{"id":634,"date":"2011-07-18T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/philosophicalfragments\/?p=634"},"modified":"2011-07-18T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T15:32:01","slug":"are-conservative-states-better-weathering-the-storm-the-morning-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/philosophicalfragments\/2011\/07\/18\/are-conservative-states-better-weathering-the-storm-the-morning-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Conservative States Better Weathering the Storm?: The Morning Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Note: I am traveling most of this week, but will do my best to maintain the blog schedule.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Thanks, Moody\u2019s. \u00a0That\u2019s a great idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Is it a coincidence that the states whose economies and whose state budgets are faring best<\/a> have been under the leadership of conservatives? \u00a0As Walter Russell Mead<\/a> noted in a typically incisive column recently:<\/p>\n

The states where unemployment rates for African Americans are relatively low are states where not many African Americans live: Alaska (5.4 percent Black unemployment), Wyoming (6.2 percent), Idaho (8.0 percent), Hawaii (9.6 percent) and (at 10.3 percent) New Hampshire.\u00a0 Except for Hawaii all are generally conservative, low-tax states.\u00a0 The states with the highest unemployment rates for African Americans are staunchly blue: Wisconsin (25 percent), Michigan (23.9 percent), Minnesota (22 percent), Maine (21.4 percent) and Washington (21.4 percent).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. \u00a0Casey Anthony emerges from prison, and vanishes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the Pews<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0A surprisingly decent article<\/a> from USA Today on the debate amongst churches and clergy over gay ordination.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0\u201cWhy Do Christian Denominations Have Such Difficulty Sharing a Common Story?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0R. C. Sproul: \u201cDoes God Forgive and Forget?<\/a>\u201d \u00a0Sproul states the question: \u201cAre my sins that I genuinely repent of remembered by God after my death or are they removed\u00a0forever?\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS: I recently interviewed Josh McDowell about his forthcoming book on sex. \u00a0The Christian Post<\/a> has more.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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