For my Christian visitors who may not be aware: the Roman Emperor Domitian was the first to demand that he be called "Dominus et Deus" (Lord and God.) The refusal of Christians to call him that was a source of persecution, and may well have caused John's exile at Patmos, from where he wrote the …
Phil Bredesen is Wrong About the Ford-Corker Race
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is simply wrong about "race-baiting" and the 2006 senatorial race between Harold Ford and Bob Corker: In a meeting with Politico reporters, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen referred to a commercial aired against then-Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) in his unsuccessful bid for the Senate in 2006 as an example of the …
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Beating Lenders at Their Own Shell Game
Lance Wiggs has hit up on yet another twist in the debt crisis: It turns out that because of the mortgages being sold and sliced and sold, the ownership of the original mortgage is often in doubt. It took Mamie Ruth Palmer in Atlanta, Georgia to bust this one open, in a court case that …
Obama Redefines Patriotism
The Politico's piece on the attempt--and the risk--of John McCain's campaign to paint Barack Obama as "unpatriotic" needs a little clarification. I've taken heat for demonstrating that Obama's relationship with the U.S. is not in sync with what many Americans regard as "patriotic." But that begs the obvious question: what is patriotism? I've noted before …
Obama Can’t Get Past “Bonjour”
Barack Obama's trip to France evidently means full employment for his interpreter, as this earlier CBS piece informs us: “I don't speak a foreign language. It's embarrassing!” Barack Obama exclaimed today at town hall meeting here. Obama, who often touts his time growing up overseas, made the confession while speaking about the importance of teaching …
Is Turkey the Next Islamic State?
Jesus said that "But, if he does not listen to you, take with you one or two others, so that 'on the evidence of two or three witnesses, every word may be put beyond dispute.'" (Matthew 18:16) So it was with great interest that I saw two very different Asia Times Online writers opine that …
The Death of Protestant America: A Political Theory of the Protestant Mainline
From First Things: Among conservative Christians, much attention is devoted to the question of whether the hole in public life can be filled by either Catholicism or the evangelical churches. I have my doubts. The evangelicals may have too little church organization, and the Catholics may have too much. Besides, both are minorities in the …
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Message to Barack Obama: Why My Family Business Left Chicago
Back in May, Steve Sailer quoted the following from Barack Obama's autobiography, Dreams From My Father: As we walked back to the car, we passed a small clothing store full of cheap dresses and brightly colored sweaters, two aging white mannequins now painted black in the window. The store was poorly lit, but toward the …
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Unlawful Conjugal Relations, and the Double Standard of Money and Islam
The woes of a British publisher who was jailed in Dubai for "unlawful conjugal relations" (i.e., with someone she's not married to) in public makes me think of the obvious: what if someone was jailed for this in a "Christian" country with a lot less money (and that's most of them these days, compared to …
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But What if the Food is Really Bad?
The Brits have gone "over the top" again on political correctness, this time with food preferences: Toddlers who say "yuck" when given flavorful foreign food may be exhibiting racist behavior, a British government-sponsored organization says. The London-based National Children's Bureau released a 366-page guide counseling adults on recognizing racist behavior in young children, The Telegraph …
Positive Infinity 