Iran is "root of all evil": Israel PM contender (Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli cabinet minister Shaul Mofaz,
a contender to succeed the prime minister, denounced his native
Iran on Wednesday as "the root of all evil" and said its
nuclear program constituted a threat to world peace.
We seem to have painted ourselves into an existential corner, in which our very survival is quickly becoming an open question. What if anything can we do about it?
If all this seems a bit over the top, it probably is. But this is the time, before time runs out, to dream the impossible. Learn how you can help to make the impossible come true.
An Ideology of Common Sense is a new way of thinking and a new way of talking to one another, a new framework for rational discourse, based on the proposition that even in our fractured world there exists a core set of principles which are universal in their scope, and which have universal appeal. Common sense may be the only gift we were given to bring order to our lives. In our fractured world, common sense is the common denominator!
On September 23rd, 2007, Nissim (Nick) Dahan was interviewed by Jay Bernstein & Larry Cohen, and took calls from the listeners of the weekly radio show. Listen to this inspiring and thought provoking conversation. A transcript is also available.
Listen to, or read the transcript of, Nissim (Nick) Dahan's interview on the Tom Marr Show that aired Thursday, September 20th, 2007. It was a positive discussion focusing on the central themes of Selling a Vision of Hope, the recently published book by Nissim Dahan.
Nissim Dahan's book "Selling a Vision of Hope: A Refreshing Alternative to Armageddon" is available now from Amazon and Trafford Publishing.
In his book, Nissim unveils an optimistic roadmap - A Vision of Peace, Prosperity, and Freedom - to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East. Nissim believes that only the universal compass of Common Sense can guide our path to peace.
An Ideology of Common Sense, a common denominator between all mankind, is the underpinning concept of Selling a Vision of Hope.
Selling a Vision of Hope is indeed, a refreshing alternative.
You don’t have to be a prophet to realize that the world is moving, at an ever accelerating rate of speed, toward some sort of ultimate conclusion. We’ve been around as a species for some 2,000,000 years, and for 99% of that time we’ve used our God-given common sense to survive. But in the last two hundred years, from the Industrial Revolution to the recent phenomenon of globalization, we find ourselves hurtling briskly toward an existential culmination of world events. So I ask you, which way will we go as a species?
The United States, along with many other Western nations, find themselves embroiled in a seemingly intractable struggle against the forces of ideological extremism and terror. The enemy is not Islam. Much of Islam is compatible with Western values, and most Muslims subscribe to those values. All religions contain certain scriptural passages which are not palatable to the modern mind. Most of us, however, use our common sense to ignore such passages, even as we embrace our respective religions. The enemy is ideological extremism.
