Is Political Speech More Important Than Religious Speech?
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“The issue of whether political speech is more important than religious speech was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in oral arguments Monday” Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Church Signs Case
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Are Erring and Rogue Cops “Ministers To You for Good”?
I just finished reading Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum. The cruelty that human beings can inflict on one another is staggering. KGB agents in the USSR enforced laws against anyone disagreeing with the Soviet government.
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Probably One of the Most Important Cosmological Discoveries in A Long Time: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
Probably not of interest to most of you, but if you are serious about understanding the claims of “Big Bang” cosmology, you have to understand Baryon Acoustic Oscillations. This link is to a new article in Sky and Telescope magazine (for amateurs who love astronomy).
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N. Korea remains atop persecution list
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Open Doors: “Among the top 10 of the 2015 list were these countries: North Korea (1); Somalia (2); Iraq (3); Syria (4); Afghanistan (5); Sudan (6); Iran (7); Pakistan (8); Eritrea (9); and Nigeria (10).”
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Should We Ease Off on Hard Drug Sentencing?
Note: We are not talking about Marijuana in this poll, but hard drugs (cocaine, heroin, meth, crack) or illegally obtained prescription drugs and other drugs.
According to Pew reserach,
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Rachel Still Weeps
Originally posted at Sometimes a Light, December 16.
“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.” (Matthew 2:18)
It’s happened again—only this time it wasn’t in Connecticut but almost 7,000 miles away in Peshawar, Pakistan. This morning, gunmen broke into classrooms and slaughtered boys and girls as they sat learning. It’s a story we know too well: December. School. Children. Death.
Tonight, parents will return to empty beds; food will be left uneaten; and a soccer ball will stand in the courtyard, still and unmoving. And just as they did two years ago, despite the divide of language and culture, our own mother—and father—hearts will crack, life and hope leaking out of us, as we wonder how is there any meaning in this?
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