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 …
Nuclear Power: Now They Tell Us
Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore connects the dots at last: Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power - a concept tied closely to the underground nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose. The …
Wealth Accumulation and Consevative Protestants: More Biblical Than We Thought?
For all the years of prosperity teaching, conservative Protestants still do not match the wealth accumulation of others in the U.S.: According to data analyzed by Keister, a Duke University sociologist, the median net worth for conservative Protestants in 2000 was $26,000, compared to the national median of $66,200. Why the gap? Keister says it …
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Planes flying into New York area on dangerously low fuel
This is not a good time to run out of gas: A review by federal authorities has revealed a sharp increase in planes, particularly from Continental Airlines, flying into the New York area with so little fuel that they demand an emergency landing. In a report on minimum and emergency fuel declarations into Newark airport …
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Brazil Leads the Way in New Sources of Oil
Brazil is once again taking the lead as a source for oil: Brazil's state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA in November said the offshore Tupi field may hold 8 billion barrels of recoverable crude. Among discoveries in the past 30 years, only the 15-billion-barrel Kashagan field in Kazakhstan is larger. Haroldo Lima, director of the country's oil …
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A Kairos Moment for Texas Catholics
This week's podcast is Let Your Face Wear a Smile, from the group Kairosingers' album Of One Accord. This group of Texas Catholics from Port Arthur, Texas (the home of Janis Joplin) brings to mind many things about Texas Catholicism during the 1970's, and the kinds of lessons we might learn today. The album cover …
Barack Obama Makes the Shiny Sheet
I guess one can say that he's arrived now that he's appeared in the Shiny Sheet's (Palm Beach Daily News) blog: I wonder whether candidates are fully aware of the depth of their followers’ devotion. Many of these folks waited in line for 2 hours — in full sun and 85-degree temperatures. Then, after passing …
Trust Me, Mike, There’s More to Come
M.D. McMullin lets it out about Positive Infinity on Jonathan Stone's blog: I think Don has already blogged on every issue known to man. And, if God gives me life, I'll keep it up. I think that a lot of the problem Evangelical Christianity is facing these days is that its focus (or life view) …
You’re Not as Dumb as You Look
David at the Political Chase seems taken aback that this "conservative blogger" wouldn't go along with the Jonesville COG's pastor's implication that Barack Obama is a Muslim: Interestingly enough, not every right-wing conservative blogger supports Pastor Byrd’s thought provoking idea. At least two conservative bloggers do not. This reminds me of something that happened to …
One Church of God Weighs in on Obama and Osama
The Jonesville (SC) Church of God and its pastor are making a stir with their latest sign out in front of the church: Pastor Roger Byrd said that he just wanted to get people thinking. So last Thursday, he put a new message on the sign at the Jonesville Church of God. It reads: "Obama, …
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