How do you tell when a politician is lying? Watch their lips. If they are moving, they are lying. So President Bush has found his cajones and vetoed the military budget because – get this – it might open the Government of Iraq to having their assets seized in response to lawsuits from American soldiers [...]
Pastor Dan has an excellent short series he’s entitled “Changing the Script” (see part one-a, one-b, and one-c). This post is my response to that (because I tend to write long responses that overwhelm the comments and because cross-pollination works best). So if something sounds like it’s coming out of right field, click over there. [...]
Take a look. My fave: Holly Schnobrich for her delightfully irresponsible interpretation of the designated driver rule. The 24-year-old from Indiana was too hopped up on “painkillers and sleeping pills,” to opperate a motor vehicle, so like any good mother she asked her son to drive her and his younger brother. The only problem is [...]
The news from Pakistan is that Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated: Bhutto was shot at close range as she was leaving the rally in this garrison city south of Islamabad, aides said. Immediately after the shooting, a suicide bomber detonated explosives near Bhutto’s car, killing at least 15 other people. Bhutto was rushed to a [...]
Despite a lot of (free press) posturing, US Attorney and future NJ Governor candidate Chris Christie didn’t find nearly as much to prosecute as he should have at UMDNJ. Joe Lieberman is no Uncle Fluffy – he’s just Cantankerous Joe. Hillary Clinton‘s campaign can be found attempting dirty tricks. George W. Bush can out-grinch the [...]
I probably won’t be posting much this next week to ten days. My son and daughter are in town from Florida – and it’s Christmas, for Pete’s sake! May the God of your choosing bless you richly and keep you safe. And, when no one is looking, instigate a little extra kindness, random or not. [...]
I have to thank Mark Lewis for bringing this to my attention: In a recent speech at Liberty University, the Baptist school founded by Jerry Falwell, Mike Huckabee said his surprise surge in the polls was the result of divine intervention. “There’s only one explanation for it, and it’s not a human one,” he said. [...]
Anne Applebaum has a point about the recent news cycle. International pressure was sufficient to get the Saudi King to pardon a rape victim for being in public with a non-related male. But the King did not say the sentence was wrong – in fact he said just the opposite – and future rape victims [...]
The Gospel today is one of those passages that is used to justify a belief in the rapture. But the phrase that sticks with me on a first reading is “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” “Heaven and earth” could, of course, refer to just this ball of [...]
More politic-laden Gospel messages today. Today is also known as Sans Day, or Saint They’s Day (possibly Saint Kea or Kay. You can hear the Sans Day Carol here and the words are here. Perhaps it is in recognition of the stories of Kea forging peace that today’s meditation is on the grace of communion. [...]
