Here is a rather inspirational article about Joseph Cao, the newly-elected G.O.P. Congressman from Louisiana and the first Vietnamese-American to hold such a high office. It is a story of Christian vocation, how he left a Jesuit seminary because he felt called to politics. From
Also Happy New Year! But today is also the ancient feast celebrating The Circumcision and Name of Jesus. The week after Christmas, the Christchild was circumcised, thus taking upon Himself the fulfillment of the Law, a rite in which He was also officially given His
Here we go again with our annual predictions for the new year. What do you think will happen in 2009? See yesterday’s post for how it went last year. Some of those predictions were of bigger trends that may, in fact, be taking place. Others
Victor Davis Hanson, with a wicked allusion to George Orwell, predicts that as soon as Barack Obama is president, the media will change our bad news into good news. From Life At New Animal Farm Won’t Be All That Bad: By July, we will come
Happy New Year’s Eve! Today is a good day to look back on the previous year. Tomorrow is a good day to contemplate the year to come. So that’s what we’ll do on this blog.
Last year around this time, I asked you for your predictions for 2008, promising that we would check them once the year was over, seeing who was right and who was wrong. Read them all at Predictions. The winners, who predicted the most at-the-time unlikely
The election of Barack Obama and the financial meltdown are clearly events that will go down in history. Usually, though, it’s hard to say from near to the time what will prove to have lasting significance. Looking back on 2008, what events, people, ideas, trends,
British columnist Christopher Booker of the London Daily Telegraph proclaims that 2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved: Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year
Today will have a “leap second.” From Tick tock … tick: Extra second added to 2008 : The world’s official timekeepers have added a “leap second” to the last day of the year on Wednesday, to help match clocks to the Earth’s slowing spin on
British atheist Matthew Parris says that what Africa needs is Christianity–not just the material help but the spiritual and world-view transformation that conversion brings. From the article As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God | Times Online : Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve
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