The Olympics are over. The United States took the most medals (104), including the most golds (46). China came in second, with 87, 38 being golds. The television ratings were huge. I resisted at first, but every time I would surf by, I would be
The Olympics are over. The United States took the most medals (104), including the most golds (46). China came in second, with 87, 38 being golds. The television ratings were huge. I resisted at first, but every time I would surf by, I would be
Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his vice-presidential running-mate. Ryan is known for his deficit-slashing budget proposal and his fiscal conservatism. Does this help Romney? Will it rally conservatives behind him or just alarm the general public worried about Social Security
Bad news for Republican in the electoral college: *** Romney leads in CO, but Obama’s ahead in VA and WI: Last week, President Obama campaigned in Florida and Ohio — just as new Quinnipiac/New York Times/CBS polls showed him leading (and above 50%) in those
Charles Pope, a Roman Catholic priest in Washington, D.C., is compiling a list of quotations from the early church on abortion, which is not a modern invention but was extremely common during the Roman Empire. Some samples: The Didache (“The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles”)
Well, the consensus as to my query about whether you would like a “like” feature in the comments seemed to be “dislike” and “thumbs down.” (That’s what we need: a voting plug-in so we can do polls and surveys! I am curious about someone’s reference
Washington Post columnist Melinda Henneberger on pro-life Democrats trying to get a hearing at the platform committee but getting shot down. She comes up with an interesting parallel, that abortion is to Democrats what gun rights are to Republicans, an untouchable issue that allows for
The Hobbit movie will be released on December 14. That is to say, the first installment will be released. The plans have been for the story to be told in two parts, with the second movie coming out in the following year. But recently it
Browsing on the LCMS website and looking for something else, I came across this interview with Gen. John W. Vessey, whose distinguished military career including not only combat in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, but serving as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under
Another mass shooting, this time at a Sikh temple in Wade Page in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, just outside of Milwaukee. Six people were killed and three were wounded, including a policeman who is in critical condition. The killer, who was fatally shot by a police
It has been suggested that we add to this blog the ability to register “likes” and “dislikes,” thumbs up or thumbs down on comments, with tabulation of the responses. Other blogs do this, and something like it is a fixture of Facebook. The reasoning is
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