There seem to be no other place on earth, if desecrated or conquered, that could inflame and arouse the intense passions of countless of devout believers. Jews, Christians, or Muslims feel the ultimate focal point of their uncompromising desire for dominion and presence in that "most holy place" is the reason for the ever explosive tinder box in the turbulent Middle East. The "ground zero" of this focal point is "The Temple Mount" in Jerusalem. The Crusaders marched on Jerusalem to "liberate it and "The Temple Mount" from the Muslim "infidels." Salah a- Din marched on Jerusalem to re-conquer...

There seem to be no other place on earth, if desecrated or conquered, that could inflame and arouse the intense passions of countless of devout believers. Jews, Christians, or Muslims feel the ultimate focal point of their uncompromising desire for dominion and presence in that "most holy place" is the reason for the ever explosive tinder box in the turbulent Middle East. The "ground zero" of this focal point is "The Temple Mount" in Jerusalem. The Crusaders marched on Jerusalem to "liberate it and "The Temple Mount" from the Muslim "infidels." Salah a- Din marched on Jerusalem to re-conquer...

It's a troubled world we live in. It was meant to be utopia, yet we are busy messing it up. At all levels of government we seem to do our best to throw a monkey wrench at the system we devised for our good, not our own hurt. The legislators are ever busy opposing each other, yet expect to run the day-to-day affairs smoothly. The American fathers of the constitution chose the "least of evil" of all forms of government, but the element of human nature seems to make it, at best, a dysfunctional system on many levels. Without an agreed upon system of values, accepted by all members of society,...

It's a troubled world we live in. It was meant to be utopia, yet we are busy messing it up. At all levels of government we seem to do our best to throw a monkey wrench at the system we devised for our good, not our own hurt. The legislators are ever busy opposing each other, yet expect to run the day-to-day affairs smoothly. The American fathers of the constitution chose the "least of evil" of all forms of government, but the element of human nature seems to make it, at best, a dysfunctional system on many levels. Without an agreed upon system of values, accepted by all members of society,...