Obamacare will require large companies to provide health insurance for full-time workers. So a number of low-wage employers–restaurants, hotels, and retailers–are planning to limit workers to no more than 30 hours per week to avoid triggering the requirement. So reports the Wall Street Journal: Health-Care
Hurricane Sandy hit last week, but the regions most affected–especially New Jersey, New York, and particularly Staten Island–are still struggling with the devastation. That includes shortages of food and fuel. Living conditions remained severe for tens of thousands of people unable to return to their
We here at the Cranach Institute endorse no political candidates. Hey, we even shot down the mythological Wise Turk. But you can make endorsements of your own. Who gets your vote tomorrow on election day? Give your endorsement and your reasoning in the comments. Maybe
I made my prediction for the election a long time ago, back when Obama was approaching his lowest point in popularity and when the economy was seeming to sink all incumbents. I predicted that Obama would win re-election. Later, I predicted further that he would
From Abigael Evans, age 4, on behalf of the entire nation:
Back during the Democratic National Convention, we did a post on the Democratic platform, promising that we would do the same for the Republican platform. I never quite got around to that at the time, and we just have a few days before the election,
George Will is among the most learned of today’s pundits, and he has the habit of lacing his columns with big words, arcane references, and scholarly quotations. I urge you to read his latest column, a trenchant criticism of President Barack Obama, linked below. But
Russell E. Saltzman, a pastor in the North American Lutheran Church (the relatively conservative off shoot of ELCA), wrote a post at the First Things blog plaintively asking, “Why Can’t Lutherans Take Catholic Communion?” After all, he says, Lutherans and Catholics are agreed on justification–as
In the sermon for last Sunday, Pastor Douthwaite employed an interesting turn of phrase: There’s been a new phrased coined in our civil discourse of late, and that is folks talking about “the new normal.” Is the constant threat of terrorism the new normal? Are
Happy All Saints’ Day! All Christians are saints–sinners, but also saints–and this is a day to celebrate the Holy Christian Church, the Communion of Saints, as it extends through time and space, in this moment and in eternity. This includes your loved ones who died
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