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Current Events
The presidential election of 2008 will
likely raise some challenging heavy questions in the minds of voters. One of
those areas of concern will be religious affiliation—and another will be the
impact of real or perceived differences between Conservative and Liberal
“values.”
As the year 2008 began we were exposed to scenes of tribal
conflict — this time in postcard perfect Kenya. These scenes vividly
reminded us of Darfur, the "anarchy" of Rwanda and other the
genocides and religiously motivated wars that bathed the last
century with the blood of millions of innocents. Images appear in
the media briefly, but soon we were either numbed or of necessity
distracted by yet other crises, diversions — or football games. Few
of us are prepared to keep the flames of Kenya fresh in our minds,
much less be able to do anything to assist Kenyans directly — even
if we knew what to do. Will Kenya’s Luo tribesmen go the way of the
Tutsis of Rwanda? What will eventually come of UN intervention? Will
it be an effete useless effort? How far and wide will such "fires"
spread? MARCH NEWSLETTER
PREVIEW
“There are no silver linings when a cloud this
dark visits any community.” The words are those of a former New Jersey US
Senator regarding the senseless deaths of Dashon Harvey, Terrance
Aeriel and Iofemi Hightower in Newark, New Jersey, August 4.
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