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August 2014

August 20, 2014
Conde Nast Traveler has conducted a survey to find the friendliest and the unfriendliest cities...
August 19, 2014
Last Sunday, the sermon was about that puzzling passage in which Jesus seems at first...
August 19, 2014
We've blogged about the militarization of the police (here and here), but what about the...
August 19, 2014
Douglas Wilson, who is associated with the "Federal Vision" movement, weighs in on the Crypto-Lutheran...
August 18, 2014
Why would police officers, as in those in Ferguson, Missouri, wear green camoflage jungle fatigues? ...
August 18, 2014
Feminists make a distinction between "sex," which has to do with biology, and "gender," which...
August 18, 2014
A district attorney who was in charge of the public integrity unit (!) was convicted...
August 15, 2014
Back in the 19th century, Lutherans went through a "crypto-Calvinist" controversy.  But today, Calvinists are...
August 15, 2014
My native Oklahoma is a conservative state, and yet the city manager of Oklahoma City...
August 15, 2014
I just got back from St. Louis, staying just a few blocks from the riots...
August 14, 2014
The Prime Minister of Hungary has said what many people around the world have been...
August 14, 2014
Another example of sacrificing yourself for your neighbor: When Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan...
August 14, 2014
If you are worried that the U.S. is reigniting the war in Iraq, don't be. ...
August 13, 2014
Jeff Hual brings back from a few years ago a piece by Lillian Daniel, in...
August 13, 2014
The Texas Monthly ran a feature entitled "13 Famous Texans' Favorite Places."  When it was...
August 13, 2014
Robin Williams was beloved, wealthy, and acclaimed, always laughing and making others laugh.  And yet...
August 12, 2014
Sinead O'Connor is a singer perhaps best known for ripping up the pope's picture on...
August 12, 2014
Back when I was in graduate school, I took a course on American English.  We...
August 12, 2014
Hillary Clinton played the role of a loyal soldier when she was Secretary of State,...
August 11, 2014
Atheists are always invoking science, but notice how often their arguments and rhetoric use political...
August 11, 2014
My brother-in-law (Seabees, retired) told me that when we withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, we...
August 11, 2014
Sounds are vibrations of the air that are picked up by vibrations of the eardrum. ...
August 08, 2014
As Islamic State routed tough Kurdish forces (the largest pro-American group in Iraq), drawing near...
August 08, 2014
We have the post-moderns and the post-Christians; now we have the post-Protestants.  Referring mainly to...
August 08, 2014
Psychologists have used a 40-question test to diagnose the condition of narcissism, a syndrome of...
August 08, 2014
Russia is responding to our sanctions and expressing its leader's contempt for what he considers...
August 07, 2014
Last Sunday's sermon was a great take on the feeding of the five thousand.  Pastor...
August 07, 2014
The corporate tax rate in the United States is 35%, the highest of all developed...
August 07, 2014
A group of Russian criminals has collected 1.2 billion user names and passwords.  And since...
August 06, 2014
  Two Sundays ago, the sermon was on these parables from Matthew 13: 44 “The kingdom...
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