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2015-02-14T08:05:00-07:00

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Staying Married: Listen to Your Wife; Talk to Your Husband

Last updated on: February 14, 2015 at 8:05 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Note: This post was first published a couple of years ago. My husband forgot about the first Valentine’s Day after our marriage. I didn’t get so much as a card. That was what you might call a mistake on his part; one he has learned not to repeat. The reason he’s learned this is because I told him. I didn’t go home from work that day (I was in the legislature at the time) and hit him with my purse.... Read more

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2015-02-13T16:28:07-07:00

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Are Wealthy US Foundations Paying to Suppress Religious Freedom?

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 4:28 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Are wealthy US foundations paying to suppress religious freedom? John Lomperis of the Institute for Religion and Democracy says that so far as the Ford Foundation and the Arcus Foundation are concerned, the answer may be yes. From Catholic News Agency: “The agenda of such groups in opposing basic conscience protections could hardly be more diametrically opposed to our nation’s great traditions of freedom of conscience and of religion,” Lomperis, who serves as United Methodist Director for the institute, told... Read more

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2015-02-13T09:50:04-07:00

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Are the Murders at Chapel Hill a Hate Crime?

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 9:50 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Is the murder of three young Muslims in Chapel Hill a hate crime? In some ways, that question is an oxymoron, because murder is always a hate crime. It doesn’t matter if we label the deed a “crime of passion” a “thrill murder” or the work of a serial killer, murder is always, at some level a crime of hatred. Murder is also, always, at a slightly deeper point, an act of self-hatred by the murderer his or herself. People kill other... Read more

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2015-02-13T08:23:00-07:00

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History of the Crusades: First Siege of Constantinople 674-678

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 8:23 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I am aware that there are Islamic teachings which lead to a more peaceful application of that faith. I think that the interpretation referenced here is an accurate depiction of of the application of Islamic teachings in 633-638 AD. It also seems that it is still relevant to Islamic extremists today. I want to emphasize that this video discusses events which happened almost 1400 years ago. The reason I am posting it here is to correct the inaccurate history of... Read more

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2015-02-12T09:32:15-07:00

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The Bad, Bad Law, IRS, Congress and Stealing from Grandma

Last updated on: February 12, 2015 at 9:32 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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If you give the IRS the legal power to seize money without cause, they’re going to take that legal power and use it to abuse everyday folks. It’s kind of like one of Newton’s Laws of Motion. It just works that way. It seems that back when Congress was in one of its rare bill-passing moods, this time in a holy zeal to wage “war on drugs,” it turned diarrheic and passed any stupid law that came into its collective... Read more

2015-02-13T08:23:43-07:00

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History of the Crusades: Muslim Conquest of Christian Syria-Palestine 633-638

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 8:23 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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2015-02-13T08:05:02-07:00

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Darrell Waltrip’s Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 8:05 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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This is a video for Darrell Waltrip’s full speech at the National Prayer Breakfast last week. Read more

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2015-02-11T09:45:20-07:00

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Pope Francis and Me: Praying to St Thomas More

Last updated on: February 11, 2015 at 9:45 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Pope Francis and I have something in common. He asks St Thomas More to pray for him every day and so do I. He also listed “15 diseases of the Curia” in the same address to Vatican officials. Among the “diseases of the curia” are spiritual petrification, existential schizophrenia, spiritual Alzheimer’s, funeral face and gossip. I think all of us suffer from the same diseases to some degree. They are spiritual diseases of our times, and of the fallen human.... Read more

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Last updated on: March 24, 2017 at 3:01 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Our two-tier educational system has become essentially a trade-school education for people who live in most of the zips codes of these United States. Among other things that kids in most of our schools aren’t taught are music, philosophy, the arts and history. It is entirely possible to graduate from our public school system, go on to college and earn advanced degrees and never learn anything of these subjects at all except a smidgen of anthologized literature and a gloss of... Read more

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2015-02-10T17:32:45-07:00

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Is the I Aborted My Baby Because He was a Boy Story a Confabulation?

Last updated on: February 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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The I Aborted My Baby because He was a Boy story is almost too perfect. By “perfect,” I mean that it reads like someone took every crazy accusation anyone ever leveled against man-hating feminists and characterized them in a blog post. Is this story a not-so-funny first-person prank? Did someone make up a tale about how they murdered their baby boy with abortion? The bedeviling thing, to me at least, is that I’ve dealt with people just as crazy... Read more

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