(St. Clare talking about northerner’s feelings towards blacks) “You would think no harm in caressing a large dog, even if he was black, but a creature that can think, and reason, and feel, and is immortal, you shudder at; confess it cousin. I know the feeling among some of you northerns well enough. Not that
Bees and ‘Bots: Homeschoolers Once Again Win Big
This year, homeschooled students have again won academic recognition all out of proportion to their numbers. On May 25, the National Geographic Bee — a competition involving five million United States students — was won by 13-year-old homeschooler Nathan Cornelius. Nathan, from Cottonwood, Minnesota, says his interests include photography, piano, and classical guitar, but “I
Government Schools Producing Legions of the Ignorant
Evidence continues mounting that government schools are failing in their most fundamental responsibilities. One of the latest examples comes from New York City, where an incredible 81% of eighth-graders flunked the state’s basic social studies exam last year. Even worse, the scores have gone down every year since the testing began in 2001. In 2001-02
Government Preparedness and Response
“This is now the focus of this administration.” declared the president today during a press conference on hurricane Katrina and natural disasters in general. “We will root out all of these evils—hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, avalanches, tornadoes—we must not allow them to cause devastation unhindered. We will fight this war on natural disaster, and we
Federal Government Loses $25 billion
“Oops! Sorry, we misplaced $25 billion of your dollars.” So says the federal government. (Well, except for the “sorry” part.) As federal budget expert Brian Riedl of the conservative Heritage Foundation reports: “[T]he federal government cannot account for $25 billion it spent in 2003. That’s billion with a “b.” Federal auditors know that $25 billion
“It Can’t Happen Here…?”
“In 2002 I asked my House colleagues a rhetorical question with regard to the onslaught of government growth in the post-September 11th era: Is America becoming a police state? “The question is no longer rhetorical. We are not yet living in a total police state, but it is fast approaching. The seeds of future tyranny
Tax Freedom Day
Each year the Tax Foundation in Washington calculates the number of days that Americans work to pay their federal and state taxes. Their “Tax Freedom Day” is the day on which the average American, if he were required to pay off all of his taxes before collecting any income himself, would finally be able to
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/005/17.40.html This is an interesting article you ought to consider reading about retail and christianity.
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http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453432.91875.html Food for thought. “True atheists in Europe have become an infinitesimally small group. There are not enough of them to be used for sociological research.” re-Christianization is by no means occurring. “What we are observing instead is a re-paganization.”
Ron Paul on the War in Iraq
Some things to think about: (The following is excerpted from a much longer speech delivered before the U.S. House of Representatives on April 6 by Congressman Ron Paul, R-TX.) Whenever the administration is challenged regarding the success of the Iraq war, or regarding the false information used to justify the war, the retort is: Aren’t