The Friday

Robin Yassin-Kassab, Michael Mohr on Dostoevsky, WendyMac on Amy Tan's beautiful drawings, Ralph Nader, and Derek Petty

Author Robin Yassin-Kassab, who wrote “The Road from Damascus,” gives his 10 rules for writing:

Dostoevsky: Russian Wizard

Visiting Artist: Amy Tan's Uplifting Bird Sketches (Part 1/2)

Fellow Substacker Ralph Nader, Harvard-educated American lawyer, has improved consumer safety and fairness from airport ticketing to automobile safety to warning the public that toxic shock syndrome can be caused by feminine products, and much more.

Catastrophic Mismanagement of U.S. Security Policy

Although he is clearly the best candidate I’ve seen for the job, he was called “a snake” for running in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections by at least one top presidential advisor, but I doubt the comment made its way into the media. See a list of books he’s authored here: https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/books

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Derek Petty raises a great point here, leaving even the most atheist among us wondering exactly what’s up with this fellow. Obviously, there is a time and place, but usually, such cases end up being revealed to be opportunists trying to play both sides.

Why do I say that? Because I was awake early in the morning when the South African (with more failures stacked up than successes, even though he’s been handed NASA technology, NASA tools to build rockets, and NASA money to achieve his string of monumental fiascoes!) was the first person to post his feigned outrage that the last supper scene at Olympics mocks Christ! as if the original Last Supper by da Vinci weren’t a totally mockery itself, although it too goes over the heads of those even Jesus satirically referred to as sheep.

One huge problem was that people in the US weren’t allowed to see the Opening Ceremonies on the Internet — all many had to go on was photos and someone else’s (nefarious) interpretation of it.

I see it as a good sign that France is finally grappling with faith, but nevertheless already got the message that Christ is all about tolerance, acceptance and love. “There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ.” —Romans 8:1

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