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Thanks to a fantastic High School English teacher, I developed a love of writing at an early age, but it was a college professor who encouraged me to consider writing as a career. An enlistment in the US Navy and 20 years as a traveling Field Engineer, gave

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Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 The case against Barack Obama's candidacy to the 2008 presidential election: 3 of 61
Obama and Clinton both lost the debate. Throughout the past year, Senator Barack Obama has been free to identify himself as the candidate of change, who would bring, change we can believe in. The liberal mainstream media largely gave him a pass, refusing to scrutinize either his character or his policies. Many of his supporte... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Archives US elections 2008 political satire: Obama wins four primaries and Hillary wins over Ann Coulter: 1 of 9
Racist politics and hatred we can't believe in-that's what Obama really offers America. After two years avoiding any and all media scrutiny, Barack Obama is now having to answer some difficult questions about his 20-plus year relationship with "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright. Wright has been a "spiritual counselor" to Obama, and b... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture What is truth: 6 of 34
Wise men and women throughout the ages have dedicated lifetimes to answering the seemingly elusive question, "What is truth?" Pontius Pilate asked it of Jesus (John 18:38), suggesting that truth cannot be accurately defined. Sophisticated people of our time join with him. What a powerful word "truth" is, and how oddly controv... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should we tolerate hate speech?: 8 of 43
We do and we must, if indeed there is to be freedom of speech in America. There are several inherent problems with the notion of "hate speech." The first has to do with defining hate. Since our culture has become so relativistic, identifying hate is nearly impossible-one person's truth is hate to another. Who determines what ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) The 2008 US presidential election: The difficulty of choosing who gets your vote in the current crop of hopefuls: 12 of 58
Last night, Florida Republicans voted to give all of the state's convention delegates to Senator John McCain. If this had happened in the Democrat party, it would not be a significant event because there are few, if any, policy or principle differences between Obama, Clinton, and Edwards. But in the Republican party, principl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Commentary: The New York Times and the McCain lobbyist scandal: 5 of 18
In this post-modern era of moral relativism, the truth is becoming more and more difficult to find. No longer are right and wrong seen as absolutes-they are subjective to far too many people. According to relativists, right may sometimes be wrong, and wrong may be right under certain circumstances. It doesn't make sense, nor ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) The politics of outrage: 9 of 20
Hypocrisy on ParadeDemocrats are attacking President Bush again this week. His offense? Telling the truth about liberals. In a speech to Israel's Parliament, the Knesset, President Bush told the law-makers, "Some seem to believe that we can negotiate with terrorists, and by some ingenious argument, they will be persuaded they... More..
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Who can win the Republican Presidential nomination, who can't, and why? A Thumbnail Sketch of the GOP Field: 1 of 2
With the benefit of the Iowa caucuses, several Republican debates, and now, the New Hampshire primary behind us, it is now clear who is, and is who not, a genuine conservative. Why is this important? Because Republicans always lose elections when they move to the left. Democrats will often pretend to be conservatives in order... More..
Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages Tolerance and forced conversion during the Crusades: 1 of 2
It's a common but erroneous belief today-that the Christian Crusades were terrible religious incursions into Muslim territories. Forgotten among those who bash Catholics, is the fact that the Crusades began as rescue missions to the Holy Land. At the time of the first crusade, Muslims were systematically butchering Jews in Is... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Is global warming a hoax?: 24 of 40
The truth about global warming is found in the word, "consensus." Science is not proven by consensus, it's proven by evidence. And the fact that there is not unanimity demonstrates that global warming, or as it's now being named, "climate change," is not a source of impending doom, but a cruel and dangerous hoax. Political de... More..