Isaiah 3-4; Proverbs 1:18-19

Tuesday's Bible Reading: Isaiah 3-4; Proverbs 1:18-19

The eighty-third day of summer.

This morning I'm watching NASA TV. Amazing. It's live coverage of the shuttle crew installing a 17-ton piece of the space station. What a contrast to yesterday when all eyes were focused on the evil use of aeronautical technology as we remembered 9-11, that fateful day five years ago when four planes, full of unsuspecting people, were hi-jacked by the enemies of progress and used to take down the two towers of the World Trade Center, part of the Pentagon, and another target in our nation's capital. They failed to reach their fourth target because people onboard took control and ditched the plane in a Pennsylvania field, sacrificing their own lives but saving who knows how many others.

One of the interesting things about the contrast between yesterday and today is that few people are watching the NASA crew build the space station. It's being broadcast on a cable channel that I have to watch via the Internet. Construction is slow, tedious, and boring. Destruction is quick, exciting, and riveting. No wonder the destroyers get all the attention.

Today in Jewish History
19 Elul from Aish.com

In 1941, Charles Lindbergh, who achieved fame by being the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, delivered an anti-Semitic speech on the radio. Lindbergh became an outspoken supporter of Nazi Germany, even recommending in testimony before Congress that the U.S. negotiate a neutrality pact with Germany. At a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, he made an infamous speech claiming that Jews, "for reasons which are not American, wish to involve us in the war... We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of other people to lead our country to destruction." Lindbergh also made an implicit threat against Jews, stating: "Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences."