Archive for: December 2011

December 30, 2011

Thoughts on the KJV 400th Anniversary

Filed under: Christianity - 30 Dec 2011

I didn’t want to let the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version without comment.

Much has been said about the King James Version, which spent the best part of its 400 year history as the Bible of choice for Americans of …

December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas

Filed under: Christmas - 24 Dec 2011

Going through the woods, the softness of my tread upon the mossy ground and among the brown leaves enhanced the Christmas sacredness by which I felt surrounded.  As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the …

December 23, 2011

Mike Simpson: Let Me Get Back to You on that Whole Internet-Destroying Bill

Filed under: Mike Simpson - 23 Dec 2011

A coalition of the willing across the political spectrum is sounding the alarm about the proposed anti-piracy bills in the House. Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame writes:
Right now Congress is considering two bills—the Protect IP Act, and the Stop …

Boehner Blows It Again

Filed under: Economics - 23 Dec 2011

From the Wall Street Journal, John Boehner delivers a Christmas turkey:
WASHINGTON—House Speaker John Boehner, bowing to heavy pressure from fellow Republicans, agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a payroll-tax break, ending a stalemate that had created a wedge …

December 14, 2011

High Stakes Football: Denver Broncos Super Bowl Victory Could Set Liberalism Back Decades

Filed under: Christianity - 14 Dec 2011

Joshua Hammerman shows what happens when you combine 1) taking football too seriously and 2) extreme liberalism:
If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning …

December 13, 2011

Where I Stand in a Post-Cain Primary

Filed under: 2012 - 13 Dec 2011

My candidate dropped out and I’m very disappointed how everything came down for Mr. Cain. I feel a lot of things happened that were wrong.  I still haven’t had the heart to remove the bumpersticker.

Of course, the question is where …

December 6, 2011

The Freak Show School of Covering Christianity

Filed under: Christianity - 06 Dec 2011

The U.K. Telegraph has a report on a Baptist Church in Kentucky that is wrong in so many ways:

Members at Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church, in Kentucky, have voted to prevent interracial couples from becoming members or taking part …