First we accept homosexuality, some social conservatives said, and next we’ll accept pedophilia. If we legalize gay marriage, they said, next we’ll have legalize polygamy. “Nonsense!” came the reply. “You’re committing the slippery slope fallacy.” Well, we are slipping and sliding on that same slippery
When I was in grade school, penmanship kept me off of the honor roll. Today most schools have not only dropped penmanship, they do not even teach cursive writing anymore Most states don’t require children to learn cursive writing anymore. Some 46 states have adopted
Governor Perry is leading the other Republican presidential contenders, including among tea partiers and anti-tea partiers. Romney leads him among moderates by only two points. Rick Perry leads his Republican rivals by double digits in the first national survey taken since the Texas governor joined
Congregations dissenting from the ELCA’s embrace of homosexuality now have a bishop and have formed a new Lutheran denomination: The North American Lutheran Church (NALC). It has 250 congregations and some 100,000 members. Check out their website, which details the NALC’s beliefs, government, and mission:
Ron Paul, the pro-life anti-war libertarian, took second place in the Iowa straw poll. Michelle Bachmann beat him by only 200 votes, and yet her showing is being hailed as making her a contender. Paul is attracting much more support than he received the last
The Wall Street Journal and John McCain started it by calling Tea Partiers “hobbits.” Timothy Furnish develops the parallels: The first leg on this journey is figuring out what the Ring represents in modern political discourse. Since the Tea Party is trying to cast it
In choosing which presidential candidate a person will support, the most usual preoccupation for people in both parties is “what does he–or she–believe”? That’s certainly important, since a leader’s beliefs will manifest themselves in their policies and decisions. But there is something else to consider:
Mitt Romney said, “Corporations are people.” Newt Gingrich castigated “right-wing social engineering.” Michele Bachmann claimed that she shared the same spirit as someone else born in Waterloo, Iowa, John Wayne. But it wasn’t the movie star with whom she shared a birthplace but serial killer
One of the major greenhouse global warming gases is methane. Scientists have discovered that there is not nearly as much methane in the atmosphere as their computer models predicted there should be. Scientists say that there has been a mysterious decline in the growth of
Well, we are back from our Alaskan cruise. What a great vacation. A cruise ship offers rest and relaxation, the beauties and sublimities of nature, the benefits of civilization, learning interesting things, fine food and drink, entertainment (shows, live music, movies), time to read for
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