A Thinking Reed

  • Just war reconsidered

    The Christian Century reviews three books on just war theory and pacifism. All three agree that even if we accept just war theory, there’s a need for positive practices to nurture peace.

  • After Iraq

    Andrew Bacevich on the search for post-Iraq principles for US foreign policy (via Gaius).

  • A CDU-Green coalition?

    Okay, this is only really interesting to me because I’m in Germany at the moment, but the recent elections in Hamburg have fueled speculation that there could be a coalition between the conservative Christian Democratic Union and the Greens. As a kind of Christian-conservative-Green myself, that piques my interest

  • Did the surge work?

    Michael Kinsley says nuh-uh.

  • Pray for Derek

    If you’re the prayin’ kind. Bitten by a brown recluse! Speedy recovery, Derek!

  • J Street

    The Nation has a new DC-focused blog. Worth checking out.

  • Wishy washy atheism

    Why the neo-atheists fall short of their illustrious predecessors (via Marvin).

  • Compassionate eating and care of creation

    I’d be surprised if I haven’t already linked to this at some point.

  • Note from Berlin

    I’m blogging from my pal Patrick’s “flat” (as they say) in Prenzlauer Berg, a rather bohemian (but now rapidly gentrifying) part of old East Berlin. Lots of traipsing around over the last two days, mostly confined to the eastern part of the city so far. One personal highlight so far was visiting Zion church, where…

  • Friday metal – flying to Berlin edition

    Your humble scribe is between jobs and thus taking a (well-deserved, IMO) week’s vacation by flying to Germany to see an old college chum. So, what better way to mark the occasion than with a little German metal, specifically the seminal Scorpions fall of the Berlin Wall tune, “Winds of Change”? Posting will be light…