I love the guy – he’s so pastoral, such a teacher, as The Curt Jester reminds us with this excerpt: God remakes the world with our deeds, not our intentions. What distinguishes real faith from surface piety is whether we actually do what we say we believe. Our mission as disciples is not simply to pass along good morals to our children, or convey a sense of God’s hand in the world. These things are vital, of course, but they... Read more
It’s Friday – lighten up. Read more
Ann Althouse has a good discussion going on over at her place on Rudy Giuliani advising Italian-Americans (I’m married to one, so I can have an opinion) getting offended by the stereotypical depictions on The Sopranos. Rudy says, “you can’t spend your whole life looking to be insulted,” or thereabouts. He’s right. Also, any NY/NJ Italian family will tell you that if they don’t have such characters in their own family, they KNOW of so-and-so and his uncle is exactly... Read more
Musing Minds has a good catch we would undoubtedly otherwise have missed – President Bush commenting on being called “Hitler” and on free speech and decision making. Great stuff. Excerpt here, but you’ll want to go to Musing Minds for the whole transcript Partial Transcript: President: Whereabouts? Questioner: Aurora, Colorado. President: Oh good. Thanks. Questioner: Recently in our town a teacher was suspended for remarks critical of your State of the Union message, made the talk shows, etc. Compared you... Read more
It seems a lot of people, particularly conservative people, are offended by the idea that their opposition to the UAE takeover of six of our ports might be rooted in “Islamophobia.” “It’s not Islamophobia! It’s prudence,” they say. Well, okay, but why can’t it be Islamophobia? After 9/11, I remember going into my local 7-11 for a cup of coffee. This store, like others, is owned by a Middle Eastern family. On 9/12/01 they conspicuously displayed a large American flag... Read more
Except if you’re a Governor in New Jersey, where you can do all sorts of unethical stuff BEFORE you are elected into office, and keep doing it after you’re installed, as well. Read more
Ooops, I meant HRC, of course. He’s had enough with her getting away with saying any lame crap that comes into her angry little head and he’s saying so and looking at Clinton policies. Good piece. Related: As resolute as a sherman tank, and just as subtle. Read more
Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit both have excellent posts up in support of Yemeni journalists Muhammad al-Asadi, who dared to publish the infamous “insulting cartoons” and is now marked for death. Michelle explains that al-Asadi had published the cartoons in a responsible manner, showing editorial disapproval of them even as he published them in order to bring context to the unfolding story of the “cartoon wars.” What makes the case against al-Asadi all the more insane is how and why... Read more
My source at Chapel Hill, “A” has sent in what will – for now – it seems, be the final report on the Tarheel Terrorist, since the school is on Spring Break: “…the furor is finally dead and gone. There are a few stray op-eds in today’s newspaper which no one will read because all of the University has already bolted for the beaches in a Spring Break fever. I point you to the Daily Tarheel editorial and letters to... Read more
It’s freaking brilliant! Haul out the slow cooker you never use and follow these instructions! Voila! 20 years I’ve had that slow cooker in the cabinet taking up space! I’m putting it to work tonight! The Carmelized Onions and Carrots recipe is also a winner. Read more
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