The look on Pope Benedict’s face is priceless. According to ABC News in Los Angeles : There was a surprising performance at the Vatican on Wednesday, where a group of male acrobats tore off their shirts in front of the Pope. The four Pellegrini Brothers appeared on stage in white suits, but . . . . Continue Reading »
A new report shows that after years of decline, use of marijuana by teens is on the rise : More American high school seniors are smoking marijuana daily now than at any time since the early 1980s, and they’re actually smoking more pot than cigarettes, according to a survey released Tuesday. . . . . Continue Reading »
It makes one’s head spin. NASA has warned that computer models show we may be entering a new ice age. From the report:The Sun is the primary forcing of Earth’s climate system. Sunlight warms our world. Sunlight drives atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Sunlight powers the . . . . Continue Reading »
Suffering With: One of the reasons being human matters morally. Project Open Hand makes sure people with AIDS have at least one good meal a day in and around San Francisco. The meals are delivered daily by volunteers throughout the city and environs. A remarkable organization. Mother Teresa’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The Schindler Family—Terri Schiavo’s mother and siblings—are some of the finest people I know. Their indomitable fight to save Terri from a cruel and medically unnecessary slow dehydration—in the face of media smears and fury among some who went berserk over their desire to . . . . Continue Reading »
Of course he does: It doesn’t really surprise me that Carter, a former President/former Southern Baptist, thinks America is ready for an openly gay president. In fact, I fear that he’s probably right. A significant number of Americans have exchanged both the Bible and two millennia of . . . . Continue Reading »
Tomorrow the European Court of Human Rights will announce their decision in ABC v. Ireland , which could, writes William Saunders of Americans United for Life, “become the Roe v. Wade of Europe.” A legal consultant to pro-life intervenors in the case, he’s written an . . . . Continue Reading »
Why can’t we do things right as a society? Why do we always slouch toward the expedient?I bring this up because marijuana has medicinal properties that could alleviate much human suffering. But federal law—the Controlled Substances Act—declares that it has zero legitimate . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my story of my appearance on local TEA PARTY radio. Why is it on BIG THINK? Well, they young guys who run BIG THINK (with, I hope, good reason) think of themselves as something akin to the founders of GOOGLE or YOUTUBE. They flattered me by saying I’m that rare (because . . . . Continue Reading »
A Norwegian reality show, The Great Norway Adventure , takes American-Norwegians, some generations beyond their ancestral homeland, and initiates them by various contests to the true rites of passage real Norwegians are said to put up with in becoming authentically Norski. One of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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