Olympics
Olympics Postponed—Should Peaceful Societies Care?
Several months ago, as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread in East Asia, sports fans speculated about what would happen to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, scheduled for July 24 through August 9. The subsequent news that it was going to be postponed came as no surprise but the announcement on Monday last week was […]
Hutterites Cheer the Olympics
The opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics will be held on February 12, and the Olympic torch is on its way across Canada. A report on a Canadian TV website last week highlighted the interest—and lack of interest—among Hutterites along the torch route. Hutterite colonies apparently are taking different approaches to the sports event. […]
Ladakh Protests Olympic Torch
International protests over China’s harsh treatment of Tibet focused on the Olympic torch runs in London, Paris and San Francisco a couple weeks ago, but the relays were free of trouble at subsequent stops. Until last Thursday, the 17th. While stops for the torch in Kazakhstan, Russia, Argentina, Tanzania, Oman, and Pakistan may not have […]
