For some time I have been reading Michael Spencer at both Internetmonk.com and the BHT. I once sent an e-mail asking that if i ever had the opportunity to choose a speaker for one of our state events would Michael come. I think his reply was something like, … Continue reading
Some find it difficult to grasp the situation in Darfur. Here is a way that may help communicate the gravity people face in this region of the Sudan.
(HT: Marko)… Continue reading
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According to an AP article on the front page of The Oklahoman young people grow more materialistic. Seems since 1966 incoming college freshmen consider financial prosperity very important. Pew Research Center indicated 80 percent of 18-to 25-year-olds ranked getting rich as their top priority.
When wealth becomes the marker … Continue reading
Last evening Eddie asked if I had read Leonard Pitts‘ piece in The Oklahoman. The day was too busy but I have had time this afternoon to take a look. Seems to me Pitts’ has found another way to point out the slippery slope fallacy. It … Continue reading
Good for the Gander … Darfur and gender …
Old adages cannot possibly rise to the occasion when the inequities of gender become a matter of life and death. But the idea two women should be sentenced to death while the men involved go free only exacerbates the horrors already a reality in Darfur.
HT: Alan… Continue reading
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