Somehow, I struggle to classify this as news: Further south, the Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, Bishop of Southeast Florida, has authorized his clergy to provide pastoral blessings—but not to preside over same-sex weddings—within about a month. Bishop Frade announced his decision to a clergy conference that met on Sept. 9 and 10. Bishop Frade told The …
A Bold Move: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Secret Trip to Moscow
Bibi's got chuzpah, but it's out of necessity: According to the leading Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, Netanyahu was in Moscow to present concrete evidence to the Kremlin that Russian arms were making their way to Iran, Syria and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The Israeli agenda allegedly also included persuading Russia not to sell its S-300 anti-aircraft …
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Why Do Muslims Choose Jesus?
In brief, from Abu Daoud (he links to the full article from Mission Frontiers): A sure salvation Jesus A Holy Book: the power of the Bible Then you will know the truth (Christianity teaches the truth about God, humanity and ethics) Dreams and visions (you can find out more about that here) The love of …
Freedom on the Left Died in the 1960’s
I'm not the only one that noticed. From Camille Paglia: Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers (one reason for the hypocritical absence …
Ten Years After, Love Like a Man
I'm taking a leaf from legendary Anglican blogger Baby Blue's notebook and posting the first of what (hopefully) will be several videos of character-defining videos from my novel The Ten Weeks. The first is Ten Weeks After's "Love Like a Man," the defining song of novel vamp Denise Kendall. Long before the devil wore Prada, …
The UN May Want a Global Currency, But Will It Get It?
The world is smelling blood re the U.S. Dollar: In a radical report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said the system of currencies and capital rules which binds the world economy is not working properly, and was largely responsible for the financial and economic crises. It added that the present system, …
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Praying to Oneself
At the end of G.K. Chesterton's (whom atheist Bill Maher thinks is a smart guy) classic Orthodoxy, he states that the one thing Jesus never showed in his earthly life is his mirth. I've come to realise that the problem is that, in one place at least, Our Lord's humour was too dry to readily …
Barack Obama and Juan Peron: Same Playbook, Same Results?
I've make this connection before, too, but here's something of note: His (Obama's) policies even have the potential to consign the US to a similar fate as Argentina, which suffered a painful and humiliating slide from first to Third World status last century, the paper says. There are "troubling similarities" between the US President's actions …
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Danger in Delay: The Real Reason Why Obama’s Health Care Initiative Bombed
There's been a great deal of speculation about why Obama's health care reform plan (to the extent it's Obama's and not Nancy Pelosi's) has bombed to the point where he's having to "fall back and regroup." Conservatives speak of anti-government sentiment, liberals speak of the hysteria "ginned up" for the town hall meetings. But there's …
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Labour Day Message from Art Rhodes, Candidate for Congress
From his blog (read it all here): Labor Day signals the end of summer, the real start of school, the beginning of football season, and the last long weekend to get projects done around the house. This year, though, the holiday has unusual significance to us all, as many Americans find little to celebrate, with …
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