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The Tea Party might not be a flash in the pan.
Charlie Crist’s departure from the Republican Party in Florida has a lot of people wondering just what’s happening to us. It’s a good question. As it turns out, there’s only one time in our (relatively) short history when something like this happened before.
The United States [...]
Religious bigotry runs in the Graham family, it seems.
Franklin Graham, who inherited the successful and lucrative pulpit of his famed preacher father Billy Graham, is in trouble for publically calling Islam a “very evil and wicked religion” and claimed Muslims are “enslaved by Islam.”
The nation, it seems, will be engaged in prayer on May 1. [...]
“Mess” and “Texas”
14 Comments Published April 22nd, 2010 in National and International Issues, Stories and Essays.Why do these words go together so well?
Many years ago, when my wife was still willing to get on airplanes, I used to go to Europe every chance I got. Back then, I also liked to wear boots and western shirts. (We weren’t veggies yet.) That was before people in Europe started dressing that way [...]