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July 4

Byhenry July 4, 2007

I’m not doing a separate post her for July 4. I posted a story on my Jevlir Caravansary posing some questions about obedience, patriotism, and morality. You can post any comments about not quitting my day job there!

Christianity | Living | Philosophy | Politics | Religion

Of Christians and Ayn Rand
Byhenry January 5, 2019
There have been a number of articles recently discussing Ayn Rand and her Christian supporters and (supposed) followers. One of these is by Sheila Kennedy, who doesn’t do all that bad, though I still see things differently. Key Questions which I Might not Answer The key issues I encounter are: How can a Christian enjoy…
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And on the Other Side: Merit Pay for Teachers
Byhenry March 24, 2010
I marked this story a couple of days ago. In my view, merit pay is such an obvious idea, not to mention merit hiring, merit promotion, and lack-of-merit firing, that I don’t see why it would be controversial, except, of course, amongst those who lack merit. But there is one valid area of controversy–measuring merit….
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Is Killing Every One of Them Really Our Only Option?
Byhenry August 20, 2014
I saw a Facebook post that claims that in the light of the beheading of U. S. journalist James Foley our only option is to hunt down and kill every one of them as soon as possible. I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m not a pacifist. I believe acts of violence and even war…
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I Like Sarah Palin
Byhenry September 5, 2008
. . . well, pretty much, to a certain extent, as politicians go. But I’m not going to vote for her. Come to think of it, I like John McCain pretty well also, but again, I’m not going to vote for him. I think it is unfortunate that so many Americans seem to feel the…
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Christianity | Politics | Racism

White Supremacists and the Jena 6
Byhenry September 23, 2007
MSNBC is reporting that there is a [tag]white supremacist[/tag] web site reporting phone numbers and addresses for families of the [tag]Jena 6[/tag]: CNN first reported Friday about the Web site, which features a swastika, frequent use of racial slurs, a mailing address in Roanoke, Va., and phone numbers purportedly for some of the teens’ families…
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2008 U. S. Presidential Election | Energion.com | Politics | War

A Coherent Foreign (and Domestic) Policy
Byhenry April 18, 2008
I have thought since 2004 that if John Kerry had managed to appear to have an actual policy on terrorism, a strategy for how to make a safer United States and world, he would now be president. As it was, he was perceived to be proposing pretty much what Bush was doing only less of…
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