The Senate now has a specific health care reform bill to consider now that the Senate Finance Panel Passes a $829 Billion Health Plan: The Senate Finance Committee approved an $829 billion plan to overhaul U.S. health care, clearing the way for a full Senate
Great Britain’s Booker Prize for the best novel has been awarded to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall: A Novel, a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, the religious reformer and occasionally ruthless advisor to King Henry VIII. From everything I’ve heard and considering that I have
Thanks to our constitutional guarantees, Americans have much more freedom of speech than other countries do. This shows up in the different libel laws of different countries. But now, thanks to international trade agreements such as NAFTA, Americans are being sued for violating other country’s
Just as the Senate was on the verge of passing a health care reform bill, a study by the insurance industry–which had been backing the project–says that it would greatly increase premiums: At the heart of the industry’s complaint is a decision by lawmakers to
Today is Columbus Day. Not only that, this year Columbus Day falls on the actual day that Columbus discovered America, October 12, rather than just a three-day-weekend Monday in October. The Europeans have now know about what they called the New World for 517 years.
Our pastor tossed off a comment in yesterday’s Bible class that still resonates with me and that has profound implications. In the context of our study of Genesis, via Luther’s commentary (which consists of his lecture notes, so that, as our pastor said, it’s as
Edgar Allan Poe died 160 years ago. On the anniversary of his death, yesterday, he was given the funeral he never had. As part of the festivities marking the 200th anniversary of his birth, the Presbyterian church in Baltimore in whose churchyard he is buried
Yes, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. But why didn’t he win the Nobel Prize for Medicine, seeing as how he is trying to reform American health care? And the Nobel Prize for Economics, since he is trying to fix the collapse of
President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m stunned. I’m flummoxed. I’m gobsmacked. What did he win it FOR? What has he done for world peace? Maybe later, by the end of his presidency, he will have done something at least remotely significant
It’s the season for baseball playoffs. Make your predictions now, and we’ll see later who was right. Who do you think will play in the World Series? And who do you think will win? I’ll go first: Twins (they have that baseball anointing) vs. Cardinals
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