Basketball Prospect Provides Inspiration With What He Doesn’t Have – NYTimes.com
“It was a science to watch him play,” the former Amador Valley coach Rob Collins said. “With Kevin, you had to have vision, bro. And how could I even care if he messed up? He’s only got one hand. He’s just an amazing dude that [...]
Archive for the ‘Links’ Category
Cool random article about one-handed baller…
Posted in Links, tagged basketball, Links on December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some thoughts on my faith and electoral politics
Posted in Life, Links, Obama, books, tagged faith, politics on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I’ve been doing quite a bit of processing in the last 48 hours or so – not to mention the last year or so of my life – regarding how my faith and politics interact. I have been at times an outspoken supporter of Barack Obama this year (and at other times more of [...]
The election, in recent months
Posted in Links, Obama, tagged Obama on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So in recent months (especially after I read Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw’s wonderful Jesus for President), I think I have been observing this election with more interest than fervor. In actuality I took a several month break from keeping up with any but the most basic election news.
Now that I have been keeping up [...]
Prayers
Posted in Links, tagged prayer, war on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Russia and Georgia Clash Over Separatist Region – NYTimes.com
GORI, Georgia — Russia conducted airstrikes on Georgian targets on Friday evening, escalating the conflict in a separatist area of Georgia
Another war is going on in the world today. Hopefully not something which will be pushed under the carpet as a result of Olympics-related euphoria. Thinking about [...]
More on Team Darfur
Posted in Globalization, Links, Sports, tagged Darfur, Olympics on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ESPN – Cheek wants to meet with Chinese officials after having visa revoked – Olympics
So speedskater Joey Cheek, a co-founder of Team Darfur (a collection of athletes who promote Darfur awareness and seek to end the crisis there), just got his visa to go to China revoked. He was supposed to travel to Beijing tomorrow [...]
Chinese Food
Posted in Globalization, Links, tagged China, Food on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chinese food is pretty much my favorite kind of food. I don’t think it was always that way, but traveling to China twice in the past 15 months or so has definitely affected my taste. And the breadth and depth of the cuisine is really something. Go read about it (Chinese Cuisine) on Wiki… Incidentally, [...]
The Cost of War
Posted in Links, tagged Links on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Editorial Observer – Losing Private Dwyer, War Hero – Editorial – NYTimes.com
Just saw this on NYT. War jacks people.
The Olympics Are Coming
Posted in Globalization, Links, Sports, tagged China, Olympics, Sports on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In spite of some of the ominous clouds hanging over the Olympics (not just the rain clouds!), I find myself getting somewhat excited for the Olympics. I mean, it’s a time when the world can come together and enjoy sport, right? That said, I intentionally avoided buying any Olympics-related merchandise in China as I was [...]
A couple things
Posted in Links, Obama, tagged Links, Obama on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although the election year and perhaps the influence of Shane and Chris’ book has de-politicized me somewhat from where I was earlier in this cycle (can Obama please stop saying that America is the last, best hope on Earth?), I have to admit that seeing Obama’s thousand-watt smile splashed across his site and elsewhere as [...]
Some links
Posted in Links, tagged China, Darfur, human rights, Links on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A great article from the Washington Post by gold medalist speedskater Joey Cheek regarding action on Darfur.
Lately the news coming out regarding the U.S. executive branch’s abuse of War on Terror prisoners has been pretty stomach-turning. The Guardian is now reporting that the U.S. may be holding terror suspects on Prison Ships. Yuck (I can’t [...]
