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June 30, 2005

More than 8,000 killed in Iraq so far this year

According to CNN, Iraq’s Interior Minister says that terrorists in Iraq “have killed more than 8,000 Iraqi civilians, police and...

Stamps bad, comics worse

La Shawn Barber has created quite the international stir by reporting on the new Mexican stamps commemorating Memín Pinguin, a...

Forgiving others

Some of the “hardest sayings” of all scriptures are the ones where God makes his forgiveness of us conditional on...

June 29, 2005

UK Times likes Bush

Hat tip to The Anchoress and PoliPundit on this quote from the Times (UK): In person Mr Bush is so...

Senators offer advice on Supreme Court nominees

According to the Associated Press, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist likes Senators Mel Martinez, Mike DeWine, Mike Crapo, and Lindsey...

Federal Reserve Hike Likely on Thursday

The Federal Reserve concludes its 2–day meeting Thursday and most economy watchers believe that they will raise the federal funds...

Democratic Party has a New Website

No kidding, it’s here, and they’re pretty proud of, judging by their own comments. I see Howard Dean’s name mentioned...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Increases Heart Disease Risk

As reported by TIME Magazine, people with rheumatoid arthritis have twice the risk of dying from cardiac disease as do...

June 28, 2005

God and healing

Does God want to punish us? Does he just want to forgive us, letting us into heaven when we die...

Zimbabwe opposition leader released from prison

Roy Bennett was sent to jail by Zimbabwe's parliament 8 months ago. CNN reports that he lost 66 pounds during...

Canada approves same-sex marriage

Canada becomes the third country in the world to officially recognize same-sex marriage (the other two are Belgium and The...

Rudy Giuliani to run for VP in 2008

Radar Online is reporting that Karl Rove is campaigning behind the scenes to have Rudy Giuliani occupy the VP slot...

Trent Lott's book may never see publication

Trent Lott’s book, Master of the Game, has already been delayed from its original September 2004 publication date and pushed...

June 27, 2005

Supreme Court: No Ten Commandments in Courthouses

Two exhibits in Kentucky violate the “separation of church and state” because they promote a religious message. Some displays of...

June 26, 2005

Billy Graham: Let Hillary "run the country"

According to the Associated Press, former president Bill Clinton “should become an evangelist and allow “his wife to run the...

June 25, 2005

A Clinton-Clinton ticket in 2008?

That’s the nightmare scenario that The Anchorress has come up with based upon Captain’s Quarters’ report that 3 House Democrats and a Republican...

June 23, 2005

David Limbaugh on Democrat race-baiting

David Limbaugh gets it right, as usual, about Democrat race-baiting in this week’s column. It bothers me immensely to talk with...

Washington Times picks up bloggers' stories on Iran vote

Kudos to Robert Mayer of Publius Pundit and Will Franklin of WILLisms for the Washington Times picking up their blog...

June 22, 2005

Follow Jesus and get what?

I’ve been pondering some of the popular new preachers who teach that we can have an abundant life through belief...

How I almost saved the world

Okay, so I’m no Wil Wheaton tooting around the galaxy and saving the earth (in re-runs) every week, but I...

Terri Schiavo autopsy raises questions

I was catching up at La Shawn Barber's Corner after a few days' absence and ran across "Death Culturists Say...

June 20, 2005

More John Eldredge

God chooses to do things in the strangest ways: Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God...

Global warming

I was an environmental consultant or an in-house environmental manager for the first 15 years of my career. I support...

June 18, 2005

Original glory

A quote for tonight from one of my favorite books: Waking the Dead, by John Eldredge. I daresay we’ve heard...

Canada, oh Canada!

Small Dead Animals reflects on National Review’s David Frum being served libel papers from the Canadian government. In any sane...

WILLisms has Iranian elections site video from Houston

Will Franklin almost got himself arrested for sleuthing around the Iranian polling site in Houston! Call it a hunch, but...

Publius Pundit interviews Iranian election polling monitor

Publius Pundit posts a fascinating personal interview with the polling monitor at an Iranian polling site in Tucson. Here’s a...

'Operation Spear' begins in western Iraq

The U.S. launched a major military operation in western Iraq to shut down insurgents and to slam shut the influx...

June 17, 2005

Sen. Hutchison won't run for Texas governor

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today that she will not challenge Texas Governor Rick Perry in the 2006 elections. That’s...

Palestinian Authority will not crack down on terror

Rafi Klein at Israpundit tells us that Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa made an official statement that until Israeli...

Muslim separatists in Thailand

Jeff at Geopolitical Review reports that Muslim separatists are more frequently beheading their enemies in Thailand, but that the Buddhist...

June 16, 2005

Morgan Reynolds and 9/11

Thanks to top-notch bloggers like Little Green Footballs and the mainstream media, everybody pretty well knows the recent comments and...

June 15, 2005

Reuters wets their pants over Gitmo

Reuters breathlessly reports that “Republican senators” are joining in with the Democrat and media chorus to shut down the Guantanamo...

Uncle Bob: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe

Okay, I was horsing around on the internet while writing Mugabe Razes a Mosque. I noted with interest that the...

Zimbabwe razes a mosque

The brilliant Mark Steyn wrote in Making a Splash that Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe had a mosque razed recently. No one...

June 14, 2005

bin Laden in Iran?

The Washington Times is reporting that some US intelligence analysts believe that bin Laden has made his way to eastern...

Abortion doctor loses license — allegations of cannibalism

Lifesite reports that the Kansas State Board of Healing has revoked the medical license of abortionist Krishna Rajanna due to...

Quake off the coast of California

The USGS is reporting a magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of California. Oregon and Washington have posted tsunami warnings.

Our crepe myrtle trees

The two crepe myrtles in the backyard are so heavy in bloom that each one has a branch bending to...