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2009-11-25T05:37:39-05:00

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Climategate e-mails

Last updated on: November 25, 2009 at 5:37 am By Gene Veith

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Hackers broke into the computers of some prominent global warming scientists, whose e-mails show them fudging data, suppressing contrary evidence, and violating scientific protocols to advance their hypothesis about catastrophic climate change. Here are some of the e-mails, as classified by the London Telegraph: Manipulation of evidence : I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the... Read more

2009-11-25T05:00:14-05:00

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The young picking up the tab for their parents

Last updated on: November 25, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Economics columnist Robert J. Samuelson finds another quirk in the Health Care bill. Already, our system of entitlements is forcing the young to subsidize the old, what with Social Security imbalances. Now comes the House-passed health-care "reform" bill that, amazingly, would extract more subsidies from the young. It mandates that health insurance premiums for older Americans be no more than twice the level of that for younger Americans. That's much less than the actual health spending gap between young and... Read more

2009-11-24T05:30:42-05:00

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Preach about Hell to improve the economy

Last updated on: November 24, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Here is a fascinating article on the influence of specific religious beliefs on economic growth. It’s too long to do justice with excerpts, so I will give you this teaser from The curious economic effects of religion – The Boston Globe: A pair of Harvard researchers recently examined 40 years of data from dozens of countries, trying to sort out the economic impact of religious beliefs or practices. They found that religion has a measurable effect on developing economies –... Read more

2009-11-24T05:15:35-05:00

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Spiritual healing in the health care bill?

Last updated on: November 24, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Christian Science practitioners are trying to get spiritual healing to be paid for in the Health Care Reform bill: The calls come in at all hours: patients reporting broken bones, violent coughs, deep depression. Prue Lewis listens as they explain their symptoms. Then Lewis — a thin, frail-looking woman from Columbia Heights — simply says, "I'll go to work right away." She hangs up, organizes her thoughts and begins treating her clients' ailments the best way she knows how: She... Read more

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2009-11-24T05:09:49-05:00

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“Inappropriate” vs. “Improper”

Last updated on: November 24, 2009 at 5:09 am By Gene Veith

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Edward Skidelsky in Prospect Magazine writes about Words that think for us . He notes a difference in our terms for moral censure: No words are more typical of our moral culture than “inappropriate” and “unacceptable.” They seem bland, gentle even, yet they carry the full force of official power. When you hear them, you feel that you are being tied up with little pieces of soft string. Inappropriate and unacceptable began their modern careers in the 1980s as part... Read more

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2009-11-23T06:00:18-05:00

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THE book on Christian spirituality for today. . .

Last updated on: November 23, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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. . .has to be Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig. Dr. Kleinig is an Australian theologian, Bible scholar, and Lutheran seminary professor who is one of the most illuminating teachers I have come across. Many Christians today have gotten interested in “spirituality,” with some exploring Eastern meditation and arcane mysticism without ever being introduced to the distinctly Christian approach to the spiritual life. This book explores the unique “receptive spirituality” that is the life of... Read more

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Vocation

2009-11-23T05:50:32-05:00

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The Louisiana Purchase

Last updated on: November 23, 2009 at 5:50 am By Gene Veith

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The Health Care Reform Bill passed a key procedural vote in the Senate, shutting down the possibility of a filibuster, when Democratic leaders promised a moderate Democratic holdout $300 million for her state in return for her vote. Here is how the Washington Post describes this and other shenanigans: Staffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase. On the eve of Saturday's showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn't secured the support of Sen.... Read more

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2009-11-23T05:00:56-05:00

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I was traveling, and you gave me directions

Last updated on: November 23, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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You know those folks in blue blazers working the information desks at airports? They are volunteers for Travelers Aid, America’s oldest non-religious volunteer organization. Though they might just give directions to a restroom or to baggage claim, they also often help people in serious need. The Washington Post published a feature article about these volunteers and what they do. They are examples of people loving and serving their neighbors. A sample: Travelers Aid has been assisting people on the go... Read more

Vocation

2009-11-20T06:00:33-05:00

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Gay ordination vs. women’s ordination

Last updated on: November 20, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Which is more problematic, ordaining a homosexual man or ordaining a woman? To ordain someone who sins publicly and without repentance would be a scandalous failure of discipline and Biblical fidelity on the part of the church body. And yet, there have been homosexual pastors before. No one has denied that, whatever their sin, they are true pastors and that the sacraments they administer are valid. To question that would be to fall into the heresy of Donatism. A Lutheran... Read more

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2009-11-20T05:45:39-05:00

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Selling the end of the world to Christians

Last updated on: November 20, 2009 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Have any of you seen 2012, the movie based on the notion that ancient Indian texts predicted the world will end in three years and that those ancient Indians were somehow right? I’ve actually had Christians ask me about that, if there might be anything to it. If any of you would like to report on the movie, I’d be glad for your comments. In the meantime, another apocalyptic end-of-the-world tale is coming to the silver screen, The Road, based... Read more

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