JEFF JACOBYHow is it going? Pretty well.
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Victor Davis Hanson on al Qaeda and terrorism on National Review OnlineThe most brilliant article yet on why we fight.
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Malone: It's OK to Poke Fun at Religion: "'I think it's important to poke fun at things we find really serious,' the 19-year-old said in an interview with AP Radio. 'I think if we applied that to things in our own lives we'd be able to take things much better.' "Self-irony is good. Poking fun at things is also good. However, that is where the movie "Saved" fails as a movie. It...
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In the United States, why are there poor people? As someone who is from one of the poorest states in the Union (West Virginia) and who has in the past lived by choice in urban areas allow me to make a few observations. I would also recommend reading some articles from the Heritage Foundation to get some data to support my conclusions.First, let us state a few obvious things fr...
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The Atlantic | July/August 2004 | The Old Man | HitchensRead this article about folk responsible for the murder of millions. Leftist ideas that kill people get a pass and the socialists who kill are given points for their good intentions. Socialism is a religion of death. It glorifies one group of people over another. In some socialist nations, unborn children must die so that...
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Jollyblogger: Responding to Hugh Hewitt: "Telling them, then, that it's unChristian to be a part of a party that they see as the only party that cares about something close to God's heart isn't going to do much for racial reconciliation or for unity in the church."A major goal of my life has been to see racial reconciliation and unity in the Church. I have even purchases real ...
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Amazon.com: Books: Ulysses (Vintage International)This book was one of the first of the gnostic cult of literature sold by smut. Homer packaged profound truth in a way even a drunken lord deep in his wine could understand. Shakespeare was great and understandable to the masses, even when writing about the Greeks. When English literature decided to move past Dickens (also popul...
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Kerry advisers tell hopeful to 'keep cool' on religion - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - June 18, 2004Delphic sacrifice to Hugh Hewitt for this must read story. Think religious people are welcome in the Democrat party? If you don't like Castro and you are rationally religious like roughly eighty percent of the population, then the answer is "no." When Kerry and company...
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Around the World in 80 Days -- The Official Movie WebsiteSome movies are so bad they become immortal: think Manos: the Hands of Fate. Some movies are so good they become an icon for the company: think Snow White and Walt Disney. This film has blended the two roles by incarnating everything wrong with the current Disney management. It is a remake, a badly done remake. It tries ...
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MSNBC - Rush Limbaugh announces end of his third marriage: "It was the third marriage for both Limbaugh, 53, and his 44-year-old wife, who were wed May 27, 1994 at the Virginia home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas."This is very sad. Marriages have ups and downs, but three failed marriages indicates a problem. Combined with the revelation of a drug habit, it might...
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Why should a Christian be a Republican? First, no political party should dominate our thinking. Christianity is not just first in my view of the world; it is the only view of the world.Having said that, it seems important to me to work for and with the Republican Party and not just stand on the edge of the field being critical. No party is perfect, but the Republican Party max...
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Jollyblogger: Political Blogging: "This commentor raised a valid concern about blurring the line between what we call 'conservative' and what we call 'Christian.' "Here is credit to the wonderfully thoughtful blog that started this conversation. Jollyblogger is always worth reading.
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HughHewitt.com: "Very interesting stuff, but he objects to a question I have myself raised with my radio audience: 'Can a Christian be a Democrat?' "This is a hard question. Of course, one can be a Christian and a Democrat. I have very good friends who are both. However, can one be an intellectually consistent Christian and a Democrat? I think the answer to that is "no." The...
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