The President's acceptance speech tonight can be summed up very simply: "I have faith in America; if Americans put their faith in me, things will get better. Cross my heart."Left unexplained is why, if Barack Obama is re-elected, the next four years should be any different from the past four ... Continue reading
Mark Daniels on character and hope-shifting
I always look to Pastor Mark Daniels at Better Living for good thinking on a variety of subjects. Here are some things Mark blogged about this week.In "It's Character, Stupid", Mark offers an historian's perspective on what to look for in a presidential candidate: "I claim not to have ... Continue reading
Send a message to Congress day
Today is "Send a Message to Congress Day." The masses will go to the polls — or perhaps stay home in disgust — and will either throw the bums out or give the bums another chance.The message won't be easy to decode. Scrambled together, it'll sound like "stay the course get out of Iraq now Bush is ... Continue reading
Getting faith out of politics
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. —The first amendment to the ... Continue reading