In the midst of the storm over health care in the U.S., the left's reaction to John Mackey's call for an alternative to the Obama health care proposal is one of the most shameful and idiotic things I've seen. But it's predictable. In spite of the fact that Whole Foods is a purveyor of liberal …
The 50 Square Metre Apartment is Robert Redford’s Dream, Too
A couple of weeks ago I put online a piece (complete with video) entitled Barack Obama: Dreaming of the 50 Square Metre Apartment. It spoke of the stark reality that, in order to achieve Obama's decidedly statist vision of reduced energy and riskless economics, one would have to go back to a system like the …
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Roger Smith, Michael Howell and the New Commitment: Who Shall Spread the Good News
VerMir ACA-6647/8 (1976) Who Shall Spread the Good News? was brought to reality by Roger Smith and Michael Howell, through their group the New Commitment. Roger Smith, a Catholic priest from Corpus Christi, TX, also performed on albums for North American Liturgy Resources. This music was connected with the "Search" retreats which are still ongoing …
The Unspoken Key in the Relationship Between the U.S. and China
Henry Kissinger has words of wisdom: The 21st century requires an institutional structure appropriate for its time. The nations bordering the Pacific have a stronger sense of national identity than did the European countries emerging from the Second World War. They must not slide into a 21st-century version of classic balance-of-power politics. It would be …
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“Too Big to Fail:” Another Road to the Insolvency of the United States
As if fading dollar hegemony wasn't enough: If real reform doesn’t happen, get ready for a fearsome certainty: that markets will eventually correct our unsustainable financial system. They have tried to do so several times over the decades by punishing firms like Continental, Long-Term, and, most recently, Citigroup, as well as the lenders who financed …
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Family of God: Honor, Wisdom, Glory and Praise
Honor, Wisdom, Glory and Praise (FG-1001) was the first (and possibly the only) album of the Family of God Christian Community in Fort Worth, Texas. The community described itself as a "charismatic, ecumenical fellowship in Fort Worth, Texas. Our membership is ecumenical, though largely Catholic." The album was produced in 1981.The music is very much …
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More Than One Peter?
A very different look at a a very important part of the Bible "Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He began asking his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"Â And they said, "Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one …
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Concept of Hell, and a Note on Women Bishops
I'm surprised he even has one, but... When asked if hell exists and what it is like, he said: “My concept of hell, I suppose, is being stuck with myself for ever and with no way out. “Whether anybody ever gets to that point I have no idea. But that it’s possible to be stuck …
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The Anti-Moon Luddites March On
The dear old Miami Herald reports the following: NASA doesn't have nearly enough money to meet its goal of putting astronauts back on the moon by 2020 -- and it might be the wrong place to go, anyway. That's one of the harsh messages emerging from a sweeping review of NASA's human space flight program. …
Is It Legitimate to Leave a Church Because of the Coffee?
One of the rude awakenings I received recently on Titusonenine was that it was the policy of the blog that "...comments requiring, encouraging or intimating that other readers must or should leave or join a particular church are well known to be against T19 comment policy."Â I was aware that this was StandFirm's policy, and …
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Positive Infinity 