Patrick blamed Dewhurst
Would the author, Mr. Nolan Hicks, be so kind as to identify Mr. Patrick in his blog post with something more than a last name?
Perhaps he should leave the blogging to the experts and return to his reporting for his newspapers, where he might have an editor to catch his mistakes.
We spend so much time, like a fish out of water flops around without results, trying to decide what to do with our life. No plan, no notion, no purpose, we lose time and energy on things that don’t matter, because we lack focus.
Click the link and stop flopping.
What we have in the United States today is not an ideological battle, or even a cultural war, but something larger and deeper: a true clash of irreconcilable philosophic views, not just about abortion, but about truth. One of those views encompasses all that is best in the Western tradition from antiquity until now, including the findings of science, and the other holds that everything that is essential to human betterment in the modern world began during the Enlightenment, and everything preceding that was obscurantist, credulous, and bloody. From the mad-dog attacks of the New Atheists to the absurd mental gymnastics of Justice Harry Blackman in Roe v. Wade, from New York Times editorials to movies and TV dramas, the strategy is always the same: create a climate of doubt about the possibility of objective truth, discoverable by reason; corrupt the inherited intuitive wisdom by which the people have always lived; construct and then promulgate through mass-media entertainment a philosophy that puts an end to all philosophy, destroying civility in its broadest and deepest sense. Define, deride, delegitimize, deconstruct, then destroy.
And not only in the U.S.
In the planning stages of what would become Solomon’s grand temple, the ancient monarch said these words, “And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods” (2 Chronicles 2:5). Solomon operated under the guiding principle that any action done for God, or any gift given to God, should reflect the greatness of God.
And a great thought this is. Read the rest of his devotional at the link.
the debt-buying program has had a bigger impact outside the US shores and is now actually forcing some emerging economies—particularly Brazil and China—to start slowing their rapid growth.
And is killing some expats who living in one of those countries ...
I've been waiting for quite some time to see Microsoft do something incredibly stupid that would open the door so Linux could waltz in and take over the desktop. Right now, there is a mistaken belief that Linux will never be a desktop OS. I disagree. With a few lucky breaks and a misstep by Microsoft, Linux could instantly be on every desktop. From what I hear about Windows 8, this moment may be at hand.
Not my bear in this hunt, but interesting.
I asked department officials for specific examples of when the rifles might be used
So does the reporter need some education?
And the point of the story is a bit scary, too.
Our quest is not to restore the church of the first century. Rather, our goal is to pursue the Jesus they pursued.
This sounds different than the preaching of the pattern of the New Testament that we've put forward for so many years. Is this one more church moving off the old paths?
