezrah Aharone: Happy Holidays America: Enjoy the Religious War
::: ::: http://kintespace.com/kp_aharone10.html
While President Obama revs-up the war machinery during this holiday season as he simultaneously holds the Nobel Peace Prize, it brings ponder to the possibility of lasting peace, considering that this conflict also embodies a borderless ideological “collision of religions.”
::: Johann Christoph Arnold: Obama in Oslo
::: ::: http://kintespace.com/kp_johanna6.html
I was saddened by our President’s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. He missed a chance to witness to courage and leadership. True, Mr. Obama was awarded the prize and did not seek it for himself. However, even the Nobel Committee acknowledged that what they were rewarding was a change in direction, more than any concrete achievements for peace. Sadly, the Committee missed the irony of awarding the prize to a President who is waging two wars.
::: rasx() on film: 2009
::: ::: http://kintespace.com/rasx53.html
The year 2009 damn-sure should be the toughest year in my adult life. I learned quite a bit—but not enough about writing about film. This year only has one half-dozen entries from my Blog—apart from those compiled in “DVDs with the Elders.” Nevertheless, here are references to films that I’m exceptionally proud to recommend.