Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
This is just awful: Former New Life pastor Ted Haggard greeted warmly the more than 110 people who arrived for his Thursday evening prayer gathering at his home in north Colorado Springs. “It’s a Kumbaya moment,” Haggard said. “People here tonight believe in resurrection and me. They understand love.” Several people spoke of grace, forgiveness …
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My newest follower on Twitter is Black Tie Magazine, dedicated to high profile philanthropy (like this.) In a lengthy article by one Jaime Dermody on how to fix our current financial mess, he says the following: (E.) Congress accommodates (B.) above by amending the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 to waive recognition of …
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In the shadow of Aggieland, former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnston hits the Anglican-Episcopal divide the hard way: Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose about-face on abortion prompted her to resign her job, says she's gotten flack for her decision from an unexpected quarter: her own church. Her Oct. 6 decision …
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Back when I was taking sea voyages like the one shown below... http://www.youtube.com/v/QZTk658lnio ...my father (like most "old salts") always emphasised the importance of running a "tight ship." (Sometimes that didn't quite come through, as you can see here.) By a tight ship, he meant one that was in good condition ("ship shape") and capable …
The esteemed Palm Beach Day Academy brought in author Jerry Spinelli on this subject: Striding to the front of the auditorium to launch his talk, the father of six made another important point: Don't overlook the value of failure and the importance of persistence. He quizzed the kids about what they would do if they, …
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This week, I'm going to veer away from the "Top 40" stuff in this series of music alluded to in the novel The Ten Weeks. And veer is a nice way to put it: it's a video of Jethro Tull's "A New Day Yesterday," originally on their second album, Stand Up. This live performance comes …
I've seen this elsewhere in the conservative blogosphere, but it's good when someone who really knows what they're talking about points this out: In 1960, only 3% of tax filers paid a 30% or higher marginal tax rate. By 1980, after the inflation of the 1970s, the share was closer to 33%. In 1981, Congress …
One wonders what he or his advisors were thinking: Yesterday, however, stark reality of a very different sort intruded: News broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. Soon enough, the full impact of the horror became evident: 13 dead, another 30 injured. The full details and investigation of the …
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City Journal's article concerning Westchester County's (NY) election of a Republican county executive (news in and of itself) highlights one of the American left's long-term goals: the complete levelling of people relative to location, so that you don't have "good neighbourhoods" and "bad neighbourhoods" any more. Although the right is usually diligent in documenting the …
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I wonder what they would have done if his comeback was that he thought civil marriage itself was wrong.
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