June 19, 2009

A lot of us Oklahomans have tied the mattresses to the top of our cars and headed out of state looking for work. No matter where we live, we’ll still be Okies to our dying day, but we end up spread out all over the

June 19, 2009

I’m on the board of Concordia Publishing House, and we have invested some money in rehabilitating the Reformation-era school building in Wittenberg right next to Luther’s church, housing a bookstore, a visitors’ center, and a new confessional congregation in that city. I was surprised to

June 18, 2009

In the recent post about the elections in Iran, tODD commented that he was surprised to see us conservative Christians pulling for the liberal secularists over our fellow conservative religious types. (tODD was thus doing what he had earlier argued the press was not doing,

June 18, 2009

“Conservatives” Are Single-Largest Ideological Group: Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it

June 18, 2009

Four hundred years ago, the bard saw it coming and saw where it would lead. This is Ulysses’ speech from “Troilus and Cressida” on the order in the universe and what will happen if we embrace disorder instead : The heavens themselves, the planets, and

June 17, 2009

Strange Herring, is going on hiatus. That’s one of my favorite blogs! The pillar of my old age! This is the second time an Anthony Sacramone blog has gone on hiatus. I’m still mourning the absence of Luther at the Movies. He says that blogging

June 17, 2009

From US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive : The government l[is] ooking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the

June 17, 2009

The world’s leading economic powers, the G-8 nations, are trying to reverse the stimulus measures they took earlier, since the economy seems to be recovering even though most of the financial stimuli have not gone into effect yet. The United States, however, wants the stimuli

June 16, 2009

A new study examines Megachurchgoers; that is, those who attend congregations of 2,000 or more people: Compared to attendees of a typical Protestant church, people who attend megachurches are more likely to be young, single, more educated and wealthier, a new survey reveals. The majority

June 16, 2009

More language games to make a policy sound more palatable. From Hugh Hewitt: The Obama/Pelosi/Reid push to take over and nationalize health insurance via the so-called “government option” has received a face-lift this week, with many advocates of the takeover now calling it the “public


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