Some people in India’s state of Orissa are calling for a complete shutdown of all areas of society on December 25. Not to celebrate Christmas but to catch Christians going to church so they can be brutalized. From Christians in Orissa, India Fear Violent Christmas
In another step towards a one-world government, NBC commissioner David Stern is wanting to expand the basketball franchise to London by 2012. More than that, he hopes to establish 5 NBA teams in Europe over the next 10 years. OK, I’m exaggerating the one-world government
One of America’s Big Three automobile manufacturers does NOT need a bailout. Ford has already made changes and, despite a bad year of sales, is not in the meltdown that GM and Chrysler are in. Ford is supporting its two competitors in asking for a
That Harris poll blogged about below suggests that there is a lot of overlap between those who believe in orthodox Christian beliefs and those who believe in unorthodox supernatural beliefs. A lot of the same people believe in Jesus and the Bible and also in
A new Harris Poll gives some fascinating details about what Americans believe and don’t believe . The numbers clearly favor the proverbial Big Man Upstairs: 80 percent say they believe in God; among those who attend church weekly, the number is 98 percent. Three-quarters believe
So the New York governor might appoint to Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat the daughter of the late president Kennedy, Caroline. I realize that experienced politicians have disgraced their profession, but this still seems no reason to throw out the necessity to be qualified for public
Conclusion from earlier posts about St. Nicholas: To combat the secularization of Christmas, we should co-opt Santa Claus, re-identifying him as St. Nicholas, a great advocate for the deity of Christ and one of the authors of the Nicene Creed. We should recite, post, and
Leaders of state colleges and universities have taken out full-page ads in the nation’s newspapers, billed as an “open letter” to the new Obama administration asking for a government bailout. Specifically, they are asking for no less than 5% of all money appropriated for economic
The Vatican has released a new, authoritative document on the ethics of in vitro fertilization techniques, stem cell research, genetic engineering, and related subjects. For background and the controversy it is stirring up, read this. We non-Catholics tend to not care about pronouncements from the
According to Elizabeth Scalia of the Anchoress blog, argues that Winning This War Requires Language of Faith: It is with the language of faith that Islamic terrorism must be engaged and defeated, and therein lies the disconnect for the diplomatic West. Having reasoned itself out
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