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
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
A French TV show has replicated a 1960s experiment that demonstrates just how sinful we really are: Eighty people who thought they were participating in the shooting of a pilot for a French reality series were willing to deliver potentially lethal electric shocks to a
We have the Un-Churched, those who are unaffiliated with any church. Skye Jethani at Christianity Today starts a series on another category of people who don’t go to church: the De-Churched. Those who used to go to church, but, for one reason or another, don’t
The Episcopal Church in the USA, despite opposition from worldwide Anglicanism, has consecrated yet another homosexual bishop. This one is a lesbian. A majority of bishops and dioceses of the Episcopal Church have approved the election of the church’s second openly gay bishop, the Rev.
It isn’t just our economy and Congress that are out of whack. Robert Kagan of the Washington Post cites the ways President Obama is botching our foreign policy: The contretemps between President Obama and Israel needs to be seen in a broader global context. The
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