Amy Welborn pours some much-needed cold water on the burning "controversy" generated by the coming seminary visits by the Vatican.
The United States' Afghan policy appears in tatters after recent events: the Qur'an burning controversy, the murder of 16 civilians allegedly by a US soldier at the weekend, and Wednesday's possible attack on Panetta.
But with no burning controversy to match the farce of the disqualification and reinstatement of last year's winner, Al Murray, it passed off without anything more than a few bruised egos.
(AP) — A Florida pastor at the center of a Koran-burning controversy was jailed briefly for refusing to pay what the authorities called a "peace bond" for a planned demonstration outside a mosque.
Between the completion of their manuscript and its publication, the dispute over the Islamic center in Lower Manhattan erupted, followed by the Koran-burning controversy, and somewhere along the way a New York cabdriver was stabbed, apparently for being a Muslim.
The fire comes nearly forty years after his legendary Black Ark studio in Kingston, Jamaica burned down amidst controversy in the late 70s.
Yet like any controversy that burns with emotion — fanned by cable television, news media and talk radio — it could flame out, losing the interest of voters who are fretting over pocketbook concerns.
Despite much experience in the management of severe burn trauma patients, controversies regarding the best type of fluid resuscitation, especially within the first 24 hours after trauma, are still going on.
This is a controversy that has burned for years – usually with the victorious party insisting that making election promises is a normal part of the political process and the losing side saying it is all a terrible rort.
And, to harness a Guns N' Roses refrain, "where do we go from here?" A few lawsuits, a dozen bandmates, a disappointing, long-delayed "Chinese Democracy" album, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame controversy and many burned bridges later, three-fifths of that lineup agreed to terms that will land them at the festival.
The burning of Columbia has engendered controversy ever since, with some claiming the fires were accidental, others a deliberate act of vengeance, and still others that the retreating Confederates burned bales of cotton on their way out of town.
