A few current events items
The trial gamble So, we’re going to try some alleged terrorists in civilian courts. This really is a bold move by the Obama administration, and we’ll see how it plays out. The lines are drawn. According to Pres. Obama’s critics, this is inviting such folks as Khalid Shiek Mohammad to have access to intelligence secrets and inviting terrorist attention to New York. On the other hand, supporters assert that this shows confidence in our justice system and the concepts of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Politically, someone is going to win big on this. If nothing bad happens, then the Right is going to have a very hard t

Two Videos My Son Wants to Share
Not ours, but they’re pretty funny. Wiggle is here with me and we’ve just encountered “The Duck Song 2.” So, here for your … ummm … enjoyment? … is “The Duck Song”:   Since one just isn’t enough, here’s the sequel:  

Padre Steve Defends the Rights of Moslems
It’s a great piece, hitting on some of the same themes I was but taking it farther and deeper. A Christian Defense of the Rights of Moslems and Others in a Democracy (or Constitutional Republic)

From Joe Schriner, re: the Moon thing
I was going back and forth on whether I wanted to post anything about this, and then I saw Joe Schriner’s blog post about it. So, I’ll let him say it for me: Front page stories in newspapers across the country scream that, at last: Water Has Been Found On The Moon! I mean, there’s water in India.  And there’s water in Uganda.  And there’s water in El Salvador…  A lot of it unsafe to drink.  But the poor are drinking it, and dying.  And then there’s all that polluted water in the Great Lakes.  And what about not enough water in southern C

A popular argument that can’t stand up
In one form or another, I hear this one a lot: “Forced compassion through government taxation can never replace or even supplement true Christian charity” I grabbed it from this thread today, but I’ve come across it many other times. The idea is that if the government is making us give our money to help others, it doesn’t really require charitable thoughts, and so it doesn’t count. It’s among the weakest straw-man arguments that I’ve ever encountered, for a very simple reason: that&#