For many years I refused to vote for Democratic candidates. Partly because I was a “social conservative.” But more because the Democrats made me feel so unwelcome. As a Christian believer I felt that the Democrats were being dismissive and … Continue reading →
Continue reading →On October 4, Robert Edwards, the pioneer of in vitro fertilization received the Nobel Prize for medicine. This medically assisted reproductive procedure accounts for over 4 million births in the last 30 years. However, the Vatican criticized the choice of … Continue reading →
Continue reading →News pundits, especially on the right, pretended not to grasp the meaning of Steven Colbert’s testimony before congress. Yet all one needs to know in order to understand the intent of Colbert’s testimony is that his approach to politics is … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Most people didn’t even notice when President Obama presented his second annual speech to the nation’s school students. How different than before, when some of the president’s detractors created a strange hysteria among parents and teachers alike. Among the most … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Earlier I posted about Soledad O’brian’s interview of Imam Rauf. I suggested that Soledad was functioning well below her level and I wondered why she seemed ill-prepared and kept repeating the same questions, not to mention her dismissive attitude. In … Continue reading →
Continue reading →I just watched the re-airing of the Soledad O’brien (in for Larry King) interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of New York City. I don’t even know where to start. Perhaps the CNN Belief Blog, where I also left a response. … Continue reading →
Continue reading →It was considered to be in poor taste, so the Obama campaign quickly tried to walk it back. But he had already said it in what he naively thought was a private setting, only to be recorded for later replay. … Continue reading →
Continue reading →I’m still trying to figure out the message of the Glen Beck rally. If the message was simply, “we can assemble from 80,000 to 500,000 ( the estimates vary) , most of whom are white conservatives,” then I suppose his … Continue reading →
Continue reading →It’s hard to believe that it has been nine years since the destruction of the World Trade Center. Like so many others, I remember it so clearly. The sense of violation, the senseless carnage, the simultaneous attack on the Pentagon, … Continue reading →
Continue reading →They came to this country searching for religious freedom. Those of similar but not identical faith considered them to be a threat to the “pure faith”. It wasn’t long before they were told that their type of religion would not … Continue reading →
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