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2009-06-17T06:00:42-04:00

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Strange Herring is quitting

Last updated on: June 17, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Strange Herring, is going on hiatus. That’s one of my favorite blogs! The pillar of my old age! This is the second time an Anthony Sacramone blog has gone on hiatus. I’m still mourning the absence of Luther at the Movies. He says that blogging has become a chore and he wants to stop before it becomes a bore. How about this Cranach blog? It is sometimes a chore, but you don’t see me going on some hiatus. As for... Read more

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2009-06-17T05:30:01-04:00

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Raze the cities

Last updated on: June 17, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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From US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive : The government l[is] ooking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area. The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee... Read more

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2009-06-17T05:00:39-04:00

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Recovery before stimulus

Last updated on: June 17, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The world’s leading economic powers, the G-8 nations, are trying to reverse the stimulus measures they took earlier, since the economy seems to be recovering even though most of the financial stimuli have not gone into effect yet. The United States, however, wants the stimuli to continue, despite fears they will trigger massive inflation. Read more

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2009-06-16T06:00:56-04:00

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Who goes to megachurches?

Last updated on: June 16, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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A new study examines Megachurchgoers; that is, those who attend congregations of 2,000 or more people: Compared to attendees of a typical Protestant church, people who attend megachurches are more likely to be young, single, more educated and wealthier, a new survey reveals. The majority of megachurch attendees (62 percent) are under the age of 45 whereas less than half (35 percent) of those in a typical congregation fall in the 18-44 age group, according to a megachurch report by... Read more

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2009-06-16T05:15:46-04:00

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From “government option” to “public option”

Last updated on: June 16, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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More language games to make a policy sound more palatable. From Hugh Hewitt: The Obama/Pelosi/Reid push to take over and nationalize health insurance via the so-called “government option” has received a face-lift this week, with many advocates of the takeover now calling it the “public option,” which sounds less intrusive. No matter what you call it, the “government/public option” will destroy private sector insurance very soon after it passes and will push tens of millions of employed and covered Americans... Read more

2009-06-16T05:00:25-04:00

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Geoengineering the climate

Last updated on: June 16, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Another solution being proposed to counter the alleged global warming–in addition to reducing the carbon in the atmosphere–is “geoengineering.” Here is what Samuel Thernstrom of the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute is proposing: The most promising ideas take their proof of concept from nature. Scientists noted that the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines cooled the planet for two to three years by roughly half a degree Celsius. There are ways of artificially reproducing this effect.... Read more

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2009-06-15T06:43:18-04:00

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Post-traumatic embitterment disorder

Last updated on: June 15, 2009 at 6:43 am By Gene Veith

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The American Psychiatric Association is considering labeling bitterness as a mental illness: Having floated “Apathy Disorder” as a trial balloon, to see if it might garner enough support for inclusion in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the world’s diagnostic bible of mental illnesses, the organization has generated untold amounts of publicity and incredulity this week by debating at its convention whether bitterness should become a bona fide mental disorder. Bitterness is “so common... Read more

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2009-06-15T05:17:14-04:00

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Social conservatives and libertarians together

Last updated on: June 15, 2009 at 5:17 am By Gene Veith

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A symposium on “Making Conservatism Credible Again” stressed the necessity of social conservatives and libertarians co-operating again, as they did in the Reagan era. Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan said this: A “libertarian” who wants limited government should embrace the means to his freedom: thriving mediating institutions that create the moral preconditions for economic markets and choice. A “social issues” conservative with a zeal for righteousness should insist on a free market economy to supply the material needs for families, schools,... Read more

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2009-06-15T05:10:56-04:00

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Holocaust museum terrorist

Last updated on: June 15, 2009 at 5:10 am By Gene Veith

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James Von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist who murdered a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., is being described as another right-wing Christian terrorist. But, as someone who read this guy’s writings reports, he was neither a Christian nor a conservative. Mollie Hemingway gives more details about his opposition to Christianity and his anti-conservative activities, citing an alleged plot to set off a bomb at the offices of the conservative periodical “The Weekly Standard,” his conviction that George... Read more

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2009-06-15T05:00:53-04:00

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Failure of wishful thinking in Iran

Last updated on: June 15, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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I had been reading a number of articles–like this one and this one–saying that Iran’s middle class and its young people, who are secular at heart, may well vote their radical president out of office. But Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected in a landslide. Supporters of his moderate rival Mirhossein Mousavi claim the election was stolen. His followers are staging protests, some of which have put down violently. It looks like we will still have to deal with Ahmadinejad, whether he... Read more

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