Thanks to Dr. Gene Edward Veith for this post. Like many ancient Israelites before the exile, more and more Christians think they can add pagan beliefs to Christianity. Here are some findings from The Pew Forum:Mixing religions: Many Americans have beliefs or experiences that conflict with basic . . . . Continue Reading »
The older I get the lonelier I get at Christmas.All my grandparents are gone now, so I will not eat Granny’s pie, see Nana’s Christmas play, or hear either Papaw tell a story. Aunt Karen will not help me direct this years play and Uncle Roddy will not make me laugh, because they have . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe it’s poor form to use this forum to point to one’s own blog, but . . .At this link you can download eight songs on the incarnation for free, from various new . . . . Continue Reading »
This whole global warming scam increasingly seem to me like a snake eating its own tale. In Switzerland, a scientist looking for renewable energy deep in the earth has been sued for causing earthquakes. From the story:A geologist has gone on trial in Switzerland for allegedly causing . . . . Continue Reading »
The hysteria gets deeper and more, well, hysterical. Now, we are told, even if there is a deal at Copenhagen, we’re all still doomed! Aaaaaugh! From the story:A leaked UN document emerged that shows the current proposals for a deal at Copenhagen will ‘put at risk the . . . . Continue Reading »
The medical marijuana movement is being increasingly corrupted to the point that pot is being made generally available, with people using it to get high scurrilously coopting the real health needs of sick people as the pretext for gaining access to their drug. Now, marijuana-laced food is to . . . . Continue Reading »
Our obsession with preventing all suffering could result one day in being involuntarily drugged with a psychotropic. According to the New York Times Magazine, scientists are seriously proposing that lithium one day be put in the water supply. From the story:In The British Journal of . . . . Continue Reading »
David won’t point it out over here, so I’m going to do it for him. For those who don’t know, he has been struggling with cancer for over a year. Over at his first blog, he has posted his most recent health update:I liken myself to an old car in winter that’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Yellow journalism helped push the USA into war back in the 1890s. Now, a new yellow journalism has developed using all the tricks of the trade to panic the world into granting tremendous power to an unelected and unaccountable global warming scientocracy, that will “save the . . . . Continue Reading »
Mary Eberstadt’s December-issue article ” How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool ” is recognized today as New York Times idea of the day . Sign up now to receive the fresh ideas of FT directly in your mailbox each month, or treat your loved ones to a gift subscription . Also, please . . . . Continue Reading »
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