I’m not one to “reinvent the wheel” so when I find a well-written post (thanks to Choosing Hats) on the exact topic that I want to blog about I’m inclined to give props and direct people there. One such post was brought to my attention. Yesterday, Tim Rogers of SBC Today embarrassed himself, Mr. Ergun Caner, and the SBC by attacking Dr. James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries. It seems that Mr. Rogers didn’t like that Dr. White was pointing out that Mr. Caner claims to have debated many adherents from religions all over the world but is unable to give proof of...

President Barack Obama spoke last week at the National Prayer Breakfast about the need to return to civility and see God in the faces of our political opponents. The president is by and large a brilliant speaker that commands attention and speaks with seeming insight and intelligence. I emphasize the word “seeming.” Whenever any politician calls for a return to the good old days when people were civil to each other, politically or otherwise, I strain to find the mythical world they are referring to where civility and manners once reigned. In American history there has never been such a tim...

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling – a ruling in support of the endangered concept of free speech. In a 5-to-4 decision, it says that the government lacks a legitimate basis to restrict campaign expenditures by companies. In other words, it scrapped major portions of McCain-Feingold campaign law. That’s good news. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion, “The government may regulate corporate political speech through disclaimer and disclosure requirements, but it may not suppress that speech altogether.” Score one for the First Amendment. Now starts the whin...

Reacting to the attempting bombing on Christmas Day, the US government has now singled out specific countries for special checks at US airports. Can you say “about darn time?”. Those countries are Nigeria, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan. You will notice that all of these countries (except for one – Cuba) have one predominant trait in common: Islam. The peaceful, serene religion of Islam is the dominant religion. I’ll leave it at that. However, now we have one country – Nigeria –...

Mr. Ben Nelson is a jolly old United States Senator for Nebraska. He was fighting for principle in opposing abortion funding in the health care reform moving through Congress. Now he is backing health care reform without the language he originally demanded. It would be easy to caricature Senator Nelson’s move unfairly. Some will say he is a Judas for betraying his ideals for money, but this is wrong. Judas personally benefited from his betrayal, while Senator Nelson merely got graft for his entire state. Mr. Nelson will not get thirty pieces of silver… every Nebraskan will. Each one of...