If you read about such things then you know that an alarming number of church-going young people stop going to church after they leave home after high school. The figure is something like 70-75% of youths who go to church drop out by the time they hit age 18. Some of them come back when […]
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Osama (or suddenly for some reason “Usama” if you prefer) bin Laden was killed just a few days ago, and I was surprised and amused (at first) by the suggestion that George W. Bush actually deserves credit for this. It was Bush’s plan to go after bin Laden, the argument goes, Obama was just the
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President Barack Obama released the long form of his birth certificate recently and declared it was time for all this “Where was he born? Is he even eligible to be President?” nonsense to go away. The President pointed out that with the Middle East situations, high gas prices, and high unemployment, it was time to
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I read in the Washington Post that protesters in Yemen, who want to oust the ruthless dictator there, are upset that the United States won’t help them. These protesters think that the USA is just chasing headlines–when the body count gets too high, like in Libya, the United States gets interested. Meanwhile, the United States
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President Obama has responded to the demands of Congress and the media, giving his blueprint for spending for the next 12 years. He calls for cuts in the projected growth of it, he wants the military to tighten its belt a little, and he would like for the rich to pay more in taxes. I
