Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
There needs to be little surprise at John Travolta spearheading Scientology's counterattack against John Sweeney's BBC documentary on the subject. No organisation uses the legal system to grind down its opponents the way that the Church of Scientology does. In the past they have ruined opponents, institutional and individual, using the legal system that is …
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Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction Note: this part of At the Inlet is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth C. "Betty" Montgomery, long time dance teacher in Palm Beach, for reasons that will be obvious. The first Sunday of the month …
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The call by the Christian Research Network for Rick Warren to "turn out" (to use the old expression) Rupert Murdoch from Saddleback Church is a great idea. In theory. The basic problem is that churches in the U.S. have become adverse to expelling anyone from the membership, and not entirely for reasons of their own …
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We continue our podcast series of this album with their rendition of the beloved Psalm 23, The Lord Is My True Shepherd. Click here for more information.
Those who oppose the war in Iraq endless talk generally talk about things such as the WMD's, the "lies," etc. They're trying to make a moral case out of it. For us, the matter is simpler: because of the nature of Middle Eastern society, democracy is presently impossible. Thus the whole premise of bringing democracy …
There has been a lot of consternation--well deserved--about the passage of H.R. 1592, the so-called "hate crimes" bill. We would have commented on this sooner except that it was a foregone conclusion to pass in the House. From a political standpoint, it is a sop to a powerful support group in the Democrat Party. Given …
Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction At 0900 the next morning Annette and Darlene met with Norman and a still groggy Kyle at the palace. “I thought those girls would talk until the sun came up,” Kyle said, fighting another yawn. “Gimme …
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We continue our podcast series of this album with Lift Your Voice. Click here for more information.
The new biography about Hillary Clinton by Carl Bernstein promises to be an unflattering portrait. There is no surprise in this. Such have been written in the past. The difference is in the source. Carl Bernstein, of Watergate/All the President's Men fame, is no neocon or conservative of any other kind. So why are the …
Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction The following week, Terry and Darlene were getting towards the end of their stack when the door knocked. Annette entered; they both stood and said, “Your Majesty.” “Don’t be so formal, ladies,” Annette said. We’ve got …
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