Matthew Houston's Blog (5)

Since becoming President of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005, Mahmoud Abbas has attempted something which placed him in stark contrast to the status quo -- he has chosen non-violence as a weapon to win freedom for his people. While his efforts have not been perfect, the results have been quite remarkable, especially for a nation at the crux of global conflict.…



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Love him or hate him ... collectively, we voted overwhelmingly to elect him at least once.



He was opinionated, acted from the gut rather than planning, led and compelled with raw emotion and pronounced judgment on anyone he deemed to be a threat.



But why did we elect someone like that? I believe it's because he was representing the world.



I think it was evident after the towers were attacked and after the Iraq war started. People were calm, collected and… Continue

I just had a funny thought while I was making my protein shake / coffee thing.



For some reason I was thinking about that old story about the golden calf, and how people were worshiping it. Am I the only one who thought it was really weird that they picked a calf? Of, course in Sunday school that question was not fielded particularly well, so I pretty much just dropped it.



But I just started thinking about it again.



Wouldn't it be ironic if it all came out of an… Continue

I was thinking about the principles and conditions of space and time and how they relate to energy and matter... this applies to not just science and physics, but to human relationships as well.



I see this happen very often ... some person or group, be it an individual, a country, a gender group, etc ... want to affect change at a distance while treating the intermediate space as meaningless or ineffectual. It's exactly this mindset that creates the resistance to accomplishing the… Continue

So I got lost on my way to an interview (which I missed), and since I was in the area, I walked through the Southwest Group art showcase on Welch Road and Sigma Road, I think. Obviously it's a very inspiring place. It was like being in a smaller version of the Louvre...only you can buy stuff...amazing. http://www.swgallery.com/browse_artist.aspx



Ok, so here's the idea:



The idea centers around converting terrorists to use non-lethal force, and in so-doing, forge a new… Continue