The circus that is Haggard (Ted, not Merle) launched a new act this week —- he’s starting a new church at his home in Colorado. Just three years since the former megachurch pastor scandalized himself with a male prostitute, he is now ready to “to do something in [their] house . . . . Continue Reading »
Disney, the studio that gave up on Narnia, has given us an early Christmas movie with a remake of a Dicken’s classic A Christmas Carol. Since I refuse to go to any Christmas film before Thanksgiving, I will not see it soon, but there are ten reasons I dread seeing it.If you have seen it, . . . . Continue Reading »
What is so great about being an evangelical?A particularly strong argument for the traditional evangelical cause is that it would be impossible to attend an evangelical church or parachurch event and not be confronted with the Gospel. Nobody ever visited my Dad’s church without getting a . . . . Continue Reading »
It takes remarkable hubris—not to mention a pronounced anti-democratic streak—to shove through Congress a bill that is wildly unpopular with the American people, and apparently getting more so every day. How unpopular? According to a CNN poll, a solid majority now opposes Obama-style . . . . Continue Reading »
This is an interesting study that belies the notion that fetuses are insentient: Apparently, babies cry in their own languages. From the story:From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find. French newborns tend . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s one thing when the Environmental Liberation Front (ELF) pushes criminality in the name of saving the planet. That’s what fringe types often do. But when a supposedly respectable figure like Al Gore—a former U.S. Senator, Vice President, and Peace Prize Nobel . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, Randy Cohen, “The Ethicist” at the New York Times , asked that very question : Etiquette holds that religion, especially another person’s religion, should be treated with deference or, better still, silence by nonbelievers. Hence the familiar dinner-party injunction: . . . . Continue Reading »
Information is pouring out about the red-flashing warning signals that the Fort Hood killer was a homocidal fanatic. Here’s NPR’s account via Instapundit this morning:EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’. (Via The BlogProf). On NPR I heard . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaker Nancy Pelosi-no democrat, small “d”—wants to shove her 2000 + page monstrous bill down our throats by forcing the House to vote before anyone—including legislators—can absorb all its provisions. Toward this imperious end, she scheduled the vote for a rare . . . . Continue Reading »
Tom Bethel has been riding an anti-relativity-theory hobby horse for years. He has recently published an article questioning the theory of relativity in the American Spectator . I have never met Mr. Bethel. I am sure he is a fine fellow; but he should stick to subjects he knows something about. . . . . Continue Reading »
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