tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1206892 2009-10-27T16:23:45-05:00 Without One, The Other Is Useless TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a625e99b970b 2009-10-27T16:23:45-05:00 2009-10-27T16:27:52-05:00

Slobodan Lekic has an AP story about the number of allied troops and security forces in Afghanistan outnumbering the Taliban 12 to 1. In his words, "it hasn't led to anything close to victory." Really? By what definition? I may...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/1CJYFcqKBo8" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/does-the-ap-or-anyone-else-know-what-victory-is-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a618714d970b 2009-10-23T14:18:40-05:00 2009-10-23T14:21:57-05:00

Voice of America News has just reported that "Iran has failed to accept a United Nations-backed proposal for uranium enrichment and has instead offered its own counter-proposal." Is there anyone involved on either side of the negotiation that is even...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/h9zEgHEYmn4" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/surprise-surprise-irans-not-cooperating.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a6452fa0970c 2009-10-16T16:47:38-05:00 2009-10-16T16:48:15-05:00

No, this isn't a post about the NBA Playoffs. It's about Afghanistan. Right now, there are roughly 68,000 U.S. troops in that country. Maybe 100,000 total "coalition" forces there. Military leadership is asking for...a number that's higher than that. Is...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/np5RK--yuqE" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/win-or-go-home.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a62acebb970c 2009-10-09T17:24:33-05:00 2009-10-09T17:24:33-05:00

A sitting President of the United States, presiding over ongoing war operations in Afghanistan with military and civilian casualties on both sides of the conflict each and every day, winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Hmmm... A prize for which he...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/omWNLjDiVtY" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/things-that-make-you-go-hmmm.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a5d090c6970b 2009-10-08T23:15:46-05:00 2009-10-08T23:15:46-05:00

If ever a title of a post could make people move along without pausing to read so much as the first sentence, this post's title would be up to the task. Which is exactly the subject of a lengthy, yet...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/ujmmm8pm6f8" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/oh-the-humanities.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a621957a970c 2009-10-07T14:34:33-05:00 2009-10-07T14:34:33-05:00

Ancient Alexandria in Egypt, "birthplace of the modern world," was the new Athens for close to a thousand years. A place where new ideas held sway over dogmatic beliefs. A place that America could have become, and in fact was...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/adeNzJrb6zI" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/ideas-vs-beliefs.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a60dd474970c 2009-10-02T16:41:35-05:00 2009-10-02T16:41:55-05:00

My wife mentioned last night that our kids, aged 8 and 9, had annual checkups scheduled for today. Somewhat surprised, I asked if it was "safe" to take healthy kids to the pediatrician's office [an office that would doubtless be...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/fb83u35cyeo" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/unsolicited-medical-advice.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a5b42630970b 2009-10-01T22:59:34-05:00 2009-10-02T15:06:57-05:00

"When I was 14, my life sold for $1.60 an hour. At 18, an hour in the life of Roy H. Williams was selling for three dollars and thirty-five cents." - Roy H. Williams "Every life has a scoreboard and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/YehZC4dSDIs" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/10/dollar-value-of-a-life.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a5afb3d4970b 2009-09-30T22:22:27-05:00 2009-09-30T22:24:57-05:00

Pravda did a nice job yesterday with a short piece on Russia throwing its support to the West, in regards to possible sanctions against Iran for their newly discovered nuclear facility. Actually, it's not newly discovered, which is where the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/Vwhm4QJHKlk" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/09/about-face-for-russia.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451a69c69e20120a5aa4e59970b 2009-09-29T17:11:54-05:00 2009-09-29T17:20:45-05:00

This is a tough one. They are sometimes used interchangeably, but they are not the same. When something that you believe is disproved, you no longer believe it. Simple enough. Not so with faith; faith is "shattered" or "lost." On...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/gTPW/~4/gAs_g9oavUQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Tom Worth http://www.faithreasontruth.com/worth_reading/2009/09/faith-vs-belief.html