The top 10 anti-Christian acts of 2013

Last updated on: January 8, 2014 at 11:26 am By christinastephens

Christina here… It’s that time again! The website DefendChristians.org has put out their list of the “Top 10 Anti-Christian Events” of 2013. DefendChristians defines this list as the: “top 10 most egregious acts of anti-Christian defamation, discrimination and persecution in America.” Each year I go over their list to show my readers exactly what the viewers of this website constitute acts of defamation, discrimination and persecution of Christians. Here we go! #10: “Quentin Tarantino parody” on the life of Jesus Christ,... Read more

Yale professor David Gelernter thinks scientists are bullies.

Last updated on: January 8, 2014 at 10:18 am By JT Eberhard

I saw a positively silly article (written by a Yale professor, David Gelernter, sadly) in Commentary Magazine this morning. It can pretty much be summed up with this quote: [W]hen scientists use this locker-room braggadocio to belittle the human viewpoint, to belittle human life and values and virtues and civilization and moral, spiritual, and religious discoveries, which is all we human beings possess or ever will, they have outrun their own empiricism. They are abusing their cultural standing. Science has... Read more

Your morning happiness: cupcake tree!

Last updated on: January 8, 2014 at 8:16 am By JT Eberhard

I’m back! Now it’s on to business as usual here at ye olde blog. First, a morning happiness. Here’s a Friendsmas Tree made of cupcakes that we concocted down in Arkansas. Read more

County Judge Mickey Pendergrass wants a majority? Let’s give him one.

Last updated on: January 7, 2014 at 2:19 pm By JT Eberhard

You all know I’m not in the habit of asking people to share my blog, but on this occasion I would appreciate if it very much if you would take the time to write a letter and to share this post far and wide. Because it’s so close to home, this one’s a bit personal for me. Ok, first some recap for everybody who hasn’t been following the Baxter County nativity hullabaloo (for a full rundown, click here). On the... Read more

Dan Fincke launches new blog on ethics.

Last updated on: January 6, 2014 at 7:19 am By JT Eberhard

So…Michaelyn and I got pinned down by bad weather yesterday. We’re going to try to make it back home today. So if you’re dying to read kick ass entries, consider swinging by Dan Fincke’s new blog: Empowerment Ethics. Look at the goatee on that man. He even looks like a philosopher. For realsies though, Dan is one of the clearest thinkers on our side. I couldn’t recommend his work more, even though he’s too nice at times. 😛 When he... Read more

Message sent. Congratulations everybody!

Last updated on: January 5, 2014 at 6:44 am By JT Eberhard

To all of you who went and made your voices heard in the Baxter Bulletin the other day about the courthouse nativity scene, thank you. They got the message. Feel free to pile on in the comments of that article as well. 🙂 Sadly, today is the day that Michaelyn and I must make the 7 hour trek back to Lawrence. I’ll see you all again tomorrow. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart. I guess because this... Read more

Utah man starving himself until gays aren’t allowed to marry.

Last updated on: January 4, 2014 at 11:06 am By JT Eberhard

This story is both funny and said. It’s funny for the man’s self-aggrandizing impotence and sad, well, because it’s an example of just how pathetic human beings can be. A Utah man has said he will starve himself until gay marriage is forbidden throughout the United States. His goal is to draw attention to the discredited legal theory of “nullification.” This bogus theory holds that states — not the federal government — hold supreme authority and have the right to... Read more

Letter to the editor from Steven Fannin.

Last updated on: January 4, 2014 at 10:13 am By JT Eberhard

The final egregiously wrong letter to the editor (for today, at least) comes from Steven Fannin: In regards to the lawsuit against the nativity scene at the courthouse, my thought is why should there be a wasteful lawsuit just because someone has a different belief? We have had to take God out of all the public places, and now we are being attacked because of the nativity scene at the courthouse. I know individuals who have had to take off... Read more

Next up: Lisa Thomas.

Last updated on: January 4, 2014 at 9:52 am By JT Eberhard

And our merry go-round of ignorant letters to the editor continues with this offering from Lisa Thomas. The parts in red are my thoughts when reading it. I do my best to never offend anybody. I am nice to everyone. I am sure this letter will offend a few select people in this community, but I believe that most people in this community and in all of Arkansas will embrace what I have to say [A textbook case in how... Read more

Letter to the editor from Mandy Dobson.

Last updated on: January 4, 2014 at 9:47 am By JT Eberhard

Here’s a letter to the editor from Mandy Dobson: I have been a Baxter County resident all of my life. Obviously, the lawsuit has been filed from a moved-in Yankee. The people who move from Chicago and other northern areas need to realize they now live in the Bible Belt. They need to stay out of our traditions we have in our area. All these people talk about is how they do it “up north,” and that it is so... Read more