Archive for December, 2005
I Have Nothing to Say
“We knew,” you’re thinking.
Well, I didn’t. Not until tonight. I just read through half a dozen blogs, scanned or read 20 articles on MyWay.com news, and checked out all of the major network news websites.
I considered writing about the silliness coming from Tookie Williams supporters. None of the stories [...]
Tookie Williams’s Last Lifeline
Between his despicable life and his state-sanctioned death, Williams apparently had a change of heart. While never accepting responsibility for the murders he commited and ordered, he at least tried to discourage others from following his detestable example. We hear he also converted to Christianity of some stripe. We hope that his conversion included a private confession and perfect act of contrition.
MSNBC Headline: Scientists create mice with human brain cells
Next step: try the same thing with Democrats.
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Iraq Strategy: Vindicated
Last week, a colleague commented that he only put credence into international polls. As if the poll gods were listening, today ABC News released the most affirming poll for President Bush’s Iraq strategy ever conducted.
It must have pained the ABC News editors to write such a glowing headline:
Poll: Broad Optimism in Iraq
So pained, [...]
A Phone Conversation Overheard
Overheard two weeks ago waiting in a very long, slow-moving line at Lowe’s standing behind a smelly, unbathed man in a pre-BDU era Army fatigue jacket. He had long dark hair striped with grey throughout. From his profile, he looked a bit like former Cardinals and Brewers catcher, Ted Simmons. The volume [...]
Does Mirecki Have a Tort?
Anti-Religion Religion professor, Paul Mirecki, has retained a lawyer to investigate the possibility of suing the University of Kansas for denying him rights under the First Amendment. A Law Professor reviews the possiblities for Mirecki and KU.
Paul Mirecki Suing KU (Video)
Professor Paul Mirecki now claims he was forced to resign as chairman of the KU Department of Religious Studies. He’s now hired a lawyer to sue.
Narnia
I received an e-mail from NewsMax today about the Disney film “Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.” It contained warnings from variously striped Christians that the movie may not be true to the Christian intentions of C. S. Lewis.
Included in the e-mail was a quote from the film’s producer, Mark Johnson: “When I read the book as a child, I accepted it as a pure adventure story. It never occurred to me Aslan was anything more than a great lion” rather than a Christ figure.
Disney Studios, for sure, has been no friend to Christianity in recent years. The company was among the first to actively promote hom
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