Plead the First

Over the past several months on many local blogs I’ve noticed comments allegedly posted by Nathan Tabor. Tabor made an unsuccessful run for the State Congress not too long ago, and is the founder of The Conservative Voice, a shrill bastion of Republicanism. One thing these blog comments have had in common is that they […]

Cara Michele has posted an excellent letter from Jesus on her blog, Chosen Fast. It’s definitely worth a read. It would be even better if Jesus had cc’d the News and Record’s Letters to the Editor department. My thoughts on the subject, from last year: Here and here.

While we’re on the subject of the ACLU, I found this today in the comments on the News and Record’s Letters to the Editor blog – a website entitled “The ACLU Fights For Christians“. It lists and links to over two dozen instances of the ACLU “defending the right of a Christian to speak as […]

A New Jersey elementary school tried to prohibit a second-grade student from performing “Awesome God” at her school talent show due to the song’s religious nature. Thankfully, a judge correctly in favor of the student. “The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause prohibits governmental advancement or restriction of religion,” the court said. However, the circumstances of a […]

I’m a little late on this, but wanted to mention it anyway. We’ve had conversations about the establishment clause before. When someone argues in favor of government officials offering sectarian prayers, or allowing religious displays of one faith to the exclusion of others, I often ask a question like “Would you feel the same if […]

Recently, some pages from the Japanese version of Nintendo’s safety manual for the Wii turned up on the Internet. They provide some very sage – yet often bewildering – advice for using your Nintendo Wii. Little did anyone know, there are some hidden dangers not covered in the manual. Fortunately, today at work we discovered […]

Time.com gives some details about NASA’s plans for a moon base: The perpetual sunshine in most of the extreme north and south means plenty of light for energy-producing solar panels; the perpetual darkness in the shadowed polar regions means a steady supply of water ice, which can be harvested for consumption … I for one […]

What’s the deal lately with college students disrupting invited speakers at their colleges? First we had the Gilchrist incident at Columbia, and now this: Protesters said they came to show their opposition to controversial Republican congressman Tom Tancredo, of Colorado, who spoke at the event. Before Tancredo arrived and while the event was being set […]