Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard can see sour relations all he wants to... The US-Saudi tango has been on thin ice ever since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Sixteen of the hijackers were Saudi nationals. The Bush family has cleaved closely to the Saudi monarchy, but strong factions in Washington see Riyadh's Wahabi monarchy as part of the …
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The People's Republic finally did it: California's supreme court ruled that a ban on gay marriage was unlawful Thursday, effectively leaving same-sex couples in America's most populous state free to tie the knot in a landmark ruling. In an opinion that analysts say could have nationwide implications for the issue, the seven-member panel voted 4-3 …
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This week's podcast is a departure; it's a speech given on 6 September 2007 by Paul Speltz, former U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, now President of Kissinger Associates (as in Henry Kissinger, Nixon's Secretary of State.)Â Paul's address is actually two speeches in one: An analysis of the 1997 Asian bank crisis and …
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CBN's David Brody always has a nose for a good story, and this, as my grandfather (the Duesenberg dealer in Washington) would say, is a "doozy:" I have been telling Brody File readers for months that if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee he will make a pitch to win over independent/moderate Evangelicals. Well, we …
The present flap in Lebanon is one more example of this: The crises was sparked last week in Beirut when the government of Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora ordered the communication and surveillance network at Runway 17 of Beirut Airport be dismantled, claiming it was "illegal and unconstitutional"... Hezbollah cried foul, claiming the network had been …
It wasn't supposed to happen this way: On Tuesday night, we mentioned the dustup between two Democratic pundits, Ms. Brazile and Mr. Begala, who engaged in a prime-time debate about the coalitions being built by Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Begala, a Clinton supporter, said the party could not win in November with just …
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The new Lord Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is spot on with this one: In an interview with ReligiousIntelligence.com, he said that the good work done by many Christian and evangelical groups is often just ignored and derided. “I think there is a culture now in our society where if something is even vaguely Christian, …
Should we? It's a good question in Pentecostal churches where Hispanic congregations are growing and voting: Gonzalez and other Hispanic pastors across the country seized on the debate to come together as a political force gaining momentum. Hispanic Pentecostals, some experts say, can become an important swing vote in the 2008 elections in key demographic …
I was amused when Sunny Lee made the following statement about South Korea's most Christian president, Lee Myung-bak: South Korea's Sunshine policy towards the North has been in a virtual coma for the two months since the inauguration of conservative Lee Myung-bak asof the South. Lee wants to act tough and teach Pyongyang a lesson …
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The news that Yoko Ono et. al. have filed suit to enjoin Ben Stein's movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (documented here and here) is a battle fought on two levels. First: Ben Stein is obviously attacking the ideological content of the song, and by extension not only those who agree with it but also those …
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