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2011-09-01T06:00:21-04:00

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Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?

Last updated on: September 1, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Lots of Democrats are frustrated with President Obama, prompting some people to fantasize about a primary challenge from, who else?, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Mrs. Clinton, who reportedly is doing a good job as Secretary of State, has put the kibosh on that kind of talk. But still, it continues. Charles Dunn writes about it here: Hillary On The Horizon As Obama Challenger? | FoxNews.com. I pose this question to both my conservative readers and my liberal readers: Which would you rather... Read more

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2011-09-01T05:23:56-04:00

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Christianity & Science

Last updated on: September 1, 2011 at 5:23 am By Gene Veith

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In an article on “Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science,” Hillel Ofek describes and helps account for the great contributions of early Islamic scientists and mathematicians, but he then chronicles how ever-more-absolutist brands of Islam came to shut them down. Ofek says that civilizations often abandon scientific inquiry–citing China and India–and that the West is the notable exception. For this he gives Christianity lots of credit: As a way of articulating questions that lie deeper than the Ash’arism-Mu’tazilism... Read more

2011-09-01T05:00:55-04:00

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The diamond planet

Last updated on: September 1, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The universe is just full of wonders, and here is another one: Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard. The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond. “The evolutionary history and amazing... Read more

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2011-08-31T05:57:16-04:00

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Victory in Libya

Last updated on: August 31, 2011 at 5:57 am By Gene Veith

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It looks like the Libyan rebels, with the help of NATO planes and American bombs, have overthrown the Gaddafi regime. All that remains is to find the guy. No Americans were killed, the Libyans themselves did the heavy lifting to free themselves, and the terrorist-supporting dictator who has been the West’s nemesis for decades is out of power. Does this vindicate President Obama’s stated policy of “leading from behind”? You would think conservatives would celebrate an American victory. And that... Read more

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2011-08-31T05:46:39-04:00

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Human experimentation

Last updated on: August 31, 2011 at 5:46 am By Gene Veith

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Around the time Nazi doctor Josef Mengele was conducting his brutal medical experiments on human beings, some American scientists were doing pretty much the same thing: U.S. government researchers who purposely infected unwitting subjects with sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala in the 1940s had obtained consent a few years earlier before conducting similar experiments in Indiana, investigators reported Monday. . . . At least 5,500 prisoners, mental patients, soldiers and children were drafted into the experiments, including at least 1,300... Read more

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2011-08-31T05:30:52-04:00

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The King James Bible at 400

Last updated on: August 31, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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My long-time friend Leland Ryken has an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal on the King James translation of the Bible, which marks its 400th anniversary this year. After telling about how the new king of England granted only one of the Puritans’ requests–to make a new English translation of the Bible–and how 47 scholars completed the project in only 6 years, Lee discusses its impact: The King James Version was not an original translation. It was a revision—technically... Read more

2011-08-30T06:00:13-04:00

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Not tasting death until Christ comes in His Kingdom

Last updated on: August 30, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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There is that passage in Matthew 16 in which Jesus says that there are among those listening to him at that moment who will not taste death until He comes in His kingdom. Liberal Bible critics say, “See, Jesus and the early church thought that the Second Coming would be imminent, and of course they were wrong.” Some more conservative Bible scholars say, “See, Christ’s Second Coming happened with His resurrection, or was some kind of spiritual event that happened... Read more

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2011-08-30T05:41:34-04:00

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Suing your Mom

Last updated on: August 30, 2011 at 5:41 am By Gene Veith

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The latest violation of the Commandment regarding honoring your father and your mother (though the divorced father is behind it): Raised in a $1.5 million Barrington Hills home by their attorney father, two grown children have spent the last two years pursuing a unique lawsuit against their mom for “bad mothering” damages allegedly caused when she failed to buy toys for one and sent another a birthday card he didn’t like. The alleged offenses include failing to take her daughter... Read more

2011-08-30T05:30:38-04:00

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Mass murder, while remaining “decent”

Last updated on: August 30, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Guy Walters discusses the Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Brevik and argues that he is not necessarily insane at all, that certain convictions can make it quite logical to commit evil actions. In doing so, he quotes from a speech by Heinrich Himmler, who makes the case that one can exterminate Jews, lining up a thousand corpses, while still being a “decent person.” He links to the entire speech, which is also available as an audio file as well as a transcript... Read more

2011-08-29T06:00:33-04:00

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He could-a been the champion of the world

Last updated on: August 29, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Our week that began with an earthquake ended with a hurricane. But, as it happened, the latest graphic of Hurricane Irene’s path showed the outer edge of the system passing by just 15 or so miles away. So it really missed us. We had some rain and wind, but it wasn’t bad at all, and the power stayed on. (Which, for this part of Virginia, is remarkable, since gentle breezes are often enough to put us in the dark for... Read more

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