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Category Archives: Commentary
The Seduction of the Christian Conservative Right by Mormon Glen Beck
Frequently there is a lot more going on behind the scenes and the average person involved in a movement or cause is not aware of these happenings. There are many theological differences between the Mormon church and Evangelical Christianity. For … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News & Views
Tagged Affiliate Link, Average Person, Book Of Mormon, Christians, Conservatives, Dana Milbank, Evangelical Christianity, Frontrunner, Glen Beck, Glenn Beck, Mitt Romney, Mormon Church, Political Expediency, Provocative Book, Rally, Sarah Palin, Seduction, Spokesman, Tea Bagging, Tears Of A Clown, Theological Differences
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Call on Congress to make fair and responsible tax decisions …
Our nation faces two critical challenges: a fragile economic recovery and long-term budget deficits. As Congress faces important tax votes this fall, they should choose a path that supports our economic recovery by helping families who … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Articles, Commentary, News & Views
Tagged Budget Deficits, Congress, Critical Challenges, economic, Economic Recovery, Faces, faces-important, fragile-economic, Grassroots Level, helping-families, Hype, Interest Groups, Lobbyist, nation-faces, Population, Responsible Tax, Self Interest, Tax Decisions, two-critical
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How Poor Are America’s Poor? Examining the "Plague" of Poverty in …
For most Americans, the word “poverty” suggests destitution: an inability to provide a family with nutritious food, clothing, and reasonable shelter. But only a small number of the 37 millionpersons classified as ” poor ” by the Census … Continue reading
Who is Aijalon Gomes and Why Should You Care?
It was announced today that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter was able to secure the release of Aijalon Gomes from a North Korean prison. He had been detained since January 2010 for illegally entering the country from China. He has … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News & Views
Tagged Bad Decision, Comfort Zone, English Teachers, Follower Of Jesus, Gomes, Hour And A Half, Human Rights Violations, Interesting Things, Jesus Christ, Mahli, North Korea, Nuclear Disarmament, President Carter, President Jimmy Carter, S Park, Saud, South Korea, Spirit Of Christ, Teaching Job, Warship
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A Brief Primer on Stem Cell Research » First Thoughts | A First …
In 1999, the General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services argued that the wording of the law might permit an interpretation under which human embryonic stem cell research could be funded. If embryos were first … Continue reading
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Tagged Brief History, department, Department Of Health, Department Of Health And Human Services, Embryonic Stem Cell, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, embryos-were, First Thoughts, General Counsel, Health, Health And Human Services, History Of Stem Cell Research, human, Human Embryonic Stem Cell, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, human-embryonic, human-services, Stem Cell Research, stem-cell, the-law, the-wording, under-which, webmaster
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Fair and Equal Justice?
Is there fair and equal justice in the United States of America? Check out this news fact! President Obama signed a bill today significantly reducing the disparity in penalties for the use of crack versus powder cocaine, according to the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Life in General
Tagged Attorney General, Conviction, Crack Cocaine, Disparity, Equal Justice, Fair Act, First Time Offenders, House Judiciary Committee, Inner City, Lamar Smith, Led, Mandatory Sentence, Mistake, Ome, Opponents, Powder Cocaine, Repeat Offenders, Republican, States Of America, United States Of America, White House
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Full Time Ministry, or is it Full Time Delusion?
I do a radio program with a friend of mine called ‘Kingdom Rising”, that deals with the subject of Simple Church and anything else we feel like talking about. We have been on the air for several years now on … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Lifestyle, Musings, My Journey
Tagged Body Of Christ, Church Congregation, Compassion, Dilemma, Dr Jim, Effective Action, effective prayer, Followers Of Christ, Food Clothing, Full Time, Long Time Friend, Mental Distress, Mold, Phenomena, Radio Program, Radio Station, Reverend, Scales, Strong Desire, Time Delusion, Time Ministry, Time Pastor
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Greed and Strange Bedfellows
What do the government of Singapore, California’s State Workers Pension Fund, and the Church of England all have in common? They are all major investment losers in a massive commercial real estate fiasco. Five years ago Tishman Speyer and Blackrock … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commentary
Tagged Best Laid Plans, Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Men, Billion Dollars, Blackrock Realty, Church Of England, Closing Question, Commercial Real Estate, Fiasco, Government Of Singapore, Little Guys, Loan Payment, Luxury Apartments, Mice And Men, Misfortune, Pension Fund, Peter Cooper, Strange Bedfellows, Stuyvesant Town And Peter Cooper Village, Tishman Speyer, Waiting In The Wings
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Expediency, Penn State and Joe Paterno
Expediency We live in a culture where the end frequently is seen to justify the means. As I write this post Joe Paterno, one of the most successful college football coaches in history, has just been fired. His dismissal is … Continue reading →