by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 4, 2015 | Politics, THE WORD, World Views
We human beings, regardless of political persuasion, wrestle with our independence. We wrestle because we desire to be in complete control of our own destiny in the flesh, whether it be trusting our handmade individualism or trusting our man-made government to be our...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 30, 2012 | Comedy, Politics, Satire, The Washington Times Communities
As a writer I have always taken Jesus Christ’s admonition about words with exceptional seriousness: “But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 14, 2010 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
The Proposition 8 ruling was acquired by a skillful game of definition rather than justice. On August 4, 2010, a marriage protecting amendment voted in to the California Constitution by the Californian majority was overturned by a member of a tiny minority. Judge...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 24, 2010 | Luke Historians, World Views
“How do you gain protection against the dragon? By naming the dragon.” – from The Hobbit Companion’s analysis of the dragon Smaug in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit I’m a History major, and the history of science is one of my primary...
