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, …
When people come forward in his church to accept Jesus as their savior, I don’t say: ‘Do you have papers?’
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 …
South Korea: The Occasional Cloud Won’t Hurt
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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Expelled, the Movie, Enjoined. Imagine It!
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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Another Step Downward for Dollar Hegemony
The Gulf states' trend towards floating their own currencies relative to the U.S. dollar is a major step downward for the U.S.: On Thursday (May 1), the finance minister of Kuwait, Mustafa al-Shiwali, suggested that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries were considering an idea to abandon their long-standing US dollar pegs. This is a minor …
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Life in the Fast Lane
It's probably more interesting to readers of my other sites vulcanhammer.net and vulcanhammer.info, but this is a welcome to the blogosphere for Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters' blog The Fast Lane. Above: Secretary Peters on a Harley.
Jeremiah Wright: Ego Inflatable to Any Size
My church has a humourist who does an "Inflatable Campmeeting" routine, where he features a blow-up campmeeting with an inflatable campground, organ, pulpit, etc. But no campmeeting is complete without general and state church officials, so they're inflatable too. For good measure, he throws in an additional remark about the officials: "egos inflatable to any …
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Staying Ahead of Dick Morris
Staying ahead of Dick Morris isn't easy, but it's doable. On the subject of Hillary Clinton's real intention of staying in the race: From my piece a month ago Hillary Clinton has Nothing to Lose by Ploughing On: Hillary has no good reason to quit. If she wins the nomination, she has a shot at …
Tim Gill: So Where’s the Equality and Progress?
Quark founder Tim Gill is making quite a splash, funding in a big way state legislative candidates who support same-sex civil marriage. This was reported on the 700 Club a couple of days ago, and; you can see the video by clicking here. Gill tells us he wants equality. That should constitute progress. I've dealt …
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The Country Where No One Satisfies
I've been pilloried for having doubts about Obama's patriotism, but evidently Peggy Noonan has hers too: Main thought. Hillary Clinton is not Barack Obama's problem. America is Mr. Obama's problem. He has been tagged as a snooty lefty, as the glamorous, ambivalent candidate from Men's Vogue, the candidate who loves America because of the great …
Positive Infinity 