Born July 11, 1956, I just turned 50.
Most of my life I expected to live with communism, and the Iron Curtain -- despite knowing that economically forced socialism fails.  Voluntary socialism usually fails too, because people leave it if they can -- but the Church sort of works on a sort of voluntary socialist method.  More on this later.

I reread Rerum Novarum,  after 115 years, still relevant.  More later.

The election of Hamas and the Lebanese support for Hezbollah, and their desire to fight Israel and kill Jews rather than build Palestine or Lebanon, respectively, means a "war" is inevitable.

I support victory for the west, victory for human rights; and while I support democracy, the goal is human rights--democracy is the main gov't path.

Free speech and Free religion, the two key peace-oriented rights.

My main blog: tomgrey.motime.com