Archive for: September 2004

The Statesman’s opinion page was plenty bland today. (Maybe I should start responding to Boise Weekly), so there’s no Daily Response.

I was going to write a Screwtape Report encouraging Democrats not to give up, but …

Great and exalted is the Lord,
He is above all,

Ruler and King of the Universe,
His Glory beyond imagination,

His wisdom beyond understanding,
The depths of his mercy and forgiveness unsearchable,

The righteousness of his judgment …

Two very brief other thoughts on the fair:

—I did not like the atmosphere coming into the park. One had a feeling that the Republican booth was but one small outpost in a sea of craziness. The music …

Rarely do I take issue with a hard news piece, however the headline in Yesterday’s Statesman screamed, “Bieter Gets Good Marks for 8 Months on the Job” (this referred to Boise Mayor Dave Bieter).

Well, I looked into …

Today, I met Charles Seldon in person. I’d known of Seldon’s positions on the issues and had written a letter to the editor urging support for Seldon in the school board election as I knew that his traditionalist …

John Erisman writes in today’s letters:

Cal Thomas’ editorial on Aug. 31 makes the point that the most important reason Bush is hated by the political left is because of his genuine Christian faith. And …

Former “Republican” State Senate candidate Harry Lear had the following in today’s Statesman :

A constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is neither a federal issue or a states’ rights issue. Individual freedom of voluntary association comes …

Illinois Leader Managing Editor Fran Eaton returned to the paper after taking her leave of the Alan Keyes campaign.

Ms. Eaton could have chosen the path of most people who leave campaigns and remained silent throughout the …

The questions about Paul Crouch at TBN signals that it’s time to end TBN’s Christian Television monopoly.

At best, Crouch is guilty of horribly bad, uninspired judgment in his handling of the matter, but the problems at TBN …

The LA Times had a huge article on Paul Crouch today and a former employee who alleged that he and Paul Crouch had a sexual encounter in a TBN owned cabin 8 years ago.

The employee’s …