Understanding the Threat of a Flu Pandemic
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Many headlines this week have covered the Swine Flu, a bug that has killed 80 people in Mexico alone. With little respect for borders, the flu has quickly spread to the United States, Canada, Europe and New Zealand.
What should you make of this alarming news?
Health officials are concerned...
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Moral Relativism: A Little Torture is Just Fine?
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Defense of the Bush Administration’s decision to sanction “enhanced interrogation techniques” all boils down to a single argument: torture works. The ends justify the means. Former Vice President Cheney has made this exact argument in several recent interviews.
Cheney’s...
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Ends vs. Means: A Gross Misunderstanding of Our Nation’s History
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Dick Cheney has discovered transparency. His pious call for declassifying certain memos regarding torture is like Pat Robertson advocating for atheism. The former Vice President has built his career on secrecy and utter disdain for government disclosures. He refused to provide transcripts from meetings...
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The Immorality of Intolerance and Inconsistency
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009North Korea becomes a nuclear nation, and we do nothing. Iran continues to develop nuclear weapons, and we do nothing. Government spending is out of control, creating the largest debts and deficits in our nation’s history, and we do nothing except cut taxes and start a $1 trillion war.
All of the above happened under...
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GOP’s Descent to Madness
Friday, April 17th, 2009The country is not better off because the Republican Party is firing on one cylinder now. A two party system is healthier in the end with responsible opposition to the majority. The Tea Party madness (and silliness) and the hysterical Republican response to a recent government report on extremism...
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Morality Originates in Religion…Not
Monday, April 13th, 2009A spate of magazine articles, cable TV shouting matches and debates among pundits this week have raised to prominence the question of whether the United States is a Christian nation. President Obama claims we are not, as we should not be. The majority of the public, ignorant of our history, believes...
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Newsweek is Wrong: Christian America is as Strong as Ever
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009The cover of Newsweek (April 13, 2009) announced, in text hammered into the shape of a cross, “The decline and fall of Christian America.” That is like announcing that we have cured world hunger. Both assertions are ridiculous and easily proven wrong.
The election of Barack...
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