Posted by XT on July 21st, 2008 in Progressive Faith
Because I can’t make up such nonsense:
“If we lose California, if they defeat the marriage amendment, I’m afraid that the culture war is over and Christians have lost,” said Wildmon, “I’ve never said that publicly until now—but that’s just the reality of the fact.”
I’ve never been a big fan of the “Christian warrior” mythos - [...]
Posted by XT on July 14th, 2008 in US News
For everyone who says oil is overpriced due to speculation…How much is oil going to be worth the day after Christmas this year?
It depends on a lot of factors, doesn’t it? Will Iran launch its missiles against Israel? With the United States blockade Iran? With any ship be able to get through [...]
Posted by XT on July 9th, 2008 in Progressive Faith
Niko Karvounis has an interesting post (it’s a week or two old) over at Taking Note. Some snippets to tease:
Taken together, the numbers from Isaacs and Hertz make for a compelling one-two punch: the richest folks in America are no more self-made than their international peers, and our poorest citizens have less of a [...]
Posted by XT on July 7th, 2008 in General
One of the arguments of libertarianism is that life is rough - you pays your money and you takes your chances. Kent Snyder, campaign manager for Ron Paul’s bid for POTUS recently died from pneumonia. There is, of course, the tendency to point out that Snyder would be here today if the policies [...]
Posted by XT on July 1st, 2008 in Campaign News
Barack Obama is now saying that he wants to expand President Bush’s horrific “faith-based initiative” program. In case that sentence isn’t clear enough for you, I’m against the very idea of the government supporting faith-based anything.
From the New York Times:
[Obama] thus embraced the heart of a program, established early in the [...]