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Here are a few things that have piqued my interest over the last few days. 

First, I was in Houston last week and did see this reported but this is from UK paper.  Still, I am sad to see this in the state that is my home.   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2575524/Texas-school-allows-teachers-to-carry-guns-into-class.html

Second, Obama has not had quite the coronation that he was predicting for himself.  Perhaps his brother has something to do with it.  http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obamas_hillbilly_half_brother  Humour from the satirical magazine “The Onion”.  (Note that the views of the Onion are not meant to be politically correct, nor are they the views of Crosspoint, nor are they my views.  But I still think this is pretty funny). 

Following up on this, perhaps it is that really Barak Obama hasn’t had much of a life to draw on when faced with really big questions like Russian tanks rolling into another country.  http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTBjN2RkY2Y3ODZhYmRmYTZjYTI1NTQ4ZGNkM2Y2YmU=&w=MA==  I am not really a Rick Warren fan but you cant doubt the guy’s commitment and, frankly, insight into the nations soul.  This article talks about the Obama - McCain meeting at Saddleback Community Church. 

Last week I passed my citizenship test, here it is: http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/100q.pdf  You might want to brush up on your civics if you are already a citizen.  In my informal sample of 6 random American colleagues only half passed the test I gave them. 

Finally, I was around 13 when I read “A Day in the Life of Ivan Denysovich” and even through the fog of being a teenager I knew I was reading something special.   Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died recently.  He was a modern prophet - a moral giant.  There have been many obituaries but here are a few memories of his challenge to Harvard on the moral state of land of his exile.   http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/august/18.64.html?start=1

Enjoy!