One man’s magic is another man’s science. Religious essayist Rev. Eric Strachan of the New Life Community Church in Ontario, Canada has published a short essay in The Daily Observer called “The Wonders of Intelligent Design.” Strachan writes: “There’s a difference in the things that God creates, and the stuff that men and women...
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God, Who can impose whatever He wants upon the cosmos, chooses to give us free will. Sunday’s sermon at Black Rock-Long Ridge Congregational Church (North Stamford, Connecticut) was preached by Pastor Larry Fullerton, who confessed that sometimes he wishes God were different. How satisfying it would be if God employed His awesome power to...
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There may well be so-called heavyweights leaving the zanupf-Mugabe sinking ship and running to a new home in the zanupf-Makoni faction. Who wouldn’t leave this sinking ship? With self inflicted inflation running at 100,000% and rising, exponentially collapsing exchange rates, empty supermarket shelves, 95% unemployment, widespread starvation, a refugee crisis of massive proportions and...
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Background: I've started a blog-based collection of bedtime stories for children, both stories I've told my kids and stories that other parents (and grandparents) tell their kids. If you've got a good bedtime story, please send it to me for consideration in this collection.
The core of these stories will be those I tell...
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Senator Clinton’s campaign emphasis on skill and experience is out of harmony with affirmative action, in which diversity is the prime criterion. My friend Jon Gardner observed, I believe accurately, that the Democratic presidential primary has been driven by the same sort of feelings that impel businesses and educational institutions to seek minority candidates. ...
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The recent stories about Hillary Clinton’s campaign spending money like a lonely male Lotto winner at a strip club have given us a new look at the woman who would be President. We already suspected that she wasn’t ready to run the country, but the ways she’s spent campaign cash have pretty much solidified...
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How should we describe the false, male-vilifying statistics that are ubiquitous on the modern college campus? Christina Hoff Sommers, author of Who Stole Feminism? calls them "Hate Statistics." That seems apt.
To follow the recent controversy over the feminist "1 in 4 college women are raped" myth, see my recent blog post 'It’s a lonely...
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The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas has cut all diplomatic ties and relations with Israel including any and all communications. Abbas made his decision after recent Israeli crackdown on Palestinian militants has left over 100 people dead and dozens injured. On Saturday March 1, 70 Palestinians alone were killed in clashes. At least two...
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A bomb in Pakistan has caused 20 deaths. The attack took place on the outskirts of Dera Adamkhel, a town which is close to the border with Afghanistan. It has been reported that the bombing may have been a suicide attack, although that has not yet been confirmed. A Pakistani official at the scene...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Baghdad Sunday on the very first visit to Iraq by an Iranian president. The trip is expected to be both symbolic and aiding in Baghdad-Iran relations, which are both predominately Shia. It will be closely watched by the United States, who already has over 150,000 troops in Iraq....
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Armenian president Robert Kocharyan declared a state of emergency in Armenia Saturday after policemen used tear gas and firearms to disperse protesters of alleged fraud in the presidential election that occurred last month, leaving at least 8 persons dead in clashes between police and opposition. The announcement came from President Kocharyan’s office shortly after...
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Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world.
Many of these researchers...
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