Well put.

The cult-of Obama: yikes, this is creepy. It’s hard not to like the guy, but this is taking it a bit far…

The end of blogging? I’ve been holding out against Facebook, Twitter, and the like, because 1.) they just don’t appeal to me, and 2.) I don’t have time. I use Flickr, but not so much for social networking. But it’s getting difficult to not be on Facebook-a lot of people in our organization use it for business. My question with all of this stuff: is it really helping people relate to each other, or are we just playing “create your own reality?”

A journey into the most savage war in the world. I’ve read through this article before-horrific. I reckon the DRC is one of the darkest place on earth.

Rwanda ditches French. Will Burundi follow?

“…a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.” I haven’t been W.’s biggest fan, that’s for sure. But I do agree with this article. Our treatment of him is a reflection on our culture and the character of our nation-and that should make us very concerned.

Cell phones and global poverty: “…an increasingly transitory world, the cellphone is becoming the one fixed piece of our identity.”

A Dutch perspective on the elections.

Stingy Christians in an age of opulence.

Lesson’s from the election.

What Dutch people believe about the afterlife: “The survey shows that the better educated are more likely to seek spirituality in the new age or Zen movements rather than the main religions such as Christianity and Islam.”