Category Archives: Issues

Meanwhile in Kenya (or) As America so Kenya?

(Yes I know this website is supposed to get away from politics. But this is huge. And deserves more attention that it will receive in the American media.) Or is it the other way around? As Kenya so America? Most … Continue reading

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Will young Americans truly turn toward liberal Christianity?

(ed – I almost did not publish this. Do not like to “pick an argument” with such a public figure and that is not my intent.) Normally I do not pay much attention to what American religion scholar Diana Butler … Continue reading

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Lord deliver us from politics (or) Trusting God when things fall apart

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; … Continue reading

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British deathcare and other elitist silliness (or) Afternoon coffee

Quick survey of some links that caught my attention. Avik Roy demonstrates why Americans have good reason to be concerned that our healthcare system is on its way to becoming more like the National Health Service in Britain. “Britons are … Continue reading

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Anyone else getting propaganda emails?

Some of you may remember the Ellie Light episode. More than seventy newspapers across the country all accepted and published the exact same letter-to-the-editor defending President Obama. For the last year or so I have been receiving about once per … Continue reading

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“I am not my sin” – The finest podcast I have ever heard?

Funny how everything works together. I was mildly annoyed when 3 teenagers who attend Church of the Nations said they needed me to take them home in the church bus – which had left 10 minutes earlier. Sigh. Which meant … Continue reading

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Dennis Prager says what I’ve been saying for years (or) The left’s intellectual solipsism

Phew. Kudos to Dennis Prager for saying what I have been saying for years. Not that he got it from me at all. But that someone has expressed publicly and well something that has been on my mind for a … Continue reading

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Father Stephen Freeman – salvation > “issues”

Someone will get what he wants. But not for the reasons that he thinks. Couple weeks ago heard a podcast by Father Stephen Freeman from May 16 2009 entitled “Personal Issues”. The transformation of the world will not come about … Continue reading

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How they misportray tells us more about them than about us (or) Tea Party crashers

“Glee” is the only television show my entirely family enjoys watching together. We had been looking forward to the season opener on Monday. There was a “Sarah Palin is stupid” joke. My family did not care about that but thought … Continue reading

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So perhaps racial epithets were indeed used (or) Red card game over

Associated Press has published an article challenging strongly some of the evidence and arguments advanced to refute claims the N-word was used against members of the Congressional Black Caucus. If the article is correct this is deeply troubling on several … Continue reading

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