“A story by the Associated Press says the International Bible Society-Send the Light wants to deliver custom-designed Bibles to newspaper subscribers around the U.S. as part of an effort to find innovative ways to spread a Christian message. But not everyone thinks it’s a good idea. The ministry would spend hundreds of thousands of...
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Jan Brown of the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women has some interesting thoughts below about Representative Mark Olson (pictured)  and his recent domestic violence trial.
Representative Mark Olson and 'Battered Husband Syndrome'
Representative Mark Olson (R-MN) was arrested in November of last year on domestic assault charges. According to the news reports, the charges stemmed...
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When a woman does something terrible, the media often tries to explain or excuse it, usually by trying to blame the man in her life. A few examples:
When Gilberta Estrada hung her four small daughters, three of whom died, media focused attention on her allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend. To learn more, click here.
When Andrea Yates...
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As expected, my last piece on no longer apologizing to Muslims drew the expected responses. Here are a couple….
"Ya know, I'm old enough to remember when folks talked about black people this way. Somehow managed to repeat only the bad stories, the worst examples, the ugliest crimes. Complained that "they" were demanding too...
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Author’s Note: Today is the anniversary of the day that the infamous Borden murders were committed in 1892. I thought it appropriate to run this essay discussing a major reason the case remains fascinating and the focus of controversy over a century after the fact. In much of the popular mind, Lizzie Borden stands...
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The lamestream media told you: The mayor of Washington D.C. is working diligently to overturn the bad decision of the D.C. Circuit Court that would allow his residents to keep highly dangerous registered handguns assembled and functional in their own homes. He has decided to file papers asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear...
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The lamestream media told you: Chicago authorities are delighted at the results of their highly publicized gun turn-in campaign, which yielded more that 6,700 guns, collected at 23 churches in a day-long event. It was so popular police ran out of the $100 debit cards being offered to anyone who turned in a firearm....
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There was panic in House of Reps. on Friday over a glitch in the “Peer Pressure Machine” — otherwise known as the computer thingy that allows members to see how other members are voting. The horror!
The reaction sort of reminded me of the Saturday Night Live skit of a news program where the teleprompter...
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Music is the language of love and concerts have been held to commemorate heroes and victims and to unite people in great causes. Woodstock, Concert for Bangladesh, Monterey Pop Festival and No Nukes: These historic concerts evoke images of peace, celebration and brotherhood. The horrific images of the Virginia Tech massacre are still fresh...
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