By Henry Neufeld
According to the Christian Post:
About a dozen delegates did not attend the prayer of Johari Abdul-Malik.
“I’m going to be somewhere else saying the Lord’s Prayer,” Delegate John Cox (R-Ashland) told CBN News. “It’s just not something that I feel like I can condone as an individual.”
Yet when I get into conversations on the topic of [...]
By Henry Neufeld
According to Newsweek, Britain’s Court of Appeals has ordered the release of information on the torture of a British resident while in U. S. custody (HT: Dispatches). Both the Bush and then the Obama administrations have argued against releasing this information and threatened the British with refusing to share intelligence if it was released.
I [...]
By Henry Neufeld
I commented on this case earlier, and I still stand by what I said, but via Dispatches from the Culture Wars I found this article by Julian Sanchez, and he asks a very valid question.
On the one hand, maybe for all our folly we’re basically engaged enough—or the people who decide to vote are engaged [...]
By Henry Neufeld
I don’t find myself agreeing wholeheartedly with Justice Thomas very often, but Allan Bevere calls attention to remarks he made in Florida (NY Times), and I think he makes some very good points.
Allan says:
Interesting, isn’t it? In the fear over the corrupting influence of lots of money, some folk haven’t even considered the corrupting influence [...]
By Henry Neufeld
I don’t think this is a major issue against the Republicans, in the sense that I don’t think they should be criticized for managing to be united in opposing something that they, well, oppose. That’s good politics, and if they really do oppose the bill (and I’m not certain about some of them) it’s [...]
By Henry Neufeld
That title should illustrate the interesting types of headlines that have heralded the Supreme Court decision permitting advocacy ads by corporations and presumably unions in the time leading up to an election.
The one from CNN reads Supreme Court eases ban on business, labor political spending, which is fairly calm and tells us approximately what the [...]
By Henry Neufeld
… or at least that’s what Democrats in the Oregon state legislature tried to say. This is six months old (HT: The Agitator), but it’s too good not to post.
Consider the wording in the bill:
“A measure referred to the people by referendum petition may not be adopted unless it receives an affirmative majority of [...]
By Henry Neufeld
Each election various pundits and politicians seem to be surprised at the way independent voters swing. I think they have a bit of a problem comprehending the word “independent.” I am a bit wary of using “we” when discussing independents, but as an independent voter myself I am generally not that shocked by [...]
By Henry Neufeld
Two personal experiences shape my thoughts each day on Martin Luther King day. The first was the memory of those in our small north Georgia community who were gratified that he had died. Few of the young folk had any idea why they should think that way, though we had regularly had “scares” [...]
By Henry Neufeld
Kevin DeYoung makes this claim at the evangel blog. Amongst many good things, he says:
For starters, being hurt is easier than being right. To prove you’re offended you just have to rustle up moral indignation and tell the world about it. To prove you’re right you actually have to make arguments and use logic [...]
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