The L.A. Times tells of a revolutionary idea that will save millions in welfare costs: Pay unemployed parents to take care of their own kids: Supervisors suggest putting unemployed parents to work caring for their own children as part of proposed changes to CalWorks and
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
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
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,
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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