Entrepreneur and author James Altucher on the ” Ten Commandments of The American Religion “: If I stood in the center of Times Square and said something like “Moses didn’t really part the Red Sea,” or “Jesus never existed,” people would probably keep walking . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete’s analysis below is precisely right. That means that Perry has flunked his screen test. Romney’s performances remain cool and competent, but he still doesn’t surge. There’s room for another candidate—lots of room. But the odds are against getting one we can really . . . . Continue Reading »
There was this point where it became obvious just how little Rick Perry thought of the electoral chances of Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. During the last debate, Perry was asked which one of the other candidates on the stage he would prefer to be his running mate. Surrounded by several . . . . Continue Reading »
I hope this is a case of better late than never. White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, condemned Iran for its treatment of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been convicted of apostasy from Islam and is threatened with imminent execution” “Pastor Nadarkhani has done nothing . . . . Continue Reading »
No, I do not take Zombies with my Jane Austen, so you know I’m talking about the musical group of the 60s! Well, they’ve reunified for some new songs and gigs, and the fab Dawn Eden reports on their recent DC-area concert over at the Weekly Standard. For those who didn’t see the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court will soon hear “one of the most important religious cases in decades,” according to a pre-trial analysis in today’s Washington Post . The case, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School vs. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , arose from a Michigan . . . . Continue Reading »
This example of BIG THINKING is really about a picture of ME . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman explains how to give a sermon to children: Liturgical purists hate them, children’s sermons. I have a friend in New York who positively sneers whenever I mention that, yes, I do children’s sermons. He doesn’t like red . . . . Continue Reading »
The campaign to create a new “international crime against peace” called “ecocide,” which would land offenders, such as oil and timber company CEOs, in the Hague, continues to advance. By making “ecocide” an international crime akin to genocide . . . . Continue Reading »
The brutal Iranian theocracy is still threatening to execute Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, apparently , after some buzz yesterday that the death sentence for apostasy from Islam might be overturned. The general silence of the West about this blatant human rights violation—the arrest and . . . . Continue Reading »
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