Posted in Activism, Culture, Government on Jan 30th, 2010
During President Obama’s presidential campaign I would frequently hear his campaign speeches and think ‘That’s a great idea.’ Inevitably though, that thought would be followed with the questions ‘how?’ or ‘with what money?’ It seemed he had a great idea for everything but it wasn’t spelled out how all these things would be accomplished.
Last Wednesday’s [...]
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Posted in Abortion, Activism, Culture on Jan 30th, 2010
The pro-choice movement is not about choice. If they were about choice they would have no problem with Tim Tebow’s Super Bowl ad, which highlights his mother’s choice to give him life.
A simple ad with the theme “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life” has now been deemed by the National Organization for Women “extraordinarily offensive and demeaning.” The [...]
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It’s been reported that roughly 300,000 individuals attended the National March for Life in Washington DC, and of those 300,000 about half were under the age of 30. This is promising news for the pro-life movement, and pro-abortion activists recognize that.
This column from the Washington Post, written by a pro-abortion writer, explains:
Iwent to the March [...]
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Posted in Culture, Society on Jan 23rd, 2010
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
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The media has the power to control what we think and what we think about. Historically, the have overlooked a epic protest in Washington DC and missed a powerful story to share with the world. This year it was a record number protest.
Some 300,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. today [Jan 22] to mark the [...]
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Posted in Culture, Faith, Society on Jan 23rd, 2010
Some athletes take that mantra beyond the field. Minor league player Grant Desme has. Coming off a .315 batting average with a league-leading 11 home runs and 27 RBIs in 27 games this fall in Arizona minor leagues, Desme was a suspected top pick for the Oakland A’s.
Instead, he believed he had another, higher calling.
Desme [...]
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Posted in Government, Politics on Jan 20th, 2010
It’s been a year since President Obama took office, and what a year it’s been.
WASHINGTON – When Barack Obama entered office, the expectations that he and others set for his presidency couldn’t have been higher.
Obama announced that he was embarking on an ambitious agenda — to create new jobs, to reform the nation’s health care [...]
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Posted in Culture, Faith, Society on Jan 17th, 2010
That’s the message Haitian Catholics and Christians proclaimed today, at their first Sunday worship since the earthquake devastated their capital city.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CBS) ―Drumbeats called the faithful to a Sunday Mass praising God amid a scene resembling the Apocalypse — a collapsed cathedral in a city cloaked with the smell of death, where aid is [...]
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Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, Society on Jan 15th, 2010
American Idol is known for it’s critical judges. It’s their jabbing and sometimes downright mean critiques of singers that raise laughs (and ratings).
Some amateur performers gain the judges’ praise though. Like 16 year old Maddy Curtis of Bluemont, Virginia who gained a unanimous vote to the Hollywood round.
In the audition, Maddy sang a beautiful rendition [...]
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Posted in Culture, Society on Jan 15th, 2010
Three days after the massive earthquake, Haitian relief is underway. And while trouble is still rattling this poor nation, signs of hope are rising.
Like this one of a two year old greeting his mother after being pulled from the rubble just today.
For two days Daphnee Plaisin and her husband Reginald Claude had searched with their [...]
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