The divorce rate has gone down ever since the recession started. Couples can’t afford to split up. It doesn’t make sense anymore to fight over who gets the house when the mortgage is underwater. Not that marriages have necessarily gotten stronger. From 20% to 25%
President Obama’s executive order preventing federal money from paying for abortions in the new national health care system may not be much of a safeguard. But it’s surely significant that pro-lifers had the political clout to get one, while the pro-abortionists, despite a huge majority
ACORN, the leftwing community organizing outfit, is shutting down. It was so discredited by the conservative pranksters who filmed workers giving advice on how to set up prostitution rings that it can no longer raise money, either from private sources or the federal government. See
Google may have stopped being evil, deciding to stop kow-towing to still-Communist China’s demands that it block searches on forbidden topics, such as “Tiananminh Square” and “Tibet.” Why? Google is responding to what appears to be a Chinese attempt to hack into its operations and
In a straight up vote (not using the “deem and pass” dodge), the final tally was 219 for to 212 against. It took 216 to win. The difference was the 6 pro-life Democrats who agreed to vote for the bill if the President would sign
For a useful summary of the provisions of our new national health care system, see A look at the health care overhaul bill – washingtonpost.com. Here are some highlights: COST: $940 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. HOW MANY COVERED: 32
Here is the text of President Obama’s executive order that bans federal money in the new national health care system from paying for abortion. Part of it directs officials to come up with a way of “segregating” the money that comes from government subsidies from
Well, not exactly, even if the claims are verified. From ‘Shakespeare’s lost play’ no hoax, says expert | Culture | guardian.co.uk: It has thrills, spills, sword fights, violent sexual assault and – to modern ears – a terrible ending, but the little-known 18th century play
I have a new granddaughter! Evangeline Christi Moerbe. Isn’t that a great name?
Let’s make up our own word and our own new category. We’ve had the un-churched (people with no church connection). Yesterday we considered the de-churched (people who used to go to church but now don’t). How about the re-churched, which we can define as people
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