The Anti-Manichaeist

Over at TPMCafe, they are trumpeting an EPI study that shows that there has been no net increase in the no. of jobs in the US economy once you exclude all gov’t-funded jobs.  This likely means that the tax-cuts did nada to stimulate job-creation. 
How’s that for the State of Our Acrimony?  I have no time for an optimistic […]

I don’t intend to watch the SOTUS.  If he provides a truly visional and directional speech that will serve to increase the unity and decrease the acrimony in our country, it will be an answer to prayers and unfortunately quite a surprise for me. 

I just read at Foreign Notes what is a serious allegation that the reason a terrible gas-settlement was made by Ukraine with Russia is that a serious bribe was paid to a company owned by the brother of Viktor Yuschenko. 
I understand this is just an allegation, but I’m skeptical about whether  Yuschenko’s credibility as a leader […]

The combination of studying early Christian History and the Historical Books of the Old Testament and the possibility of teaching in a philosophy-oriented Dept of Humanities has got me thinking a good deal about what the relationship is between Athens and Jerusalem.  I’m joining those who think there was a substantial Jewish influence on Greek […]

I posted about the need for Christians to interact with the writings of Saul Alinsky a while back and have done very little specifically in that regard since then.  I recently found a website that lists the rules of Alinsky and then the rules of Gandhi.  The two make for quite a contrast.  Alinsky is very […]

I recently posted about a conservative Southern Baptist pastor/blogger whose views on the governance of his denomination have changed as a result of his exposure to the sorts of dialogue he had observed and taken part with on the internet.  That pastor is Tim Sweatman.  He has been posting recently on controversies in the Southern […]

It looks like migratory patterns of birds are going to make a spread of the Bird Flu very possible in Ukraine.  Please pray for them and pray for the Christians that they will offer needed leadership in this difficult time for Ukraine.
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I think they’re getting too much flak over them playing ball with the PRoChina on it’s controls over what it’s people can google.  If the President of the United States can get completely owned by the PRoChina like Bush did during his recent visit there, then I think it’s hard for a corporation to expect […]

I found this article by BBC News to be very disturbing.  Interestingly enough, the article doesn’t come up when I google news searched “Information Operations Roadmap”  pentagon Rumsfeld.  Only six articles came up and none of them were MSM in the US.  This does not encourage me regarding the freedom of the press in the US. 
 
The […]

Levko at Foreign Notes describes how the Party of Regions is resurgent in wake of the March Elections in Ukraine.  Their party has a list of politicians running for parliament and will effectively take power of Ukraine if they get a strong plurality, since Ukraine is going to shift to a representational system of gov’t.  […]