It’s been a while since I did a roundup article of smaller current events items. Here are some items from various places that might be of interest. Crop Circles Made by Stoner Wallabies In one of the stranger articles I’ve come across recently, the Telegraph reported on 26 June 2009…
The Telegraph reported on 22 May 2009 that “Wind turbines ‘killed goats’ by depriving them of sleep”. It just goes to show the unintended consequences of what initially appears to be a harmless act (that is, putting up wind turbines). Even when we try to do things that don’t create…
MSNBC posted an article on 5 June 2009 about how an Ohio “School catches cheaters, cancels graduation”. The school discovered a “cheating scheme so pervasive” that it cancelled graduation rather than honor those who participated in the cheating, either by cheating themselves or covering for others who did. Superintendent Dorothy…
What constitutes a Christian nation? Did our nation ever consider itself a Christian nation? If it did, then when did it stop? Rep. Randy Forbes dares to ask these questions. Technorati Tags: cog,church of god,christian nation,obama,forbes,congress
ABC News has recently posted 2 videos describing changing weather patterns. One posted 1 June describes a “’Big Worry’ for Hurricane Season”. While there is an average number of hurricanes expected this season, hurricanes are popping up much closer to the shoreline. This gives little warning when they develop, so…
I guess it’s no wonder that so many in this country homeschool. The American Family Association (AFA) issued a recent alert that “Ohio’s H.B. 176 threatens our most basic freedoms” raised one of my eyebrows. Considering some of their previous alarmist claims, I decided to look into it a little…
Alan Keyes wrote a piece posted on WND on 5 June 2009 called “Abortion’s time of reckoning”. He compared the eagerness to “build worshipful temples in memory of a man most pro-life people regard as a mass murderer” to a speech by Himmler in 1943 that praised the killing of…
The Pittsburgh Catholic Examiner on 1 June 2009 posted the article “Gay marriage: the middle ground” by Todd Rooney. Rooney wrote: As a Catholic, I am troubled by injustice in any form. Not allowing gay marriage smacks of discrimination. Is denying the rights of others because of their sexual orientation…
The idea that a country would have no official religion was a very progressive one in the 1700s. What we find, though, is that it is a anomaly today as well. There is a religion that denies its own existence (sound like the tactics of anyone we might know?). It…
Eric Fingerhut on 15 May 2009 wrote in the Baltimore Jewish Times that the Westboro Baptist “Militant Anti-Gay Church Turns Its Sights On Jews”. Eric wrote: After years of focusing on gays and lesbians with its protests, the Westboro Baptist Church has a new target—the Jewish community. The Topeka, Kan.-based…