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2011-08-16T05:30:56-04:00

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What makes a gaffe?

Last updated on: August 16, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Mitt Romney said, “Corporations are people.” Newt Gingrich castigated “right-wing social engineering.” Michele Bachmann claimed that she shared the same spirit as someone else born in Waterloo, Iowa, John Wayne. But it wasn’t the movie star with whom she shared a birthplace but serial killer John Wayne Gacy. These politically-damaging statements were heralded as “gaffes.” But what makes a gaffe, as opposed to a forgivable misstatement or an inconsequential mistake? Journalist Paul Waldman, a liberal, by the way, explains: What... Read more

2011-08-16T05:00:26-04:00

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Where’s the methane?

Last updated on: August 16, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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One of the major greenhouse global warming gases is methane. Scientists have discovered that there is not nearly as much methane in the atmosphere as their computer models predicted there should be. Scientists say that there has been a mysterious decline in the growth of methane in the atmosphere in the last decades of the 20th Century. Researchers writing in the journal Nature have come up with two widely differing theories as to the cause. One suggests the decline was... Read more

2011-08-15T06:00:18-04:00

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Rest & restlessness

Last updated on: August 15, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Well, we are back from our Alaskan cruise. What a great vacation. A cruise ship offers rest and relaxation, the beauties and sublimities of nature, the benefits of civilization, learning interesting things, fine food and drink, entertainment (shows, live music, movies), time to read for sheer pleasure, quality and quantity time with whomever you are traveling with (in my case, my wonderful wife of 40 years). You can make a vacation of any one of those, but a leisurely cruise... Read more

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2011-08-15T05:30:29-04:00

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Pawlenty is out!

Last updated on: August 15, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the presidential race! That’s too bad, in my opinion. Though he didn’t come across strongly, he seemed like someone who could credibly serve as president. Who will benefit from his exit? Pawlenty realizes he wasn’t what GOP voters were looking for – The Washington Post. Read more

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2012 Presidential Election

Tim Pawlenty

2011-08-15T05:00:31-04:00

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A different take on our economic woes

Last updated on: August 15, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The wild fluctuations of the stock market last week seem to be a reaction to the national deficit and the downgrading of American bonds. But, as financial analyst Liaquat Ahamed, points out, investors were dumping stocks and investing in government bonds, despite the downgrade and despite record low interest rates. So, if financial markets aren’t worried about the full faith and credit of the United States, why is the stock market falling? An alternative view, most prominently expressed by New... Read more

2011-08-12T06:00:56-04:00

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Rick Perry is running for president

Last updated on: August 12, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Texas governor Rick Perry has announced that he running for president. As the longest-serving governor of a big state, Perry comes with lots of executive experience, with a strong record of economic growth and job creation. He is an open evangelical Christian, going so far as to lead the prayer and preach from the Bible at a recent religious rally. The Tea Party likes him, as do business interests and the Republican establishment. Is he someone you could support? (I’d... Read more

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2012 Presidential Election

Rick Perry

2011-08-12T05:45:48-04:00

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Education & religion reconsidered

Last updated on: August 12, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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It has long been said that the level of a person’s religious commitment goes down proportionately to how much education that person has received. But now it turns out that church attendance and Bible reading actually increases with education. And so does theological liberalism: People tend to become less religious as they become more educated, right? Not necessarily, according to a new study. After analyzing data from a large national survey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Philip Schwadel found that people... Read more

religion demographics

2011-08-12T05:15:12-04:00

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The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall

Last updated on: August 12, 2011 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, which divided the city–and by extension Germany and Europe itself–between Communism and freedom. You have simply got to read this account by the Lutheran journalist Uwe Siemon-Netto, who not only saw the wall built and torn down, but was himself with his family personally caught up in the division between East and West. Most notable in his account is the role Christianity and specifically Lutheranism played in the... Read more

Christianity in Europe

2011-08-12T05:00:10-04:00

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The Super Committee

Last updated on: August 12, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Congressional leaders have appointed the “Super Committee” tasked by the debt reduction deal to recommend spending cuts and bring the federal budget under control. There have been other such committees, of course, whose recommendations have been ignored, but this one has some clout: Its recommendations will be voted on with an up or down vote–rather than death by a thousand amendments–and if they get voted down, automatic cuts click in. What do you know of these folks? Do you think... Read more

2011-08-11T11:15:47-04:00

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Anonymity and temptation

Last updated on: August 11, 2011 at 11:15 am By Gene Veith

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The young rioters in England wear hoods and masks to hide their identities. British authorities trying to tamp things down are pondering allowing police to require people to show their faces. Anonymity is indeed tied to bad behavior. Shame is one of those first-use of the law phenomena that helps keep our sinful natures from breaking out. But when no one knows who we are, our inhibitions are released. We certainly see this in the internet, when people in blog... Read more

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