" father Harlan...suffered the crippling effects of polio since childhood and who raised Joba on his own after he and the boy's mother divorced. Joba had left-knee surgery as a sophomore at Nebraska, and he spent his first hours of recovery sprawled out on the couch at their Omaha home. At 5:30 in the...
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Why did the world’s most important atheist scholar, Antony Flew decide in his eighties that there is a God after all? The New York Times was quick to suggest senility, but reading his book with Roy Varghese, I don’t think that will wash. Their slender hardcover, There IS a God (Harper One 2007) introduces...
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Mr. Tahir Aslam Gora, driven out of Pakistan for his critical-of-Islam views, wrote in The Hamilton Spectator December 13 that the freedom of expression has deteriorated even in the liberal West from what it was in Mecca during Prophet Muhammad’s time 15 centuries ago. Referring to the example of hounding of Bangladeshi humanist author...
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Thus far in the 2008 presidential campaign cycle, “religion†has played a far bigger role than in any recent elections. This does not necessarily translate to actual issues of importance to one religious constituency or another, but rather that the religion of individual candidates themselves is a major topic. And as this pattern continues,...
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The question always comes up, and the answer always irritates members of my family. Their question: What do you want for Christmas? My answer: I dunno. I haven’t thought about it. Their response: Why are you always so difficult? My answer this year was different. Let me explain. Three years ago, as shared in...
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A report by Denmark’s Ministry of Defense has concluded that two Danish soldiers were killed in a friendly fire incident by British missiles, in Afghanistan. The British Ministry of Defense has yet to conclude its own investigation. The incident, which occurred on September 26, 2007, took place near Gereshk in the Helmand Province of...
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Early this morning, an express passenger train derailed in Pakistan, leaving at least 56 dead and 150 more injured. At least ten of the carriages that comprised the service between Karachi and Lahore left the track and fell down an embankment, ripping them apart. The disaster occurred some 250 miles north of Karachi at...
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A new shopping center in Washington, United States called Lakewood Crossing is planning on building and opening new stores. It was opened on September 21, 2006 with the opening of the Marysville, Washington Costco. The mall has still been in the planning stages since 2005. The developer is Powell Development from Kirkland, Washington and...
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A man has died after riding the Expedition Everest roller coaster at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. The man, identified as Jeffery Reed, 44 from Navarre, was given CPR after being pulled off the ride unconscious, and was taken in an ambulance to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Reed...
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Sadly, it appears that feminist blogger/blog commenter Melissa L. has turned out to be a bit of an ungrateful guest here at www.GlennSacks.com. Melissa has been commenting frequently at my blog over the past few weeks. I was surprised and a bit disappointed to see her new blog post "The Lost Boys- My Time...
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The Acorn
Periodically, I see an article about teen girls “surviving” after terminating their relationships with abusive boyfriends. A good example is one that appeared on 12.12.07 in the San Jose Mercury News. Not one word about why the girl entered the bad relationship, why she found her boyfriend’s abusive behavior attractive, and why she...
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First an excerpt from the article, and then a few thoughts:
Rape claim was cover for cheating on husband, charges allege
Minneapolis Star Tribune
12/18/07
A St. Paul psychologist who claimed she was raped by a patient in her office in October 2006 has instead been charged with falsely reporting a crime.
Authorities say that Jill Ajao, 41,...
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The media generally has a rule when covering domestic violence cases--if it's domestic violence, and it's committed by a woman against a man, it's not domestic violence.
Happily, Tim, a reader, recently sent me an exception, at least a little bit--the story mentions "domestic violence" at the end, which is nice.
Police Say Woman Shot At Husband,...
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You say you want a revolution, well you know We all want to change the world… -         The Beatles, Revolution Ironic, if one reads all of the lyrics to The Beatles Revolution: Despite being left-leaners for their time, the tune almost sounds like something a conservative music artist might write today. Snapshot of America:...
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By Special guest Columnist Craig Cantoni The conventional wisdom says that liberals hate guns. Actually, the opposite is true. Hillary Clinton proves the point. She advocates nationalized healthcare. Huh? What does that have to do with guns? Everything. Nationalized healthcare would not be voluntary, which means that it would be required and depend on...
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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and malfeasance, announced that it filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York taxpayer in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against New York Governor Eliot Spitzer over a new policy implemented on September 21, 2007 that would...
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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and malfeasance, announced that it filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York taxpayer in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against New York Governor Eliot Spitzer over a new policy implemented on September 21, 2007 that would...
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The time for alimony as we know it may have passed, writes Dr. Helen Smith. "No man or woman should be held to being a slave to an ex-spouse after a marriage ends."...
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A heroic little girl kept her head and saved her father's life after he had a heart attack during a trip in the woods. The little girl saved him by driving 10 miles to get help. According to one news report:
"Timothy Webber and his daughter Cheyanne were spending an evening at a hunt club...
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