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An Odious Law: Uganda and Homosexuality

Uganda may pass a law that could lead to the death penalty for homosexual behavior.The proposed law is odious.Due to the legacy of colonialism, Western people should be sensitive about interfering in sub-Saharan African politics and modest in making moral pronouncements regarding Africa, but this . . . . Continue Reading »

Jesus Has AIDS

Jesus has AIDS.Just reading that in the type in front of you probably has some of you angry. Let me help you see why that is, and, in so doing, why caring for those with AIDS is part of the gospel mandate given to us in the Great Commission.The statement that Jesus has AIDS startles some of you . . . . Continue Reading »

Win This War

Credit to President Obama for making a tough call and going forward to win the war in Afghanistan. I will leave it to my betters to argue the details, but we are at war and I support my President in . . . . Continue Reading »

How to Get Drunk Like George Jetson

If you drew a Venn diagram of “Things you wash down with orange juice” and “Things the world doesn’t need” this would be in the center: vodka in a pill form . Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has evolved a technique that . . . . Continue Reading »

Minnesota Apparently an Injustice-Free Zone

Yesterday, in my post on Mike Huckabee and commutations, I wrote : [T]he politically prudent tactic would have been to simply refuse to grant any leniency—ever. Other governors with their sights set on higher offices had learned that doing nothing—even to correct obvious instances of . . . . Continue Reading »

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