Surprise, surprise—they did it on a Friday when potentially unpopular news is released to get lost in the weekend. It took longer than I thought it would—two years—but just as I predicted in my 2010 prognostications, the Obama Administration has stripped conscience . . . . Continue Reading »
1. TV’s Virtual Backlot °°°°°° 2. How to Write a Theological Paper °°°°°° 3. Zinc Is Probably the Most Effective Cold Treatment Known to Medicine Scientists still haven’t discovered a cure for the common cold, but researchers now say zinc . . . . Continue Reading »
The amendment to defund Planned Parenthood has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives: The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been reading Rob Moll’s excellent Intervarsity Press book The Art of Dying. One of Moll’s key points is that we know we will die and in order to do so well, we need to have thought about it ahead of time. He doesn’t mean that we should obsess about death, . . . . Continue Reading »
The House of Representatives has voted to defund the Affordable Care Act as part of a bill to temporarily keep the government functioning. From the story:The House voted to defund President Obama’s health care overhaul on Friday during a sustained burst of floor activity on amendments to . . . . Continue Reading »
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to defund Planned Parenthood. From the story:The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer . . . . Continue Reading »
Do pigs go to heaven?Secondhand Smokette thought this was funny—and relevant. I can’t figure out why. Perhaps a little background . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. A bill in South Dakota that could have made a killing to stop an abortion a justifiable homicide has been defeated. From the story:Lawmakers in the South Dakota House of Representatives voted on Thursday to delay further action on a controversial bill that supporters say would . . . . Continue Reading »
The University of California-Davis has a peculiar new religious discrimination policy : The UC-Davis policy defines “Religious/Spiritual Discrimination” as “the loss of power and privilege to those who do not practice the dominant culture’s religion. In the United States, this . . . . Continue Reading »
Abby Johnson used to be a Planned Parenthood clinic director who, having had two abortions, deeply believed in the PP mission of providing abortions and health care to women at the clinical setting. Then she watched an abortion guided by ultrasound, and saw the fetus as it was destroyed. That moment . . . . Continue Reading »
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