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Foreign Affairs / Space Program

Chinese Space Walk

By Steve on September 27, 2008

In the last 24 hours, two notable events occured. Senators John McCain & Barak Obama squared off for their first televised debate for the U.S. Presidency. On the other side of the world, astronaut Zhai…

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Film / Television

Addicted to I Tunes

By Steve on September 25, 2008

Since moving to China, the availability of English speaking TV shows have taken a bit of a nose dive. I always knew people that watched TV on their computer either by streaming or download, but…

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Politics / Television

Tina Fey or Sarah Palin???

By Steve on September 18, 2008

Last Saturday the 34th season of Saturday Night Live premiered. After hearing the buzz of Tina Fey’s performance portraying vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, I decided to download it and see for myself. I watched it…

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Social Commentary

Stuff White People Like

By Steve on September 12, 2008

Ok, first book review! In the closing days of my tenure at Barnes & Noble I was asked by a customer if we had a particular book. I asked the book’s title and the lady…

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Obama / Politics

The Obama Question

By Steve on September 6, 2008

My biggest facination this political season has been listening to people (and particularly Christians) talk on why they will, or will not, be voting for Barak Obama. Sometimes they mention his strong points, such as…

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Christianity / The Cross

T. Austin-Sparks

By Steve on September 4, 2008

There are a number of Christian writers and ministers who have influenced me throughout my life. Some years ago I went through a “dead writers” phase with another missionary while living in Hong Kong. By…

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Obama / Politics

McCain & Obama: The VP analysis

By Steve on September 2, 2008

After weeks of debate and discussion about who were going to be the presidential nominee’s picks for Vice-President, the answer is in. Surprisingly, both Republican and Democrat chose running mates from small electoral states (3…

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Kicking Off

By Steve on August 30, 2008

For a while now a number of friends have asked when I was going to start a blog. I have resisted doing so for a number of reasons: 1) When writing op-ed pieces I, like…

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