“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has released a report on the 20 most corrupt members of Congress. You can read the full report at their site, or click on a name in the […]
I haven’t ever participated in one of these memes before, but then again, I’ve never been asked. Now I find that Billy has tagged Joel and Joel has tagged me. So here are the questions, and my answers: 1: Do you like the look and the contents of your blog? Yes. There are some tweaks […]
Ed Brayton has a great post up at Dispatches From the Culture Wars. It deals with the way people draw unnecessary battle lines based on attributes such as religion, when in reality we often find that many of the truly important issues tend to make those battle lines irrelevant and even harmful. One passage stood […]
ConvergeSouth is coming soon. Ben asked if I’d be interested in creating a short promo video for it. At first I said “no” because while I enjoy making home movies, I’d never made a video that didn’t involve small babies and family members. Eventually, I decided to give it a try. Here’s the result: I’m […]
Supporters of the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq war often dispute the notion that things aren’t going well in Iraq. One argument you may see is something to the effect of “3 of 18 provinces have problems, the rest are relatively untouched.” An article about a recent DOD report echoed that statistic, saying: Most […]
In the recent conversations I’ve had about the West Virginia lawsuit involving the portrait of Jesus, as well as other discussions revolving around schools and religion, the opinion is often expressed that school prayer should be ok, and that school-sanctioned religious displays don’t harm anyone. However, many people disagree with that sentiment, including some evangelical […]
Nancy over at the Front Pew links to this Washington Post article and asks, “Will Pope Benedict XVI embrace Intelligent Design?” The author of the WaPo article seems to think that its a possibility, saying: Schoenborn, a close associate of Benedict, raised eyebrows last year with an article in the New York Times suggesting the […]
