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05/25/2013 12:26

About That Prosperity Gospel

U.S. Entrepreneurs pray, meditate more frequently than non-entrepreneurs.

05/24/2013 11:06

Miracles Do Happen

An armless, legless minister takes rare turn on Vietnam stage.

Vujicic's appearance is a sign of how a government that once severely restricted religion as a challenge to its authoritarian one-party rule is now taking a slightly more relaxed attitude. Those associated with Vujicic's Vietnam tour said it was the first by a foreign Christian — and the largest gathering to be addressed by a foreigner in the country's recent history.

How True

Roger Ailes seizes the moral high ground over Obama on phone, e-mail seizures.

He and his administration have more contempt for the press and disregard for the First Amendment than any president since Richard Nixon. I wonder what Constitution it is exactly that Obama's such an expert on.

The difference is that we now have a dumbed-down, wimped-out and suck-up press compared to the one Nixon faced. And what passes for media criticism is, in the main, even more spineless and pathetic.

Too many of the press folks, especially in Washington, are all too happy to kiss up to the White House rather than doing their jobs as Rosen has. Or, maybe they just don't have his dedication and courage.

Ten Tips For Testifying Under Oath

No. 5. If you are the boss and your defense is that you were clueless about what was going on in your agency or department, you may be sneered at, excoriated and excluded from higher office. People may also wonder what you were doing all day.

05/24/2013 5:43

Well, He Wanted a Legacy

Barack Obama is the world's greatest gun salesman.

There are roughly 300 million firearms in the United States — and of those, nearly 40 million new firearms have been sold just since Barack Obama came into office in 2009.

Are Quantum Physicists Just Messing With Us?

If they are, who can tell.

Physicists create quantum link between two photons that don't even exist at the same time.

(No idea what that means but I think it's really cool.)

05/24/2013 4:24

Compassion, Condoms and Good Sense

A country that doesn’t simply laugh the “free condoms” crowd out of town—without need of explanation—is in serious trouble. The very fact that clever pols can turn this no-brainer into a “wedge issue” makes you wonder about the reservoir of good sense out there.

anyone who suspects that, inasmuch as this kerfuffle can’t possibly be about a $2 condom, it has to be about something else—most likely, a creepy campaign to cram a postmodern mentality down everyone’s throats.

05/24/2013 1:28

Another David Taking on the Govt. Goliath

The IRS is not the only agency abusing government power. A small farmer takes on the EPA and a scientific study backs her up.

(The EPA is another federal agency that is impressed with its own power and arrogance.)

05/24/2013 1:08

Unions Now Angry About Obamacare

Some unions leaders have grown frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the new law — problems that they say could jeopardize the health benefits offered to millions of their members.

(Like our politicians, union leaders didn't bother to read the bill. But they would have gladly inflicted it on the rest of us but now they are being affected too. It's called blowback.)

05/24/2013 12:57

How's That Diversity Thing Working Out?

The fifth night of rioting in Swedan.

“The problem is not from the Swedish government or from the Swedish people,” the editor in chief of Dispatch International said. “The last 20 years or so, we have seen so many immigrants coming to Sweden that really don’t like Sweden. They do not want to integrate, they do not want to live in [Swedish] society: Working, paying taxes and so on.”

“The people come here now because they know that Sweden will give them money for nothing. They don’t have to work, they don’t have to pay taxes – they can just stay here and get a lot of money. That is really a problem,."

(Alas, the elites in Europe - meaning the political elites and the media - have a religious belief in diversity. They will cling to their religion in spite of the facts and the evidence before their very eyes.)

05/24/2013 12:51

Now the Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense

It was intimidation pure and simple.

The inexplicable raid nearly two years ago on a guitar maker (Gibson Guitar Company) for using allegedly illegal wood that its competitors also used was another targeting by this administration of its political enemies. The Gibson CEO contributed to Republicans. His competitor contributed to Democrats.

(Looks like sleazy and corrupt Chicago-politics.)

05/24/2013 3:53

The Spiritual and the (Very) Secular

GodTV, an international television company promoting Christian programs, has announced plans to set up headquarters for the United Kingdom in a red light district, right next to a LAP DANCING club.

(The scriptures say to be in the world, but not of it. Well, GodTV is IN it.)

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