“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except Negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.’ When it comes to this,

Thanks to koenbear, who after that earlier post let me know that Bush’s faith-based initiative czar has since amended his answer. Sort of. Says koenbear: There’s an article about it here from the article: “Mr. Towey said that he had replied honestly; he was not aware, at the time that he answered the question, of any Pagan charitable organizations. Since

This just buckles my knees. Poached from chromatic_dawn over on – Jim Towey, the White House Deputy Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, actually SAYS this: “I haven’t run into a pagan faith-based group yet, much less a pagan group that cares for the poor! Once you make it clear to any applicant that

Well, this is good to know. I guess. You are 53% Aquarius How much do you match your zodiac sign?

The headline on the CNN.com splash page was big and exciting and sinister and appalling: Police use stun gun on 6-year-old boy (!!!) Wow. I mean, every other day we hear about some outrage or other, and this header was designed to conjure jackbooted thugs in riot gear raining some righteous technosmack on a defenseless first grader who had probably

This is life at my house.

Snagged this off of William Gibson’s feed. Let me be clear – I am IN FAVOR of this movement. And aside from Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head, I have no problems with giving them South Carolina. Maybe we can work a trade – we keep the coast and they can have Fayetteville and Lumberton in exchange. Can we take a

I did a little editorial for Editor & Publisher. ____________________________ Blogging USA: Thinkworld vs. Shoutworld (November 13, 2004) — Expectations were high among the legions surfing the blogosphere during 2004 election campaign. Weblogs speaking from the left, right and middle (although mostly the left and right) crowded every corner of the Net, and their explosive growth and perceived influence led

How do bloggers impact political news? Wonkette says blogs help keep big institutions honest. Or something like that.

The Daedalnexus: A new father sees Iraq in a whole new way. Nice piece.

Some time back I did a piece looking at the difference between native Christians and converts, and was expecting a lot of people I know to wade in with comments. Only a couple did. Now there’s another taker – Shelley Swanson offers a personal take on a third path that I think is really revealing. A very good read.

Damn, damn the cruel fates to hell!

If you don’t know Boston, you really cannot imagine the scope of this project. But trust me, THIS is a feckin’ engineering nightmare of the first order. You can’t see me, but right now I’m waving to Eric and Debby and Paul and Liz and karlchristian and Ryan and Dee and Sue and Ilisa…..

Testify, brother…. __________________ :From Mark Cuban’s blog: When will the music industry do it right ? Can the music industry cry wolf any longer? This is the only industry in the world that can see thousands of its retailers close, reduce the number of products it sells via cutbacks in artist rosters and albums released, cut back marketing and promotional

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