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2009-06-05T05:30:43-04:00

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Liberal churches turn to advertising

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

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Liberal mainline Protestants are shrinking in number, even though one would think that their moral permissiveness and leftwing political activism would make them fashionable again. So these denominations are turning to advertising: Shrinking mainline Protestant denominations are turning to marketing to help stem decades of membership losses and stay afloat. The United Methodist Church recently released a $20 million rebranding effort aimed at attracting younger members to the large but diminishing Protestant sect. The new ads will appear over the... Read more

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2009-06-05T05:10:35-04:00

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The new American auto industry

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

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The only major American auto company not owned by the state–that would be Ford–is doing amazingly well: Ford continued to pinch business from its struggling crosstown rivals last month, increasing its share of the U.S. auto market to its highest percentage in three years. The automaker now controls 15.1 percent of the marketplace, and some analysts predict that Ford could leap past General Motors in sales by the end of the year. Ford has been able to survive without government... Read more

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2009-06-05T04:58:04-04:00

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Jihadists in American prisons

Last updated on: June 5, 2009 at 4:58 am By Gene Veith

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Why we shouldn’t send Guantanamo prisoners into American jails. From Michelle Malkin » The jihadi virus in our jails: After a year-long investigation launched by the Bush administration, the feds cracked down on a ring of murder-minded black Muslim jailhouse converts preparing to bomb two Bronx synagogues and “eager to bring death to Jews.” They also planned to attack a New York National Guard air base in Newburgh, New York, where the suspects lived and worshiped at a local mosque.... Read more

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2009-06-04T05:15:35-04:00

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George Tiller, saint & martyr?

Last updated on: June 4, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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I have been condemning the murder of abortionist George Tiller–who sometimes baptized infants before he finished them off–but this does not mean I accept the smarmy religiosity of those on the religious left who are <a href=" proclaiming him a saint and a martyr: Liberal religious groups joined secular pro-choice organizations Monday to mourn as a martyr one of the country’s most famous providers of late-term abortions. A nationwide network of candlelight vigils and services took place from Lafayette Park... Read more

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2009-06-04T05:05:19-04:00

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A tale of two murders

Last updated on: June 4, 2009 at 5:05 am By Gene Veith

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Michelle Malkin contrasts the media and governmental treatment of the anti-abortion murder and that jihadist murder of two army recruiters in Arkansas. (Oh, you hadn’t heard about that one?) When a right-wing Christian vigilante kills, millions of fingers pull the trigger. When a left-wing Muslim vigilante kills, he kills alone. These are the instantly ossifying narratives in the Sunday shooting death of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller versus the Monday shootings of two Arkansas military recruiters. Tiller’s suspected murderer, Scott... Read more

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2009-06-04T05:00:20-04:00

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Himmler vs. Christianity

Last updated on: June 4, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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In browsing through Uwe Siemon-Netto’s blog, I came across his review of a new biography of Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi S.S.: “There’s no doubt about Himmler’s anticommunism and anti-Semitism; he wiped out both groups mercilessly,” writes historian Peter Longerich, “but basically he was much more engrossed with Christianity. The conflict with the Christian world, in which he grew up, was of truly existential significance to him.” According to Longerich, Himmler considered it his life’s calling to coalesce... Read more

History

2009-06-03T09:19:42-04:00

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The USA, one of the largest Muslim countries in the world

Last updated on: June 3, 2009 at 9:19 am By Gene Veith

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President Obama is courting Muslims during his middle eastern trip, including a major speech today in Egypt. He is emphasizing his middle name, “Hussein” (something that was deeply offensive during the campaign when Republicans did it), hailing his Muslim father (who was labeled an agnostic during the campaign), and now saying that if you go by population count, America is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” See this account from a British newspaper. I can see the... Read more

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2009-06-03T06:00:35-04:00

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What would Romney do?

Last updated on: June 3, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Mitt Romney, the conservative hope for many Republicans, wants to go even further down the socialist path than President Obama, it sounds like. It’s just that he is being a populist rather than a statist. From Romney balks at government ownership of GM: The Obama administration and the United Auto Workers should immediately distribute their stock in a restructured GM to American taxpayers, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Sunday. “We don’t want a president and the head of... Read more

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2009-06-03T05:30:48-04:00

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Pravda lectures America

Last updated on: June 3, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Pravda used to be the propaganda rag of Soviet Communism. Today it apparently plays a similar role in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, now advocating Russian nationalism rather than Marxist-Leninism. But it’s still weird to read a column in Pravda excoriating the United States for embracing Marxism. Like other examples of anti-Americanism, it combines some valid criticisms with wild misunderstandings. From American capitalism gone with a whimper – Pravda.Ru: It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the... Read more

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2009-06-03T05:00:42-04:00

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Bonhoeffer and his guilt

Last updated on: June 3, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Yesterday a discussion broke out in the comments about whether or not the murderer of abortionist George Tiller is equivalent to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who conspired to kill Hitler. It so happens that I had just seen the movie “Valkyrie” about a different plot to kill Hitler and had been searching the web for information about exactly what Bonhoeffer did. According to this account, Bonhoeffer was actively involved in the broader resistance movement, though his involvement with the conspiracy to kill... Read more

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