Debra Rae's Past Articles

79 articles

Islamo-phobic? Think Again. Part 1: Cultural Lessons from Girls of Riyadh and Kuwait Debra Rae

published: August 14, 2011

Recently I read a fascinating book unlike any other. Translated into English from Arabic, the Girls of Riyadh compiles a series of emails written by a young Saudi Arabian woman who, at the time of ...

Today’s Tactical Pursuit of Religious Commonality Part 3: Bamboozled by Buddlam

published: July 19, 2011

Generally speaking, the study of cultural geography is a good thing. Ongoing dialogue allows one to learn more about others’ beliefs and cultures and hopefully fosters goodwill among world ci...

Today’s Tactical Pursuit of Religious Commonality Part 2: Baited by Buddlam

published: July 19, 2011

These days, while describing themselves as “spiritual,” increasing numbers of Westerners embrace “no religious affiliation.” Though creed, commandments, and ritual are falli...

Today’s Tactical Pursuit of Religious Commonality Part 1: Exclusionism, Pluralism, Inclusionism

published: July 19, 2011

It’s said that “if words are to enter men’s minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men’s defenses and explode silently and effectually w...

Recipe for Revolution: Mobilizing for Social Transformation Part 2

published: May 11, 2011

A child of the revolutionary sixties, I witnessed firsthand the unprecedented social upheaval of that turbulent decade. Especially on college campuses, the counterculture gained momentum as more an...

Recipe for Revolution: Mobilizing for Social Transformation Part 1

published: May 11, 2011

As a young teenager, I witnessed the historic visit of Nikita Khrushchev to my mid-west hometown. At the time, our respective nations were embroiled in the Cold War. Distinguished as first secretar...

Welcome to SHARIAmerica!

published: May 06, 2011

Acts 17 Apologetics has posted a provocative U-Tube video in which David Wood welcomes listeners to what he dubs “SHARIAmerica.” In it, Wood offers compelling reason why our government&...

“Grand Bargain” Snafu: OTMs Fed by Global Cocaine Trade

published: April 04, 2011

Most agree that national defense from enemy intrusion is more than advisable; it’s compulsory. That said our nation has always been immigrant-friendly. For good reason, my German- and Norwegi...

The WOW Factor: Watchmen on the Wall for Such a Time as This Remember the Alamo, Part 2

published: March 13, 2011

From very early history to modern times, city walls served as fortifications, if not fortresses. The term, “fortification,” is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and fac...

The WOW Factor: Watchmen on the Wall for Such a Time as This Remember the U.S. Constitution, Part 1

published: March 13, 2011

Most agree that life is fraught with danger. Not all threats are physical, but most are birthed out of ideologies. Hitler’s Germany provides a prime example. At the Führer’s biddin...

Class Warfare—Then and Now

published: January 29, 2011

Curious, isn’t it? While America is portrayed globally as repugnant, several hundred thousand immigrants think enough about her to forfeit all they have to get here. Be sure those who have ta...

Class Warfare—Then and Now

published: January 29, 2011

Ah, the sixties! I remember them well. College campuses across our nation were abuzz with flower power on one hand and seething with anger on the other. Targeting and manipulating naïve studen...

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking Part 6

published: December 05, 2010

Recently, the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, joined Christian communities in Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit to encourage “ecumenical reconciliation” between Christianity an...

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking Part 5

published: December 05, 2010

A pleasing mixture of aromatic or dried spices, fruits, and petals of flowers generally appeals to the senses; but “potpourri” also speaks to a mixed bag of that which is motley or misc...

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking Part 4, PC Peace Bait

published: November 06, 2010

Having lived in the Middle East, and having traveled to a number of countries with sizable Muslim communities—e.g., Bahrain, China, Djibouti, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, ...

Globalism Revisited: How Shall We Then Live?

published: November 03, 2010

To be separate and “touch not the unclean thing” presupposes identification with God’s truth as opposed to any counterfeit of it.121 In order to discern accurately between truth a...

Globalism Revisited: Euro-centricity

published: November 03, 2010

In the wake of the autumn 2008 U.S. banking crisis, France’s president and Germany’s finance minister (Nicolas Sarkozy and Peer Steinbrueck, respectively) agreed that the Anglo-Saxon ca...

Globalism Revisited: Evangelists Extraordinaire

published: November 02, 2010

Politician-industrialist Cecil Rhodes once reasoned “the press owns the minds of the people.” He was not alone in that belief. Journalist, playwright, and essayist Arthur S. Miller pinp...

Globalism Revisited: Strategic Demise of America

published: November 01, 2010

It should come as no surprise that today’s culture of death extends beyond individuals to entire nation-states. Former governor of Colorado Dick Lamm fleshed out what he recognized as a geniu...

Globalism Revisited: Lean, Mean, Green Machine

published: October 31, 2010

Proclaiming the cosmos (universe) as his god, Mikhail Gorbachev handpicked deep ecology as the handy “international disaster key” required for establishing global governance driven by c...

Globalism Revisited: Man with the Plan

published: October 30, 2010

In the field of medicine, an ultrasound diagnostic image exhibits shadowy, computer-generated movements of a developing fetus. Globalists likewise monitor in utero movement—but on the grander...

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking Part 3

published: September 24, 2010

Americans insist on all sorts of rights—rights to housing, jobs, decent medical care, and organized interests (i.e., unions). They affirm rights and freedoms as egalitarian in fashion, belong...

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking Part 2

published: September 13, 2010

With September upon us, it’s time to load back packs and bid adieu to the kids, off to school for another year. Parents hold high hopes for success, and students can’t wait to see their...

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking

published: August 15, 2010

Contrary to popular application, the “critical” in critical thinking doesn’t mean categorizing political opponents as “idiots”! Far from it. Thinking reasonably, refl...

Globalism: Utopian Dream or Luciferic Nightmare?

published: July 17, 2010

In the field of medicine, an ultrasound diagnostic image exhibits shadowy, computer-generated movements of a developing fetus. Globalists likewise monitor in utero movement—but on the grande...