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2009-11-30T05:15:10-05:00

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Incoherent health care

Last updated on: November 30, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Charles Krauthammer is not against coming up with health insurance for those who do not have it, but he points out that the current bills are utterly incoherent, making a system that is already inefficient even more so: The United States has the best health care in the world — but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health-care bill (as with its 2,014-page House counterpart) is that it wildly compounds the... Read more

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2009-11-27T10:44:36-05:00

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How someone who makes $15K bought a $700K house

Last updated on: November 27, 2009 at 10:44 am By Gene Veith

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The Washington Post has a story about a single mother of three who made $15,000 a year as a daycare worker who managed in the real estate bubble to buy a house that cost $698,000, only, of course, to lose it. It’s a tale of unbelievable shenanigans on the part of the sellers and lenders, coupled with unbelievable lack of common sense on the part of the buyer. A sample: The type of financing that had started it all would... Read more

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Real estate bubble

2009-11-27T06:00:43-05:00

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What Christian spirituality is

Last updated on: November 27, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig: “When I speak about spirituality, I do not envisage something extraordinary—a superior way of being a Christian that is open only to a religious elite or a more advanced stage in the spiritual life. I have in mind what is given to every faithful person. Christian spirituality is, quite simply, following Jesus. It is the ordinary life of faith in which we receive Baptism, attend the Divine Service, participate... Read more

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2009-11-27T05:48:56-05:00

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“The data are surely wrong”

Last updated on: November 27, 2009 at 5:48 am By Gene Veith

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Another Climategate e-mail, the best one yet: The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should be even more warming: but the data are surely wrong. Our observing system is inadequate. Click the link for the full text, the context, and discussion. Read more

2009-11-27T05:30:53-05:00

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Our plates keep getting bigger

Last updated on: November 27, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Did you know that dinner plates, up until the late 1960’s used to be only 9 inches in diameter? Since then, they have kept getting bigger until today the average dinner plate is 12 inches wide. And so, when we fill our plates we are taking ever-larger portions, and when we eat everything on our plates like good boys and girls, we get ever fatter. Here is a discussion of the phenomenon, which also reviews the book The 9-Inch ‘Diet’... Read more

2009-11-26T18:26:57-05:00

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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation

Last updated on: November 26, 2009 at 6:26 pm By Gene Veith

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From George Washington, 1789: Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of... Read more

2009-11-26T05:44:09-05:00

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The table as altar

Last updated on: November 26, 2009 at 5:44 am By Gene Veith

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Columnist Sally Quinn , writing about entertaining guests, tossed off a provocative comparison: When you think about it, there is a sacred quality to the sharing of a meal. Just think of Jesus's last supper as an example. The table can be a kind of altar, with a cloth, candles, wine and bread. This, I believe, is a valid connection. As we exercise the priesthood of all believers in vocation, we serve at different altars, where we perform sacrifices of... Read more

2009-11-26T05:30:53-05:00

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Why we say grace before our meals

Last updated on: November 26, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig, on saying grace before our meal: “Because God provides us with our daily bread and all that we need for our physical journey on earth, we exercise our faith by saying grace before and after meals. This simple custom, this act of daily thanksgiving, acknowledges two profound realities. On the one hand, it acknowledges that we receive our food, like all our apparent possessions, as a gift from God... Read more

2009-11-26T05:00:53-05:00

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Be thankful we still have God’s Word

Last updated on: November 26, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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In our Bible class, we are studying Genesis by way of Luther’s commentary, the equivalent, as our pastor said, of taking a class on the subject at the University of Wittenberg, the commentary consisting essentially of Dr. Luther’s lecture notes. Sunday we were looking at the state of the world just before the Flood. Luther noted that one of the things that happened was that the people had become so rebellious, so blind, so hardened, that God withdrew His Word.... Read more

2009-11-25T06:00:44-05:00

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Jesus swaps places with us

Last updated on: November 25, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig (which, at last count, we have boosted to #7,389 on the Amazon.com bestseller list, up from #200,000 something): “Jesus does not offer us superhuman life; He does not turn us into supermen and superwomen with extraordinary physical and mental powers. Instead, He swaps places with us. He joins us in our human life on earth so that we can join Him in his life with God the Father. By... Read more

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