I’m a lawyer—thanks for not holding that against me—and my knowledge of law and the U.S. Constitution has me wondering whether the mandatory purchase requirement or pay a fine under all Obamacare plans passes constitutional muster. I haven’t done a study of the matter, but it . . . . Continue Reading »
Consider two facts: God does not make arbitrary decisions and Christianity is a religion whose truths are rooted in and revealed through history. Assuming those claims are both true—and I have no doubts about either—it follows that the Father had a particular reason for sending the Son to . . . . Continue Reading »
Not long ago I was dealing with a particularly thorny issue at work (I’m an academic administrator), one that drained me of much mental and emotional energy. I had to negotiate a conflict between two persons (both of whom are godly) who had hurt each other’s feelings. These situations . . . . Continue Reading »
The hysterics in the global warming crowd want us to give up everything that makes modern life prosperous and worth living. We are to give up having more than one, or at most, two children. We are to give up dogs and cats. We are to give up flying—except Al Gore. We are to give up . . . . Continue Reading »
George Orwell called it, and now Speaker Pelosi rolls out the Newspeak. The public option, is now apparently being rechristened, the “competitive option.” From the story:In an appearance at a Florida senior center, the Democratic leader referred to the so-called public option as . . . . Continue Reading »
Nobody knows the pain of the culture of death more profoundly that the Schindler family. First, Terri Schiavo—Bobby’s sister—was dehydrated to death because of her profound cognitive incapacity. Her cruel death, the family believes, badly undermined dad Robert . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes when I tell people that I think the Bible has no errors when read with literary sensitivity, they reply:“That is so nineteenth century of you.” This is quite offensive to me since it is my politics and taste in fiction and architecture that are Victorian, not my theology. . . . . Continue Reading »
Evidently President Obama’s wanting to play basketball with the guys is disturbing to some people.I am unclear why this is so.Sometimes guys like to hang out with guys in their free time. The President lives in a house with three females. He works in an office with gals and guys. Why . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently, Newt Gingrich teased voters by announcing he might run for President of the United States. This is exciting news only if the voters in the GOP get the Nobel Peace Prize Disease (NPPD).NPPD is a rare condition where decision makers pick not the best candidate, but the one who wants it the . . . . Continue Reading »
This should be obvious, but it needs to be restated. Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations did so yesterday:Dore Gold: Nuclear Iran Would Create Terrorist UmbrellaFormer Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold warns that a nuclear-armed Iran would shift . . . . Continue Reading »
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