Arguments for why the Bible is the inspired Word of God and the Qu’ran, well, not so much. Michael Gleghorn is a research guy with Probe Ministries, so he knows how to research and probe stuff, to figure out such things. READ FULL POST

I don’t know exactly how much national attention has been given this, other than maybe a blurb here or there, but it’s getting quite a bit of buzz around here in the Kansas City area, a campaign ad airing on a local radio station, READ FULL POST

Snippets from the ramblings of an irregular three percent; to wit, the archetypal lunatic fringe. READ FULL POST

Imperfect, for a fact, but it’s finally over; the health care reform bill passed and ready for Obama to sign off on. I’m not wetting my pants about it or anything, but I am glad, for what it’s worth. For all my bitching about the details of the plan and for the peremptory stunts pulled getting it through, it is at least something useful, bringing the United States’ health care setup closer to better. READ FULL POST

So the teabagger people did their thing today in Washington D.C. raising some last-minute ruckus against the health care reform bill to be voted on tomorrow. READ FULL POST

I’m not such a wise person (despite wisdom purportedly coming with age), but about certain things I do believe I have figured them out. Usually, though, I suck putting into words my knowing what’s what. READ FULL POST

This is becoming almost laughable now, the whole health care overhaul misadventure. I’ve made it known before that if I had my druthers, Obama would have been pushing for single-payer, like he once might have done (the classic “I was for it before I was against it” political dodge), but that nonetheless, I was pleased something was going to get passed for long-overdue reform. READ FULL POST

Normally I might would jump into the fray like everyone else about Tom Brokaw and Karl Rove butting heads this morning, over whether or not the Bush administration had suggested that sharing oil revenue would eventually help pay for the war in Iraq. READ FULL POST

[I cheated here. Writer's block, so I confess that I did not write a word of this, all bits and pieces copied and pasted together. Credit duly given to some other American thinkers instead; a mashup of thoughts from many of them into one post on the awesomeness of Sarah Palin. I just mixed it all together.] READ FULL POST

Monday President Obama delivered yet another one of his health care reform talks, pushing same as of late, only this day he seemed particularly spirited, I must say. More like a campaign rally from back in the day. I don’t have the cable out here, so I can’t keep up on such things live as I could before, I have to watch after. Sometimes way after; I’m just now catching up. READ FULL POST