David Frum | When Did The GOP Lose Touch With Reality?

An excellent piece from David Frum in the New Yorker.  Well worth your time to read the entire piece. For the past three years, the media have praised the enthusiasm and energy the tea party has brought to the GOP. Yet it’s telling that that movement has failed time and again to produce even a remotely credible candidate for president. Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt...

Why I Question ‘Jesus Came To Die’

How many times have people either said or heard that?  I’m guessing millions upon millions.  It’s ingrained into Christianity and Christian thought across multiple denominations.  To be perfectly honest, lately I’m having a hard time with this. It’s not that I don’t think it’s important, just that I think it’s the wrong emphasis and, well, not entirely true. Last week,...

Consumerism, Black Friday, And The Loss Of America’s Soul

Every year, on the day after Thanksgiving, millions of people head out in the wee hours of the morning to take advantage of the sales on the latest and greatest gizmos and toys.  Black Friday, it’s called, because that’s the day that all retail stores mark on their calendar as the day they begin to turn a profit. I’ve participated in my share of Black Friday shopping experiences.  In fact, it...

Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Brewer’s Attempted Coup

In 2000, Arizona voters passed an initiative that created an Independent Redistricting Committee.  Arizona voters realized the need to take the drawing of the district maps out of the hands of the Legislature, where they could not gerrymander the districts.  The committee was to be made of 5 members, 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and chaired by an Independent selected by unanimous vote of the other 4 members....

Charlatan Benny Hinn Wants To Punch Joel Osteen

Charlatan “faith healer” Benny Hinn was very offended by Joel Osteen‘s interview on Larry King.  In the video below he rails against Osteen, calling him a coward and saying he wants to punch him out.  He also goes after seeker churches saying they are “destroying America” and that they are “not of God“. Now, I think Osteen is a fraud with horrible theology, but even I...