As the country, like a nation of lemmings, parties its way off the fiscal cliff, let us all wish each other a lucky 2013! That doesn’t sound very hopeful. Let’s try that again. Have a blessed New Year! “My times are in your hand” (Psalm
As the country, like a nation of lemmings, parties its way off the fiscal cliff, let us all wish each other a lucky 2013! That doesn’t sound very hopeful. Let’s try that again. Have a blessed New Year! “My times are in your hand” (Psalm
One of my personal New Year’s Day rituals is to read humorist Dave Barry’s month-by-month recap of the year gone by. It’s printed in quite a few newspapers, but it’s often edited down to fit the space. I believe this is a complete version of
The problem with slang is that it goes out of fashion as quickly as it comes in. Few things sound sillier than slang that’s just a little out of date or that is uttered by someone who is not in the group the slang is
The good news is that the Republican and Democratic leadership seems to have come to an agreement about renewing the Bush tax cuts. The bad news is that it was impossible logistically to pass a bill before midnight on New Year’s Eve when the cuts
As is our custom on New Year’s Eve, we invite you to make your predictions for what will happen in the New Year. We will then review those predictions in exactly one year to see how you did. (See today’s accompanying post.) Whoever made the
At the turn of every year, this blog asks you to predict what will happen in the New Year ahead. (We’ll do that in another post.) Lots of blogs and publications do that. But what we also do and others don’t is check last year’s
Religion journalists selected the top religion stories of the year: 1. U.S. Catholic bishops lead opposition to Obamacare requirement that insurance coverage for contraception be provided for employees. The government backs down a bit, but not enough to satisfy the opposition. 2. A Pew Forum
An ancient pagan temple was found just three miles from Jerusalem. It dates from the time that the Biblical Temple to the true God was in operation. The discovery shows what the Prophets were railing against, God’s people turning to idols. Solomon built the Temple
To descend from the theoretical to the tangible, here is how much your taxes will increase once the Bush tax cuts expire on Tuesday, unless Congress cuts a deal to extend them: Annual income of $20,000 to $30,000: $1,064 average tax increase Annual income of
It’s the most natural thing in the world, paganism being the natural religion, to turn one’s king or emperor–or now, one’s president– into a god. From the American Spectator‘s George Neumayr: Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign inspired a level of euphoria that almost seemed cultish. Obama
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