I wish I could get more excited about the GP. But the county I live in is 100 percent GOP. Every elected official. Going up, the state representative and state senator, GOP. Governor, Tax Assessor, RR Commissioner, US Rep., US Sen. - all GOP. The on…
Katha Pollitt: "While it may well be true that some of the small number of French women who wear burqas and niqabs are forced into them, it's hard to see how a ban will help liberate them. Instead, it will permit the French to publicly humiliate the…
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Good post. I hate to admit it, but I still get superstitious when a situation gets way out of control. "God get me through this." I don't believe in God, but it still calms me a bit.
BTW Howard and John D ~ Check out the video I posted on Praying t…
Well, as a tenured professor, I don't have that employment risk.
But here I am, surrounded by a bunch of so-called scientists,
and every public occasion it is still automatically assumed that everyone is 'christian', i.e. grace before dinner, refere…
I must say I have negative feelings when it comes to homeschooling of any type unless there are medical issues that preclude a public education. I freely admit they are based solely on the isolation from the mainstream I felt as a child. From the 5t…
That brings up an interesting question... What do they do with their kirpan while flying? I seriously doubt they're allowed to bring it on board, so they'd have to put it in their checked luggage. If they're willing to make that concession, then the…
Excellent post Howard - I never really thought of "#4 Unhelpfulness disguised as helplessness". This must be one of the ways prayer actually makes the world a worse place. It provides an excuse for inactivity by claiming it really does do something.…