Obamacare was passed so quickly that, admittedly, lawmakers did not have time to so much as read the multi-volume bill. Hardly anyone, opponent or proponent, knows everything that Affordable Health Care law will do. So as it is being implemented over the next two years,
Harold Camping’s end of the world prediction did not take place, but now we are approaching the New Age equivalent. The calendar of the ancient Mayans has time running out on our December 21, 2012. A range of New Agers, including flying saucer cultists, have
The South Korean rapper Psy–whose “Gangnam Style” goofy dance moves have become the top YouTube video of all time–was once virulently anti-American. In 2004 at an anti-Iraq war concert, he rapped these lyrics written by a South Korean metal group: “Kill those f—— Yankees who
The Bush tax cuts aren’t the only measures that expire on New Year’s Day. So will the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. Without that law, homeowners who have negotiated a short sale–that is, have part of their mortgages forgiven by the lender because
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases that may settle the legal status of gay marriage in this country. The court will rule on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage in federal law as being between one man
Educational reform efforts in the public schools are generally well-intentioned, but once they are taken over by the educational bureaucrats they often achieve the opposite of what was intended. A commendable concern to ensure that students have learned something from the classes they take, that
You have probably heard about those two Australian radio hosts who called the hospital where Kate Middleton, pregnant with a future monarch of England, was being treated for severe morning sickness. They imitated the voice of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, the grandparents, and managed
I started blogging when I wrote small posts for World Magazine’s blog back when blogs were new. Then I had a blog of my own under World’s auspices, and then, after World changed the way it was doing its website, I signed up with a
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died at age 92. The man and his quartet showed sheer genius. My old guitar teacher once sat in with him and it was one of the highlights of his life. Brubeck was a Christian who composed a great deal of
Today is the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into World War. See Attack on Pearl Harbor – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Do you think we will ever again have a world war; that is, war on a
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