Topic: squeezed
Recently, I discussed, with a person involved in the development of a smart gun technology, their value as a safety device but also as another eroding force against the ... discussCheck out E.W. Jackson's website Exodus Now calling on Christians to leave the Democrat party. Let's hope many listen and then work to make Republicans stay faithful to the principles articulated in t ... discuss
I'll say it for you ... no, you just can't make this stuff up: Another Democrat, in this case it's Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate, is saying that Obamacare is approaching a "train wreck ... discuss
Easter 5c, 2013 Easter5c-2013.mp3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Our text for today is from the Gospel just read, from St. John chapter sixteen. Ask any craftsm ... discuss
Bill Smith, Editor: The following is in response to an email sent to both of Arkansas' U.S. Senators John Boozman and Mark Pryor. I detailed my reasons for asking them to oppose the Internet Sales T ... discuss
"Follow the Money" and Follow RomeIn our defense of conscience protections, it often seems that we neglect to point out that medicine which is consistent with Catholic ethics happens to be health care ... discuss
Intuitively, I had always believed that the 2nd Amendment protected my inherent right to keep and bear arms for my own personal safety; that this right was derived from “natural law” irrespective ... discuss
Some low-wage employers are moving toward hiring part-time workers instead of full-time ones to mitigate the health-care overhaul's requirement that large companies provide health insurance for full-t ... discuss
Barbara and Jonny CurtisYesterday, I was devastated to learn that my mentor and friend, Barbara Curtis has gone home to her Father's House. She left us suddenly, suffering a massive stroke.Barb and I ... discuss
In a recent MARRI blog post, I posed the question, “What do women want?” Feminist writer Hanna Rosin, who published an article (2010) and then a book (2012) titled The End of Men: The Rise of Wome ... discuss
Over the weekend I was given a large bag full of green tomatillos! (Squee!!) We love tomatillos but usually have to resort to the grocery store variety. Luckily for us, the recent hard fre ... discuss
…When asked about the nature of the increased threats to the religious liberties of American institutions, he told LifeSiteNews, “the day may come when religious institutions will have to seek ... discuss
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Today, Paul Wiseman weighed in the following article. It is not from a political viewpoint but looks at the facts and reality of our times. I normally do not share Associate Press articles but I am ... discuss
Obama's ideological 'Green Agenda' has the Pentagon trying to prove the Navy looks as impressive burning fuel squeezed from seeds, algae and chicken fat as it does using petroleum ... so instead of ta ... discuss
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” KJV http://www.bible.com (Read ... discuss
In The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath, Robert J. Samuelson noted how a whole generation of “new economics” experts infiltrated the White House, Congress, and the Federal Reserve during ... discuss
From The HillBy Juan Williams Last week the three most powerful Democrats in the state of West Virginia — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Senator Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall – made a public displ ... discuss
In their WWII Battle of Britain book titled Finest Hour, The Book Of The BBC TV Series, (Hodder & Sloughton, 1999) Tim Clayton Phil Craig describe RAF pilot Bob Doe’s fifth aerial victory over ... discuss
My kids don't know what I do for a living. Not really. When I worked at Cobb Pregnancy Services they would sometimes visit me and see the little 12 week fetus models, which anyone familiar with pren ... discuss
The rise of social democratic ideas in Western Europe after World War II made hundreds of millions of people overly dependent on their governments’ good will and their econometricians’ exp ... discuss
Once upon a time I read some advice on minimizing clutter which suggested that a family only needed one plate, one cup, one bowl per family member, and only one mug per coffee/hot cocoa drinking famil ... discuss
So, a couple of weeks ago Socon or Bust covered how the National Post reported how there was a “huge rally” of pro-aborts on Parliament Hill to protest the recent personhood motion that i ... discuss
Do you know anyone who has been seeking work in the last several months, and has suddenly found openings?Since hardly any jobs were added to the economy in April, your answer is probably “no. ... discuss
Obama is running around the country confusing the American people, misleading us about what will happen if Congress doesn't act on student loans before July 1st. He's encouraging the people to rise up ... discuss
Democrats told supporters that Romney is "distracting" voters from his "extreme" agenda. ... discuss
The struggling Obama attempted to secure women's votes with his lame War on Women strategy.Now, he's targeting young people. Obama is claiming Republicans are waging a War on College Students. From th ... discuss
The Anglicans first. More pics here. Then the SSPX. The liberals are going to get squeezed out. Benedict is putting them in the vice. I’ve had my concerns about the SSPX in the past, but it& ... discuss
Via Dolorosa – Here Comes the Bride Katherine Wells Anderson Apr 18, 2003 Via Dolorosa. Spanish for “way of suffering”. Perhaps others of you have found yourselves in a place of suffering t ... discuss
This little lady is now our Boxer, Wash's, new little sister. She's smaller than she looks but makes up for it with huge personality. Unfortunately, so huge that she thinks she should run the househol ... discuss
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Under the original Health and Human Services regulation, all religious institutions except for houses of worship would be required to cover birth control, including hospitals, schools and charities. ... discuss
I mentioned on Facebook last week that my midwife was testing me for anemia. What?? You don’t follow Life in a Shoe on Facebook? Why not? Anyway, I was at my midwife’s office last we ... discuss
I noted with sadness the other day obituaries published in the wake of the death of Angelo Dundee, the man who trained Ali to Heavyweight Championship of the World more than once. From the 'float li ... discuss
It was several months ago that Bible Study Magazine (a publication from Logos) asked if they could interview me for a future cover story. The March/April issue of the magazine has just been released a ... discuss
Representative Smith is correct. Obama lied when he said Obamacare would include a conscience clause. I never believed that Barry meant it. He is making it nearly impossible to provi ... discuss
A group of American bishops is meeting this week on their ad limina visit to meet with Pope Benedict. In his address today he made it clear that Catholics have an obligation to involve themselves in t ... discuss
A team of physicists including a researcher from the University of Michigan observed what's called the dynamical Casimir effect for the first time earlier this year. They essentially squeezed light pa ... discuss
Yesterday I stripped apart a post by comedian Dean Obeidallah on CNN, in which he regurgitates the boilerplate liberal “establishment of religion” red herring under the label “Judeo-Christian Sh ... discuss
0From: drude Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 Subject: Air Force 1 Great Reading! It's hard to believe that CBS actually said something that wasn't flattering to this so-called President!Air F ... discuss
I understand the point of hospitalists. They are employees or contractors that manage the care and plan the discharge of hospitalized patients. The point is to save money without compromising qualit ... discuss
Earlier this year, I read Abby Johnson’s, Unplanned, as part of my research for Abort73’s “Crisis of Conscience” page. The book chronicles Abby’s dramatic departure from Planned Parenthood a ... discuss
Earlier this year, I read Abby Johnson’s, Unplanned, as part of my research for Abort73’s “Crisis of Conscience” page. The book chronicles Abby’s dramatic departure from Planned Parenthood a ... discuss
Several years ago I began doubting that it snowed on the first Christmas. Was it in a bleak midwinter in the Middle East on a silent night, really? As I told somebody recently, you might as well sit d ... discuss
First off, here is the video: View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com. The story via NBC Washington: A trial is set to begin Monday for a Montgomery County teacher, accused of punching and cho ... discuss
I got a look at my new health insurance premiums at work. (Subtitle: The rising cost of heatlhcare comes to the Graham family.”) The result: to maintain comparable coverage to what I have thi ... discuss
Bill Ayers - Keynote speaker and special guest for the 25th anniversary celebration of Rethinking Schools in Milwaukee on Saturday, and unrepentant terrorist.Alverno College is a Silver Sponsor of a f ... discuss
This summer I came across a blog post suggesting that Moby Dick is an allegory of Herman Melville's struggle with God. I read Moby Dick over twenty years ago in high school and hardly remembered it. B ... discuss
I believe it's well past time for us all to re-focus like a laser on what could well be a constitutional issue of calamitous historical proportions. Toward that end, I have carefully written this post ... discuss
Strip away all the political maneuvering and deceit, this story boils down the simple fact that Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley went public saying one thing while telling police inve ... discuss
Shut ‘er down. Slowly but surely, abortion is being squeezed out. ... discuss
Watching medicine succumb to physician-assisted suicide in the western states, Obama’s death panels, insurance companies being forced to pay for contraception, conscience protections for medical pro ... discuss
article source: http://www.goldworth.com/townhall.htmlFrom: rapa Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 Subject: New Law - Obama Law Makers Ban Bullion Trading of OTC MarketsIt's Now Official! &nb ... discuss
Katyn (english subs) part 6 Not for the faint of heart, but for anyone who cries at injustice and man's inhumanity to man, Katyn is an exquisite and heart-wrenching film about one of the worst w ... discuss
Editorial Note: It is rare that my interest in politics and my fiction writing interest intersect. However, the current political debate provided inspiration for this satire about a family interventio ... discuss
“Gramma, did you ever go back to Fornoli?”“No, never.”“Wouldn't you like to?”“Nope.”“Why not?”“Why do you think we came here?”** ... discuss
While those of us in the United States are wrapping up our evenings, my beautiful travelers will just be boarding their plane for the 24+ hour journey HOME. . . I have prayed about and imagined this d ... discuss
…….and he wants to tax the private jets of corporations and on people who are actually flying on business trips… DW This is from Mark Knoller of CBS. The pilots and crew of Air Fo ... discuss
Tweet This PostA 2,000 year-old board game may hold the surprising key to defeating abortion in the United States. Wei qi, or “Go” as it’s known in English, is an ancient Chinese game of strat ... discuss
Tweet This PostA 2,000 year-old board game may hold the surprising key to defeating abortion in the United States. Wei qi, or “Go” as it’s known in English, is an ancient Chinese game of strat ... discuss
In an effort to do something for those who have no voice each day, I submit that the time has come for a huge outcry for another round of Nuremberg Trials for crimes against humanity!As Wikipedia expl ... discuss
Today my neighbor paid me a visit. From over the fence, she mentioned how she’d love to see my garden, as she is an avid gardener herself. Once coming into my back yard, I realized quick ... discuss
From: drude Subject: Watch Obama Our "Man Child - Liar In Chief" or should he now be named "The Vacationer In Chief"?tyle="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Last year alon ... discuss
I'm reposting this from last month because the sale fell through and Natalie has more. She's hoping to earn some money for a birthday present for Parker, who turns 1 tomorrow! 11yo Natalie has som ... discuss
A week ago, on May 27th, we observed the one-hundredth birthday of Hubert Horatio Humphrey. Well, actually, we didn’t. I missed it. I saw no reference to it online or in the print press. He was once ... discuss
Two years ago we were blessed with one (of five) of the greatest gifts of our life. We thought we had it all planned out. Howard was scheduled to have his last day of school June 1, and we were plan ... discuss
Last week, the Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee passed a motion requiring that state tax dollars (GPR) and federal Title V monies for family planning be allocated to public health departments. Reci ... discuss
Curtis Coleman, Contributing Author: On Monday of this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe that the State is getting conditional approva ... discuss
What is a brine anyway; you may be asking? Well, the best way I can explain it is that it's a salt-based liquid (with other seasonings) that is used to tenderize and deeply season the chosen m ... discuss
Last year Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day. White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that the Democrat doesn’t intend to hang around the Whit ... discuss
Those of us who love the rich beauty of the English language ought to cringe when we hear the latest criticism of poor Mitt Romney, who can’t buy a vowel, and can’t win for losing. Earlier this ... discuss
A few years ago, a famous American actress named Claire Danes flew to The Philippines to film parts of the movie "Brokedown Palace". . . does anyone remember this movie? I never saw it but I did read ... discuss
HM PM Stephen Harper (and he will remain so) has wanted a left right divide in Canadian politics for many years. That seems to be happening and with the natural result that the libranos are bein ... discuss
The TSA and the six-year-old terror suspectThe grotesque invasion of Anna Drexel's privacy by a TSA patdown shows how cowed the American public has become. By Jennifer Abel, guardia ... discuss
Mexicans Work the Longest Hours - NYTimes.com According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, people in Mexico spend more hours of their day working than the ... discuss
So...funny story here. I painstakingly squeezed one hour out of a very busy day because I had to do this week's 4 Moms post. I worked on the post, even though there were other things I prob ... discuss
I know I sound like a broken record: Single payer. Single payer. Centralized control. Centralized control. Obamacare begins the process of centralizing healthcare in America by giving multiple burea ... discuss
Image via Wikipedia by Ralph Benko, Contributing Author: The chickens of quantitative easing — and the devaluation of the dollar that it is causing — are coming home to roost. Bloomberg reporte ... discuss
The Radio Patriot: Obama’s tender parts getting squeezed. Now smoking ten packs a day. From Weasel Zippers: Louis Farrakhan Off-boards the Mother Ship Long Enough to Offload on Obama: “Who the hel ... discuss
New GAO Report Shows Billions In Government Waste, ‘Could Serve As A Template’ For Reducing Spending Today in Washington, D.C. - March 1, 2011: The Senate resumed consideration of S. 23, a paten ... discuss
From: jpl Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 Subject: Nice to have a 747 Remember 2012 is another election year for presidential candidates!!!Begin forwarded message:Well, I guess we won't have to ... discuss
It is a year ago this month that our life changed forever! On January 12th my 2 kids were flying home from Haiti after a 2 year wait and a tense 2 weeks after the Haiti earthquake and on the d ... discuss
Especially since 1895, the federal judiciary's role has shifted from that of ensuring “constitutional supremacy” to that of “judicial supremacy”. Surely, an irreconcilable role shift which mus ... discuss
How to Use ‘Alternative Health Practices’ Without Endangering Your SoulAre you familiar with Catholic Church communities who offer Reiki healing, yoga and other modern sprituality practices? It's ... discuss
Fox's hit show "House M.D." has been one I watch on increasing occasion. I have to be in the right mood to watch Hugh Laurie portray the clinically brilliant yet cynical Dr. House, but when I am the s ... discuss
The NYTimes released a story last week that seemed to pass with little notice. It seems the IPCC has made a small error in it's reporting. Below is an excerpt from the article.(link to full NYTimes ar ... discuss
The NYTimes released a story last week that seemed to pass with little notice. It seems the IPCC has made a small error in it's reporting. Below is an excerpt from the article.(link to full NYTimes ar ... discuss
... President Obama will propose in his State of the Union address a package of modest initiatives intended to help middle-class families, including tax credits for child care, caps on some student lo ... discuss
I got this question from a friend on Facebook: So, Jill... what happened with Nelson? You and other pro-life leaders were who has steadfastly supported Nelson in the difficult position as advocate fo ... discuss
May 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Under the threat of dark clouds and sometimes through pouring rain, a record-smashing crowd of 12,000 Canadians today gathered on Parliament Hill for a rally and then ... discuss
Stand True's March for Life and Inauguration Recap and Slide Show If you can't see the slide show here - Go here: http://www.slide.com/r/HavAxZjJ7D9owzT68KbJkvuYw-92z-hq?previous_view=lt_embedded_url ... discuss
Musician Bruce Springsteen reacts after performing during the halftime show of the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII football game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa, Florida February ... discuss
Of the many inaugural balls, the one that's getting the most attention is one that Barack Obama didn't attend.Obama made history again by being a no-show at the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball.Obama s ... discuss
These people, these academics, support Bill Ayers.Gloria Ladson-Billings - University of WisconsinRene Antrop-Gonzalez, Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeKen Zeichner - University of Wisconsin- ... discuss
This post is not for children. Jenny and Pip, I am pretty sure you don't want to read it. It's not for the faint hearted. Chai sent me this link, saying, "It's a long read, but don't take any short ... discuss
The Mountain Goat Report demands to know who Congressman Sali is working for. She writes: You’d also think that given how squeezed the middle class is feeling lately, he’d consider castin ... discuss
From The Ryskind Sketchbook (check out his still-building new site, with commentary) I enjoyed this take on a previous Pelosi cartoon, for example:So now that fuel prices are breezing their way to 5 ... discuss
I CQ Politics, today: A proposal that would restore government subsidies for birth control pills and devices at university health clinics and Planned Parenthood centers was retained in the Senate ver ... discuss
Recently a realignment of my Hard Drive made by Windows Vista rewrote the file that the Mozilla Firefox Bookmarks are stored on. It was odd. Some stuff I thought deleted was there, yet folders and f ... discuss
Today is mammogram day (kind of appropos the day after Mothers’ Day) so while I’m being squeezed until I pop enjoy some morning links: Yesterday Betsy brought us a story about the Benefits ... discuss
We have seen how the apostle Peter was a man who dearly loved the Lord, and a man whom God used in a great way. But we also saw how Roman Catholicism has elevated him to the point that they consider h ... discuss
As the fusion band Olio came to a close in 1999, long-time friends Chris Hale and Pete Hicks began to play “South Asian devotional songs called bhajans,” for the British Asian community in London. ... discuss
Eunice and Owen Johns (a Christian couple married 39 years with four adult children) filed an application to foster children under 10. They were rejected because:-- They refused to talk to children ab ... discuss
As my regular readers are well aware, I am a homeschooling Catholic mother of three girls. I have been homeschooling since Gabriela, age 14 started Kindergarten in 1998. Some mothers homeschool for i ... discuss
John McCain won the Florida Republican Primary. Although he did not receive a majority and squeezed past Romney, under Florida Republican Party rule that the winner gets all the FL GOP delegates. McCa ... discuss
Ran this here last year - but you need to hear the longterm (nearly two years) results which follow: This is now the hot item in our kitchen - an electric juicer I recently bought from Amazon. ... discuss
I'm not sure what of value I can say about Left to Tell.Immaculee Ilibagiza lived through a horror I cannot quite grasp: the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. She hid for three months in a tiny bathroom - ... discuss
"Christian prayer is not an exercise in self-contemplation, stillness and self-emptying, but a dialogue of love, one which "implies an attitude of conversion, a flight from 'self' to the 'You' of God" ... discuss
I found this Meme at A Catholic Mom in Hawaii.1. Do you wear a name tag at work?No.2. What kind of car do you drive?Oldsmobile3. What do you order when you go to Taco Bell?I don't go there.4. Have yo ... discuss
It's that time of year again—the time when I reflect on the year that has been. I'm going to follow a structure in my reminiscing which will be as follows: In this post I will think about my own per ... discuss
As the gunman was about to open fire, 7-year-old Alexis Goggins lunged from the back seat of the SUV and threw herself across her mom, crying, "Don't hurt my mother!" Alexis has undergone three opera ... discuss
It's that time of year again—the time when I reflect on the year that has been. I'm going to follow a structure in my reminiscing which will be as follows: In this post I will think about my own per ... discuss
I continue to take Tucker the Big White Dog with us when we leave the farm during the day. Last Saturday we were stopped at the local 7-11 to get gas and coffee. While I was filling the tank a pick up ... discuss
First a little cheer - God is Good, and God is Just.Topeka, KS - Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Kay McFarland ruled today that the citizen-called grand jury set to investigate late-term abortionis ... discuss
On Tuesday night, November 26th, I drove to Houston to hear Wesley J. Smith , author of The Culture of Death and Forced Exit: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and the New Duty to Die, debate Physician A ... discuss
The Idaho Family task force has come out with their proposal and now the State and the Idaho blogosphere is in an uproar about it. Time to weigh in. First of all, I love the Statesman’s headline ... discuss
Well, the Idaho Family task force has come out with their proposal and now the We just addressed the substance of the Idaho Family Task force’s plan and I found it was a reasonable plan even if ... discuss
Well, the Idaho Family task force has come out with their proposal and now the State and the Idaho blogosphere is in an uproar about it. Time to weigh in. First of all, I love the Statesman’s h ... discuss
It's been a busy couple of weeks and very little time to blog. Hopefully we'll be able to post more soon. In the meantime, a few random items for your consideration.Who said this? See if you can ident ... discuss
“One girl’s work at a local farm makes her stand out — fewer and fewer have jobs at all.” Thus begins an intriguing profile of sixteen-year-old Patty Bochsler of Lonely Lane Farm. ... discuss
Sally Fitzgerald, the compiler of O’Connor’s letters, notes that when she placed Flannery on the train to return to her Milledgeville, Georgia, home, she was “smiling perhaps a little wanly bu ... discuss
The last four words of the above title are not new to me, but they are certainly resonating with me at the moment — "I Want It All!" Why should I have to choose, for example, between being enthusias ... discuss
In Sixpence in her Shoe, Mrs. Mcginley tells of an adventure a childrens' author she knows had at her publishers. She spotted a copy editor with a syllabus in one hand and a manuscript he was hastily ... discuss
General George Patton, Jr., in his 1926 essay The Secret of Victory wrote, "The secret of victory lies not wholly in knowledge. It lurks invisible in that vitalizing spark, intangible, yet as evident ... discuss
Posted in Carla's Country KitchenAvocados provide more than 25 essential nutrients, including fiber, potassium, Vitamin E, B-vitamins, and folic acid. One-fifth of a medium avocado provides beneficia ... discuss
as God would have it, i had the most brilliant opportunity at work last week to speak with a young mother who was 21. as i wheeled her to ultrasound, i asked if this was her first baby:"no.....i star ... discuss
Last Tuesday's big drop in stock market averages and questionable financial market conditions bear an uncomfortable resemblance to the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of the 19 ... discuss
Esther tagged me for the Alphabet Meme. [A is for age]: 50 something. Wow, that sounds ancient! At least I don't feel that old (today) :) [B is for beer of choice]: none, unless I 'm really in th ... discuss
Perri Nelson responded to my suggestion that those children of illegal aliens born in this country be sent back to Mexico along with their illegal parents this way:The only thing I disagree with in th ... discuss
Big Biotech is shoveling tens of millions into a propaganda campaign to convince the American people to embrace ESCR and human research cloning. Toward these ends, a new book is being published by ... discuss
You know, I don’t “hate” anyone, really…but I’m coming close to hating these sorts of humorless prudes: They chase each other at high speed wielding axes and hammers. But ... discuss
"After an abortion, the doctor must inspect these remains to make sure that all the fetal parts and placenta have been removed. Any tissue left inside the uterus can start an infection." Dr. Bours squ ... discuss
Rebelutionary Math: Speech < Character="http://www.togetherforthegospel.org" target="_blank">Together for the Gospel pastor's conference earlier this year, CJ Mahaney, a man whom Brett and I look up t ... discuss
While the second amendment only guarantees the right to bear arms, It's value is seen in the application of that right by ordinary citizens. Recreational, sporting and hunting all develop a skill set ... discuss
From CNN, "The Islamic militiamen controlling the Somali capital broke up a wedding celebration because a band was playing and women and men were socializing together, witnesses said Saturday, desc ... discuss
This was a pretty good day!rong>Mom: Missy and I went to the hospital this afternoon and found Mom even more responsive than yesterday. She's still in "guarded" and "serious" condition, but she's made ... discuss
There is nothing like the Mother Of All Colds to knock you out mere ticks of the minute hand after cheerily announcing, "I'm back!" It figures, doesn't it? Fortunately, there were no more trips to t ... discuss
As a lead-up to this itty-bitty contest, I want to share this excerpt from Lord, Please Meet Me in the Laundry Room: I’ll never forget the first time we forgot a child. It was Sunday morning – ... discuss
A few items from the past ten days for faithful CRIB readers ...AUSTRALIAWallis takes on the Christian Right Down UnderReligious faith will be the most influential force in Australian politics in the ... discuss
Titus 2: 3 "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4Then they can train the younger women ... discuss
I posted about arugula on The Front Porch today, so I thought I would share a simple, yet delicious meal to add some of your garden arugula and other salad greens < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn ... discuss
C.S. Lewis' famous devil, Screwtape, reviews Dan Brown's bestseller:But where to begin in describing to you its myriad delights? First, a brief synopsis of the plot: a museum curator is murdered by a ... discuss
This is a great Middle Eastern recipe to use as a lunch, or excellent to serve as an accompaniment to chicken or beef. Another great idea is to serve this as part of your salad dinners to keep t ... discuss
This salad is nothing short of easy, and most ethnic groups have this type of salad. A legume, a vegetable, and some robust flavors like garlic and onion, and a dressing, and you have a del ... discuss
I expected the U.S. Supreme Court to accept review of the controversial partial birth abortion cases after all three circuit courts declared the federal law passed by Congress to be unconstitutional. ... discuss
Sometimes I look back on my birth history and wonder why God allowed me to have so many different birth experiences. My first birth was a C-section after 2 days of labor because the baby st ... discuss
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. Marcus Aurelius E ... discuss
I already noted here that the Governor intends (or claims to intend) to hinge Michigan's economic future on so-called "Alternative Energy" sources, specifically hydrogen. I promised to clarify why t ... discuss
Delivered the evening of Wednesday January 26, 2006 to the Michigan Legislature and the citizens of the state of Michigan. The speech was televised (of course). The title of the speech is "Working Ou ... discuss
I heard this on the radio two days ago squeezed in between the wall to wall Alito confirmation hearing coverage. Apparently trees (and other photosynthetic plants) produce methane, a greenhouse gas, ... discuss
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote of the great elephants of India, who, although they have the physical capacity to uproot trees during the day, can be restrained all night long by a piece of twine an ... discuss
Terri Didn't Die of her own free-will she Was Legally Killed According to the autopsy report released today, Terri Schiavo's cause of death was from "Complications of Anoxic Encephalopat ... discuss
We’ve just returned from an action-packed 9-day trip. Our adventures included visits to relatives including my grandmothers (both of whom are in their nineties), various activities for the kids, an ... discuss
1. First Night Out: Here’s Your Sign Since it is the week of April 4, the birthday of one of the best friends I will ever have the honor of knowing, I will be offer ... discuss
In another blatant attempt at yellow journalism the Scotsman portrays the fight over what to do with Terri following her murder, as a “family squabble” The legal fight to keep brain-damaged Terri ... discuss
From NRO.Thanks to prolifeblogs.com for the transcription.This is the report cited in Jeb Bush's decision to intervene in Terri's case. This report addresses all of the arguments I've seen about Ter ... discuss
From the NRO: A doctor who has seen Terri Schiavo this month says she seems to be aware of what's going on and appears to feel pain. [pdf file] William Polk Cheshire, Jr., M.D,. M.A, F.A.A.N.is a n ... discuss
Michigan abortionist Rodolfo Finkelstein, age 55, has been arraigned on two charges of first degree criminal sexual assault. According to LifeNews, Finkelstein could face life in prison for these char ... discuss
