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Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Sunday’s New York Times (2/06/08) examined the increasingly routine custom, somehow scandalous in my great city, of churches renting public school auditoriums for weekend services. Among others, the Times profiled our friends at Christ Tabernacle: Christ Tabernacle is just one of at least two dozen churches and other religious groups that have found homes in [...]
Mr. President, is this rhetorical or real?
Friday, February 4th, 2005In Wednesday’s State of the Union address, much was made of the President’s desire to “focus on our most-at-risk youth.” The White House summarized the proposals as follows: The President announced a new outreach effort, to be led by Mrs. Laura Bush, to focus on young Americans, especially young men, to help ensure a successful [...]
It’s Official
Thursday, February 3rd, 2005The top law enforcement officer in the land is Latino. Over the objections of 35 vocal Democrats and one nominal Independent, the Senate confirmed Alberto Gonzales on Thursday to be the nation’s next attorney general. Democrats who crossed party lines to vote for Gonzalez were Senators Lieberman (CT), Landrieu (LA), Pryor (AR), Nelson (FL), Nelson [...]
Evangelicals Influential?
Monday, January 31st, 2005Time magazine thinks so. Congratulations, all, especially Luis Cortes of Nueva Esperanza. Generation Xcel has received $80,000 in subgrants from Esperanza’s federal Compassion Capital Grant in the last two years.
Congratulations, Iraq
Monday, January 31st, 2005Iraqi citizens defied terrorists yesterday as they waited in lines and proudly showed off their ink-stained fingers proving that they had voted. Nine suicide bombers killed 35, and mortar rounds injured others, but upwards of 8 million Iraqis braved the insurgency to embrace democracy and freedom for the first time in their nation’s history. Yesterday’s [...]
Lessons in Democracy … From Iraq?
Monday, January 24th, 2005“An International Republican Institute poll conducted from December 26, 2004 to January 7, 2005 shows that anticipated participation numbers among Iraqis remain consistent with over 80 percent stating that they are very likely or somewhat likely to vote on January 30. It also shows that Iraqis remain optimistic about the future of their country as [...]
Inaugural Quotables
Friday, January 21st, 2005“We cannot carry the message of freedom and the baggage of bigotry at the same time.” “You have seen duty and allegiance in the determined faces of our soldiers. You have seen that life is fragile, and evil is real, and courage triumphs. Make the choice to serve in a cause larger than your wants, [...]
The Bar’s Been Raised
Thursday, January 20th, 2005In light of Monday’s MLK commemoratives (see posts from 1/17) and today’s inauguration, it’s worth noting that, “With little fanfare and not much credit, President Bush has appointed a more diverse set of top advisers than any president in history” (from “Bush is opening doors with a diverse Cabinet,” USA Today, 12/09/04). Even Democratic strategists [...]
Dobson, Is This a Good Thing?
Thursday, January 13th, 2005[James] Dobson, perhaps more than anyone, will be most credible in leveraging evangelical power at the voting booth. That’s partly because, politics aside, he’s unrivaled as an evangelical leader. “Given Billy Graham’s advanced age,” says Richard Land, president of the 16 million-strong Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, “it’s James Dobson who’s stepped [...]
How to Infuriate Anti-Faith Folks
Wednesday, January 12th, 2005Say the following when you’re President of the United States: “I fully understand that the job of the president is and must always be protecting the great right of people to worship or not worship as they see fit,” Mr. Bush said. “That’s what distinguishes us from the Taliban. The greatest freedom we have or [...]
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