Bishops: A Luxury the Church of England Can’t Afford

As my own church ponders the number of Administrative Bishops it needs, the Church of England shows everyone how to bloat the episcopal budget: The running costs of the Church of England’s 113 bishops increased by £2 million, or 13.5 per cent, to £16 million last year at a time when the Church has been …

When Academic Achievement is a Disaster (When It’s on Wall Street)

I rest my case against those who insist that only those who excel academically (and of course those who go to the right schools) are worthy to direct our society with this, from (of all places) the New York Times: “The financial system nearly collapsed,” he said, “because smart guys had started working on Wall …

Ya missed a line…typical Anglican…

In response to this posting about broadcaster Paul Roberts, I got the following response from WGOW (Paul's last radio station) Program Director Bill Lockhart: Towards the end of his (Paul's) life I visited him at Memorial Hospital (our Catholic hospital in Chattanooga) on a Sunday morning.  A Lay Minister (Catholic) came in...offered communion (I declined...being …

Créteil Bébel: Mosque League, Maybe?

We're one step closer to "ignition" between the Muslim and homosexual communities: Creteil Bébel is excluded The amateur soccer team, primarily made up of Moslem players from the Paris region, was excluded from their league because they refused to play against a homosexual club, Paris Foot Gay. The Leisure Soccer Commission wrote: “The Creteil Bebel …

Smokey Robinson: Tears of a Clown, and a Tribute to a Great Broadcaster

I'm taking my series of videos of music alluded to in the novel The Ten Weeks in a different direction this week with Smokey Robinson's "Tears of a Clown," a television performance that is very much from the time the song was released (and the setting for the novel too.) But it brings up something …

The “Dementia” of Francis Collins. Or Is It Someone Else?

New York Times reporter Gardiner Harris needs to think some things through: In contrast to the majority of scientists whose wondrous discoveries seem to inspire humility, today's advocates of scientism can be every bit as dogmatic as the William Jennings Bryans of yesteryear. We saw an example a week ago, when the New York Times …

Why Russia is not afraid of Iran

It's always been a puzzle to me (other than the Russians need for cash,) but this is the most sensible (and about the only) explanation I've seen yet: While Russia had, until recently, vetoed UN Security Council resolutions against the Iranian nuclear program, Medvedev suddenly hardened his rhetoric, mentioning sanctions as a possible course of …

The Unity Church Fails to Have Unity

When it comes to selling the property to the Palm Beach Day Academy: A bid to sell the Unity of the Palm Beaches for $3.65 million to the Palm Beach Day Academy failed to win the required approval from church members at an Oct. 4 vote. But the deal is not dead yet, say officials …

Hugo Chavez: “What has Obama done to deserve this prize?”

Our President is really in the tank this time: Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize. Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his government's "imperialist" policies, said he thought it was a …

Brent Childers Marches with the LGBT Community, But Barney Frank Thinks It’s a Waste of Time

I am sure that self-proclaimed evangelical Brent Childers is proud of himself for marching with the LGBT community in Washington: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans are a diverse, extraordinary, resilient, and passionate group of forgiving men and women. I wouldn't be standing beside them demanding full and equal treatment under the law and …

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