Last year I was asked by the Inter-American Development Bank to participate in a project to look at eGovernment for the Brazilian Government. During the time I worked on that effort, I got to know a number of the IADB staff. One of them who was born in Spain, married an American wife, and now [...]
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Happy Anniversary of American Exceptionalism
July 4th, 2010 · No Comments · history
Tags: american exceptionalism·declaration of independence·europe·iadb·inter-american development bank·july 4·liberty·spain
Gettysburg – Everyone Has A Backstory
October 9th, 2009 · No Comments · history
This weekend my wife, Ellen, and I decided to spend the weekend at a B&B in Gettysburg, swinging through Antietam on the way home Sunday. She had never visited and I hadn’t been in a long time. The area is really beautiful this time of year, the B&B is very nice (out of town so [...]
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The Edict of Milan
September 5th, 2009 · No Comments · bible, christian history, history
As those who know me know, I have become very interested in the archaeology of the Bible. By Bible, I mean the Hebrew Bible. My personal opinion is that faith is just that, faith. To me, faith does not have to be ‘proven’ by the historicity of religious texts or disproven by the lack of same. My [...]