Just about every human organization eventually morphs into something like a religion. Thereafter, it develops articles of faith, promotes the zealots and scorns the unbelievers. otherbrothersteve@gmail.com
Now that a genuine pro-life politician has come to the front tier of GOP presidential candidates, the abortion arguments are flying hot and fast. Radio loudmouth Todd Schnitt, for example, says he’s pro-life but doesn’t think he should impose his views on others. However you describe it, the argument is so gossamer thin that the [...]
Dear Sen. Santorum, Your normal facial expression gives off a vibe that somebody just made you mad. Practice smiling. Study the jokes of Ronald Regan who obviously had a great deal of fun skewering the dopey ideas of Democrats. One of the secrets of his success was his irritating good humor. Learn that. Internalize it. [...]
When the Obama administration put out the contraception payment rule, my first thought was that they had bitten off more than they can chew by assailing the Roman Catholic Church. Regardless of your opinion of their church, you have to admit that the RCs have outlasted a whole lot of governments. As the squabble rumbled [...]
Our country taxes all kinds of stuff at different rates. We tax retail sales in Florida at a rate of 7 percent. And in Florida, wages are not taxed at all. We tax your home phone at a certain rate and your cell phone at a different rate. Gasoline, propane, natural gas, diesel fuel, and [...]
Newt and Big Media Say what you will about the substance of Gingrich’s campaign or his marriages and the circumstances under which they went kaput. But it was sure fun to see him yank down CNN’s pants (and ABC’s) over their attempted mugging with Marianne. And what Newt said about the “elite media protecting Obama” [...]
The uproar du jour over Marianne Gingrich’s spitting mad expose’ of Newt is fast becoming a case study in missing the point. Newt has all along admitted that he’s got personal baggage. He did some folly and now confesses he was wrong. “God has forgiven me,” he says. And yay for forgiveness. But forgiveness isn’t [...]
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Nimrod be hatin’ on the Apostles The Republican primary [...]
British Prime Minister’s office has a website where, like our own president, they publish speeches, policies, and what not. It makes an interesting read. PM David Cameron recently spoke at Oxford’s Christ Church on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the completion of the 1611 King James Bible. You can read the full text [...]
Now that the actual primary election season is upon us, I note that the field of viable contenders for Mr. Obama’s replacement is small and distasteful. No conservative wants Mr. Romney. No person who views the Washington establishment with suspicion wants Mr. Gingrich. Santorum, Huntsman, Bachmann, Paul, and Perry have no chance. Cain is out [...]
A bumper sticker on a car in the parking lot exhorts me to be a free-thinking atheist. By claiming to be “free,” the car-butt philosopher means he can follow evidence wherever it leads, especially if that is away from God. One thing he likely does not mean is that he’s free to follow evidence to [...]
I used to work for a company that had a tyrant at the top. When he was nearing retirement, he visited my location to strut his victory lap and do a little speechifying for the rabble. It was definitely the voice of a man and not of a god. With his apparatus of terror still [...]
By now you’re aware that El Presidente’ didn’t mention God in his brief Thanksgiving day speech. He said he’d spend the day like a lot of Americans, “eating great food, watching a little football, and reflecting on how truly lucky we are.” I understand it’s like a wacky conspiracy theorist to read way too much [...]
No surprise, the bipartisan committee of congressional budget creatures came privately to the same impasse they’d come to publicly. What follows is my completely unfounded speculation about both sides’ calculus leading to this failure. As things stand now, the budget deficit is about a tenth of the size of the whole economy. If the Fed [...]