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Blog: Psalms 83 Revisited
There's something strange taking place in the Middle East. All the signs in be pointing toward an imminent outbreak of hostilities against Israel. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted Sunday as saying that Iran will deliver a harsh blow to "global arrogance" on February 11. It is not clear whether he's referring to the ongoing demonstrations in Tehran...
Blog: Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
This morning, I googled the words, "Haiti Christian children traffickers" just to see how the headlines would read. For the most part, the news is treating the story as if the 10 Americans arrested in Haiti were attempting to steal the 33 orphans from Haiti for some nefarious purposes. One story, headlined, "Hotel Room 'Orphanage'" tried to make the case that the group was operating under false pretenses...
Blog: The World's Most Christian Country
There is an old joke about the Christian who dies and then finds himself standing at the Pearly Gates before St. Peter. Peter welcomes him in and ushers him along a high fence line marked periodically by a series of locked gates. The Christian stops by one of those gates and says to St. Peter, "What's behind that gate?" "That's the Baptist section," Peter says. "So why the high fences and the gate?" the...
Blog: None of the People, None of the Time
It was Abraham Lincoln that said, "you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all of the time". Most US politicians understand that equation to be true.The current administration seems to believe that fooling itself is sufficient. The president's State of the Union speech struck a tone somewhere between whiny and defiant, peppered as it was with excuses....
Blog: State of the Obamanation
As America prepares for this year's State of the Union address, it is a very different country than the one Obama addressed one year ago. All the President's handlers say this is his chance to "reconnect" with the middle-class. From his war on the banks, to his health-care reform that could cost taxpayers for generations, president Obama's policies have sent a strong message that...
