MSNBC - Democrats blast Iraq war policy in Rice debate"I don't like impugning anyone's integrity, but I really don't like being lied to," Dayton said, "Repeatedly, flagrantly, intentionally."Once again my sources in Washington were able to bring us further details on this story.Mark Dayton was angry, but he was also afraid. He felt betrayed by Dr. Rice. However, finding that h...
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Evangelist Says Offerings Lost in Mail: "Those employees said the ministry routinely used donations to pay for Hanegraaff's personal expenses and luxury items, including a board-approved 2003 Lexus sports car and smaller items, such as repairs to his children's computers and birthday flowers for his mother."This is a deeply disturbing story to all Christians. However, we shoul...
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Times Online - CommentBut for many decades America’s share of the world’s economic output has been in decline. Think of a see-saw. America at one end is now easily outweighed by any substantial grouping at the other, and most of those powers are on friendly terms with each other. America’s modesty in 1945 understated its muscle, just as Bushite vanity overstates...
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MSNBC - Fear not, these CRACKPOTS can be saved: "Since I am a compassionate and tolerant person". . .You know what follows will be neither.Here is an idea:Let's use public schools to convince people their parent's moral values are wicked. Let's teach really young kids about "sexual identity." Since most parents did not send their kids to government schools to have an ill educa...
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Sloan stepping down, becoming Baylor chancellor: "Baylor University's embattled president announced Friday that he will step down and become the school's chancellor, a post with no administrative responsibilities."This is sad news. Anyone who is been in Christian colleges knows how to read this story. Sloan pretty plainly wanted to stay. At least a plurality of the faculty wan...
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HughHewitt.com: "And how to explain the difference in treatment within the blogosphere accorded to Harvard's President Lawrence Summers and Focus on the Family's James Dobson? The New York Times ran a story yesterday on Dobson's criticisms of this music video. I have been unable to find Dobson's remarks except as chopped up by the Times, but today's acid editorial by the Los A...
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Adrian Warnock's UK Evangelical Blog: And the winner of the first ever "warnie" blogger award is.....: "The first ever 'Warnie' blogger award goes to Dr John Mark Reynolds for a great all round blog which deserves much more attention than it currently gets. Covering the war on terror, philosophy, creation, Star Trek and a host of other subjects I love it. Dr Reynolds is a prof...
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MSNBC - Rice, Democrats duel over Iraq strategySen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., confronted Rice with her own words to argue that as Bush's national security adviser, she had contradicted herself on Saddam's weapons capabilities."You sent them [U.S. troops] in there because of weapons of mass destruction. Later, the mission changed when there were none," Boxer told Rice.(From a se...
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HughHewitt.com: "Here is the story on Harvard President Larry Summers' assertion that innate differences between the sexes could help explain why fewer women succeed in science and math careers. Bottom line: It isn't playing well with the feminist left, and probably won't play well with every parent in America who had hoped that their daughter would have every opportunity that...
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The Three Essentials for Education: Part Two- Right QuestionsFind an educational enthusiast and you will meet someone with more faith than a fighting fundamentalist at a tent meeting. Whatever his system, he believes it contains the answers to all of life’s problems. Just do what he says and his version of educational Cortaslim will solve your problems. Find the cure, the ...
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William Shatner gives me a headache. Long, long ago he was the captain of the star ship Enterprise on the only real Star Trek series. The show was over before I was old enough to watch it, but it was a staple on Saturday night. You had to endure a few minutes of Lawrence Welk and then Shatner would boldy go where no man has gone before.Shatner made some very bad movies and sin...
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This Dan Brown book is a prequel to the other one. You know. The one that has been on the best seller list for almost as long as the made up scholarship in it has existed.At least we know one thing: either Brown is now a better writer or he got a better editor for the Famous Book. Angels and Demons has few of the strengths and all of the weaknesses of its younger relation. It ...
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Yahoo! News - Report: U.S. Conducting Secret Missions Inside Iran: "The United States has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, The New Yorker magazine reported Sunday."One can only hope that this is true. Something must be done about Iran and that something will end up including some sort o...
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