Does irony translate?

This whole cartoon thing is rediculous. Michael Standaert has the right idea: Why does the Danish Prime Minister even need to be involved in this situation or apologize for this? What I don’t understand is the fact that GOVERNMENTS have been drawn into this mess. They are not responsible for the actions of writers and …

Dia de los Muertos

(All photos for this entry are posted here) (The following is information I’ve picked up from various sources, so feel free to set me straight) Dia de los Muertos is one of the more famous and widely practiced Mexican holidays. This ritual remembrance and celebration of the dead is said to be 3,000 years old, …

Roman Catholic Church & the literal Bible

This Times article is interesting – Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible. They haven’t gone crazy and renounced the virgin birth or anything like that, but they have said that “We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision”. This is contrary to the views …