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2010-05-11T06:00:37-04:00

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Elena Kagan nominated to Supreme Court

Last updated on: May 11, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Well, President Obama has nominated his second Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan. She has never been a judge before–is that an asset or a liability? Rather, she is an academic, the former dean of Harvard Law–is that an asset or a liability? She has also been a government official and presidential advisor, currently serving as the Solicitor General–is that an asset or a liability? As Dean, she refused to allow military recruiters at the law school, due to the military’s... Read more

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2010-05-11T05:45:54-04:00

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The conservative case for Kagan

Last updated on: May 11, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Before the anti-Kagan bandwagon sets off, consider this: As a White House adviser in 1997, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged then-President Bill Clinton to support a ban on late-term abortions, a political compromise that put the administration at odds with abortion rights groups. Documents reviewed Monday by The Associated Press show Kagan encouraging Clinton to support a bill that would have banned all abortions of viable fetuses except when the physical health of the mother was at risk. The... Read more

2010-05-11T05:30:11-04:00

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Your verdict on Iron Man 2

Last updated on: May 11, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Who has seen Iron Man 2? Is it really what one critic calls it, “a virtual love letter to Ronald Reagan”? via Pajamas Media » Iron Man 2: A Love Letter to Ronald Reagan?. Read more

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2010-05-11T05:00:18-04:00

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British coalition talks hinge on cutting the deficit

Last updated on: May 11, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The efforts of the Brits to forget a coalition government is centering, according to this article, on how to drive down the deficit, avoiding another Greek syndrome. Notice that the American deficit is just as bad, suggesting that cutting budgets and imposing austerity measures will be the task of all responsible governments: Inside the stately buildings of Whitehall in the shadow of Big Ben, party leaders trying to forge a government hunkered down for talks this weekend with a 167-billion-pound... Read more

2010-05-10T05:30:08-04:00

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Babies know right from wrong

Last updated on: May 10, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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So concludes some Yale researchers, who have devised experiments that show babies as young as five months making moral judgments: At the age of six months babies can barely sit up – let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk. But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code – and can tell the difference between good and evil. An astonishing series of experiments is challenging the views of many psychologists and social scientists... Read more

2010-05-10T05:07:25-04:00

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The ten largest Lutheran church bodies

Last updated on: May 10, 2010 at 5:07 am By Gene Veith

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James Kushiner at the Touchstone blog quotes an article about how the Lutheran church of Tanzania is standing up in the Lutheran World Federation to oppose the normalization of homosexuality, resolving to reject all aid from the Western Lutherans who accept gay marriage. Kushiner then marvels at the comment in the news story that Tanzania has the world’s second largest Lutheran church. He then a little research, finding these to be the top ten (in millions): 1. Church of Sweden... Read more

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2010-05-10T05:00:31-04:00

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The Greek retirement package

Last updated on: May 10, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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If you are a Greek public service worker, you can retire at age 53, getting 80% of your salary. If you hold a job officially deemed to be hazarous–including hairdresser (all those chemicals) and broadcaster (bacteria on the microphones), you could retire at 50. The austerity plan that is the condition for Greece’s bailout requires that the retirement age be raised into the 60s. This is one reason there is rioting in the streets. See this and this .... Read more

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2010-05-07T06:00:51-04:00

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Bo Giertz’s new novel

Last updated on: May 7, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Bo Giertz (1905-1998) was a confessional, orthodox Lutheran bishop in the Church of Sweden. He was also a notable novelist. Many of you have doubtless read Hammer of God, about three generations of pastors, each facing the various challenges to the Gospel of each era. That novel has been a life-changer for many readers. Now, at long last, another Giertz novel has been translated into English, The Knights of Rhodes. It’s a historical novel about the Knights Hospitaller and the... Read more

2010-05-07T05:45:23-04:00

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Cartoon sitcom about Jesus

Last updated on: May 7, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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After censoring “South Park” for depicting Muhammad, the folks at Comedy Central are announcing a whole blasphemous animated series about Jesus: Comedy Central might censor every image of the Prophet Muhammad on “South Park,” yet the network is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ. As part of the network’s upfront presentation to advertisers, Comedy Central is set to announce “JC,” a half-hour show about Christ wanting to escape the shadow of his “powerful but apathetic father” and live... Read more

2010-05-07T05:30:13-04:00

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Big Ten wants to expand

Last updated on: May 7, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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OK, so the Big Ten college conference wants to expand. Among those schools speculated to be candidates are Nebraska and Missouri. But why? How is being in the Big Ten better than being in the Big Twelve? Or do Nebraska and Missouri think the Big Ten would be an easier conference in which to do well? Wouldn’t that be a rather humiliating reason? The prospects of such an expansion–and rumors are flying about many other candidates–just seems to violate... Read more

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