ThirstyJon is currently reading: I read an article today arguing that the Bible should not be used in defense of public policy views. The author makes some good points. I am also in the midst of a discussion on this very blog. One commenter suggested that we be very careful about wanting to make our…
Category: Kingdom Ideas – Worldview
President Bush Defends Freedom of Speech
Citizenlink.org posted a story about President Bush defending free speech rights by opposing the “Fairness Doctrine.” I found the article interesting for two reasons. First, so many have tried to paint President Bush as “anti civil liberties.” Here is a great example of him defending a very important one. Second, I am so glad Al…
The Shadow Sexual Revolution – Legalizing Pedophilia
Duane Lester has written an article at allamericanblogger.com about the dangers of a movement towards the legalizing of pedophilia. I thought he did a pretty thorough job: The current movement to legalize and normalize pedophilia may seem unrealistic to some. I have yet to have someone agree with me when I claim that it will…
Ford Bends – AFA Boycott is Over
The Ford Boycott is Over! You can read about it at worldnetdaily.com: In the face of plummeting car sales, Ford Motor Company has taken steps to reduce its aggressive, pro-homosexual policies, prompting a family-rights group to call off its boycott of the carmaker. The American Family Association says it’s suspending its two-year boycott of Ford,…
Government or Individual?
Comment and Question from Casper: “equal distribution of wealth†is not part of the Liberal point of view – or part of the humanist point of view. It is a part of the Communist worldview that you’re expecting to see in us when you look through your Rove-colored glasses, but it’s just not there in…
Where Was Barack Obama?
Did Barack Obama not know about Al-Qaeda in Iraq? Where has he been? From CNN.com: “I always reserve the right for the president … to make sure that we are looking out for American interests,” Obama said. “And if al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a…
From Crisis to Crisis – Climate Change
From TheHammondReport.com: 1954 – 1976 GLOBAL COOLING – There seems to be some overlap between these periods as the MSM moved back to Global Cooling. They predicted billions of people dying again. In 1970 the Washington Post told readers to “get a good grip on your long johns, cold weather haters – the worst may…
Global Warming? Or is it Cooling?
From NationalPost.com: And remember the Arctic Sea ice? The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its “lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts in the past. The ice is…
Do Polar Bears Suffer from Global Warming?
From Conservative Blog Therapy:
General Welfare
“The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states. If it be purely local, congress cannot constitutionally appropriate money for the object. But, if the benefit be general, it matters not, whether in point of locality it be in…