An interesting strategy: Many House Republicans, including some key leaders, have decided they can live with a government shutdown but not with the threat of default. In the hours ahead, look for the GOP to seek a deal with President Obama and Democrats on at least a short-term increase in the debt limit, while standing …
Making More Proficient Bullies, One Anti-Bullying Campaign at a Time
Our public education system is at it again: It started as a simple look at bullying. University of Texas at Arlington criminologist Seokjin Jeong analyzed data collected from 7,000 students from all 50 states. He thought the results would be predictable and would show that anti-bullying programs curb bullying. Instead — he found the opposite. …
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My Lord and My God: Wisdom of the Wise
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. We have come a long way already in our journey through both the Scriptures and the Fathers concerning our subject. We have seen that both affirmed that a) Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are God and b) both are subordinate to the …
Yes, the Founding Fathers Hit the Tavern
Sad to say, however, it's closing during the government shut-down: An iconic Philadelphia restaurant has been forced to close its doors and turn away booked parties because of the government shutdown. City Tavern at 3rd and Walnut Streets in the Old City section of the city has been told it must close until the U.S. …
Welby Skips GAFCON II
Saving the travel budget? The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will not be attending the GAFCON II Conference in Nairobi this month, a spokesman tells Anglican Ink, due to a schedule conflict. A spokesman from the Lambeth Press Office said the Archbishop had been invited to address the 21-26 October 2013 meeting of centrist and …
My Lord and My God: Obedient as Far as Death
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. We have demonstrated Bible teaches that both Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are God. We have also shown that the Ante-Nicene Fathers we have examined are in agreement with this. We have also discovered that the Ante-Nicene Fathers taught that the Son …
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Someday They'll Scream for the Abolition of Civil Marriage
For stuff like this: Instead of facing an exorbitant premium increase once their combined earnings hits $62,041 if they were to stay married, each cohabiting adult can earn up to $45,960 before Obamacare’s “tax credit”-free premiums kick in. Their annual after-tax savings at age 60 if they shack up and keep their individual earnings between …
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We Could Use the Money to Pay Off Litigation Expenses
But we won't: "We're going to raise $700,000 and give it away," said the Rev. Bob Leopold. Give away $700,000? With no strings attached? To almost anyone who asks? "This is the start of something really big," said Leopold. After hearing about a local church that erected three 100-foot crosses at the cost of $700,000, …
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Going to the Mat with Reformed Elephants
Well, that's kinda what Dale Coulter is trying to do: When Mark Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind hit the market in the early 1990s it created a “title” wave that continues to move out in multiple directions. This fact alone means that if evangelicalism is going to reboot its examination of its own intellectual resources–a …
Praising Richard Nixon, a Act of Liberal Desperation
I never thought I'd live long enough to see this, in Salon no less: The last president who had a plan for protecting American workers from the vicissitudes of the global economy was Richard Nixon, who was in office when foreign steel and foreign cars began seriously competing with domestic products. The most farsighted politician …
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