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05/25/2013 12:26

About That Prosperity Gospel

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

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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.

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05/24/2013 6:34

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.

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05/24/2013 4:39

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.)

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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.

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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.)

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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.)

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George L. Duncan
George L. Duncan