Monthly Archives: February 2010

Health Care Summit – finally an open debate

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Rick

Remember when many conservatives said that Republicans should stay away from the Health Care Summit called for by President Obama? Because it would be a sham? Because the president was not really interested in open debate? Oh. My. Jonah Goldberg … Continue reading →

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Another blog worth noting – "Afroconservative"

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Rick

The way the “racism” charge has been thrown around since oh January 2009 has been deeply troubling to me. Just this week was listening to a very enjoyable interview on National Public Radio with singer Dee Dee Bridgewater who mostly … Continue reading →

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Spare us the lame and contradictory (liberal) excuses!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rick

[This new version of WordPress the "insert media" function does not work. Sorry no illustrations until that gets fixed.] Man – National Review Online was just swimming with powerful articles this morning. Where to start? Charles Krauthammer on whether America … Continue reading →

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Chaim Potok and sermons

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Rick

Was listening to NPR in car this morning (yeah yeah I know) and “Writer’s Almanac” with Garrison Keillor came on. It was more interesting than most days. Ah yes a poem about cleaning up after the dog. Guess who walks … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on February 15, 2010 by admin

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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My Who Dat? post (or) Why sports?

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Rick

[I tried to add a good picture here but this just updated version of WordPress for some reason will not allow me to do that.] Donald Miller in his excellent book Searching for God Knows What? wonders what would happen … Continue reading →

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Is this what it takes to attract young Baptists?

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Rick

From one of the coordinators for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Louisiana I received by email a link to a recent opinion piece published through the Associated Baptist Press: “Why 20- and 30-year-olds are leaving the Baptist church” by Carra … Continue reading →

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The plot(?) to destroy Toyota

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Rick

I know we have had to take the church bus to the local dealer because of a recall. But do not recall that it was national news. Toyota has a problem that we are hearing about. Something about the gas … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Opera's performance of "Carmen" by Bizet (or) What *is* Carmen?

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Rick

Last time took eight to see “Turandot” by Puccini. Fairly full theater. People came up to us with tears in their eyes (I am not making that up) to express how much they appreciate young people coming to see the … Continue reading →

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