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News reports say that Governor Romney, looking ahead to the possibility of presenting himself as a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 2008, has met privately with Christian leaders to allay their concerns about the fact that he is a Mormon. (See Boston Globe, Nov 2, 2006 at http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/02/romney_consults_evangelical_leaders ) These leaders apparently are concentrating on areas such as Romney's view of gay marriage, abortion, and whether Romney is really a Christian. Undoubtedly Romney's answers in those areas will satisfy most of these Christian leaders. However, not knowing much about Mormon doctrine and practices, many Christians are unaware of some...

Daughter of lesbian couple expelled Women plan to protest outside Ontario Christian school By Mason Stockstill, Staff Writer ONTARIO - A Chino couple plans to picket a Christian school in Ontario on Monday because officials expelled their daughter after learning her parents are lesbians. Tina Clark said the superintendent of Ontario Christian High School gave her a letter explaining that 14-year-old freshman Shay Clark was being kicked out because her parents' sexual orientation is "inconsistent with a positive Christian life style." "My sexual orientation should have nothing to do with her getting an education," Tina Clark said. "I'm the one...

Mary Beth Cahill says the outstanding 250,000 outstanding votes, when counted, will give Ohio to kerry. Fox's correspondant commented that to accomplish this, kerry would have to win every last one of those votes (provisional and absentee).What does all this means? Well, to me, it means kerry is going to unnecessarily delay the Ohio certification for a day or two. Another soreloserman.

Fox has been ultra-cautious in calling states tonight.

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In Sunday's Observer, Robert McCrum observed: "Today, by some margin, George W Bush is the most despised figure in America." Really? The paper sent McCrum to America to interview nine novelists about the election. That's the first mistake right there: shipping a guy 3,000 miles to take the pulse of the nation by interviewing a bunch of guys who already agree with him. One of the reasons why the Bush-despisers will be waking up stunned on the morning of November 3 is because they spend way too much time talking to each other and sustaining each other's delusions. "These guys...

ACU has just released a compact paperback detailing John Kerry's history of far-left extremism and why he would be a poor choice for President and Commander-in-Chief. It's an excellent personal campaigning tool when you're out there informing the indecideds this election season. One FREE electronic copy (PDF) sent to your email address.

Deseret Morning News, Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Prison time really up to parole board Sentencing guidelines are only a suggestionBy Linda Thomson and Amy Joi BrysonDeseret Morning News TV commentators on the Fox News Network were reeling Monday night, apparently shocked by the "leniency" of Utah's homicide laws. One demanded to know why Mark Hacking hadn't been charged with capital murder in the apparent death of his wife, Lori, and suggested the first-degree homicide charge against Hacking might be referred to as "misdemeanor murder." Deseret Morning News graphic Also debated was the 5-years-to-life sentence a first-degree felony charge carries...

Arraignment of Hacking puts case in lawyers' hands By Stephen Hunt and Matthew D. LaPlanteThe Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-08-11 00:55:49.001 Now that Mark Hacking has been charged with murder, prosecutors will begin delivering piles of police reports, witness interviews and crime lab reports to defense attorney D. Gilbert Athay.   In those piles, Athay will find statements made to police by Hacking's parents, brothers, co-workers and friends, all of whom have provided information leading to criminal charges.    Athay will also find testimony from Lori Hacking's co-workers, the couple's neighbors and witnesses who believe they saw Lori or Mark,...

Deseret Morning News, Saturday, July 31, 2004 Police reject Hacking rumors Heat and smells make landfill search toughBy Jennifer Dobner, Pat Reavy and Wendy LeonardDeseret Morning News Rumors overtook truth in the Lori Hacking case Friday after police suspended, at least temporarily, the search of a west-side landfill that has been a focal point in the search for the missing jogger. Using cadaver dogs, searchers look through trash at the Salt Lake Valley landfill. To be effective, the dogs are used at night and can search only 20 minutes at a time.Chris Bergin, Deseret Morning News From e-mails to...

Husband's fate after hospital in question "Person of interest": The police and prosecutors consider their possible actions when Mark Hacking is released By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-07-31 01:05:00.791 Tucked away on the fifth floor of University Hospital, Mark Hacking has received psychiatric care since the morning after he reported his wife, Lori, missing 12 days ago.   That hospital stay is expected to end soon, according to a hospital official.   The question is: Will police let Hacking, the only "person of interest" in his wife's disappearance, go home?   The University of Utah has an all-hours security force...

Salt Lake landfill search began immediately By Pat Reavy and Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News A search of a Salt Lake Valley landfill for clues to the whereabouts of Lori Hacking may have begun — or was at least planned by city police — as early as one day after the Salt Lake woman was reported missing by her husband last week.Continued...

Husband's 'perfect' past keeps crumbling Suspicions: As blood is reported found in the Hackings' apartment, an ex-missionary says Mark was booted from a mission in Canada By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-07-29 02:34:31.886 Small amounts of blood are among the evidence taken last week from the apartment of Lori Hacking, according to a source familiar with the investigation. But detectives won't have a definitive answer on whose blood it is anytime soon. State forensic experts assisted Salt Lake City police last week in searching the missing woman's apartment, seizing bags of evidence and a box...

Hacking may have learned of husband's lies Missing: The family hires a criminal defense attorney to represent Mark Hacking, who remains hospitalized By Ashley Broughton and Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-07-27 00:39:09.532 Three days before she disappeared, Lori Hacking may have uncovered her husband's deceptions.   She received a phone call at her work, started crying and went home early, said a colleague at Wells Fargo Institutional Brokerage and Sales.   "I could hear her say things such as, 'But he's already been accepted. He's already applied. This can't be correct,' said Darren Openshaw, a Wells Fargo...

Deseret Morning News, Tuesday, July 27, 2004 Hacking retains lawyer Co-workers say Lori Hacking left work early in tearsBy Pat Reavy and Jennifer DobnerDeseret Morning News The husband of missing jogger Lori Hacking has retained a prominent local criminal defense attorney, and reports surfaced Monday of co-workers seeing a tearful Lori Hacking leave work early three days before she disappeared. Journalists surround Salt Lake police detective Dwayne Baird Monday in Salt Lake City. He had few details to release about evidence collected in the Hacking case.Michael Brandy, Deseret Morning News Mark Hacking has hired D. Gilbert Athay, who has...

Spilling the Beans in Paris and Londonby Henri Astier Anglo-saxon readers don't need to be reminded who George Orwell is, but a few words of introduction might help in the case of Jean-Francois Revel. A philosopher turned journalist, Revel has been one of France's most influential political analysts for the past two decades. In a number of essays published in the 1970s and 1980s - notably Without Marx or Jesus (1970), The Totalitarian Temptation (1976), and How Democracies Perish (1983) - he argued that although democracy is patently superior to other forms of human organisation, Western democracies have been reluctant...

Updated: 4:01 p.m. ET March 05, 2004 NEW YORK - Martha Stewart was convicted Friday of obstructing justice and lying to the government about a superbly timed stock sale, a devastating verdict that probably means prison for the woman who epitomizes meticulous homemaking and gracious living. In a statement, Stewart said she would appeal the verdict.More...

Ohio Man Executed for 1983 Fatal Robbery By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS ASSOCIATED PRESS LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A murderer whose claims of mental retardation were rejected by the courts was executed Wednesday after struggling with guards and pleading for his life until the last moment. Lewis Williams, 45, was put to death by injection for fatally shooting a 76-year-old woman during a robbery at her Cleveland home in 1983. Four guards were needed to lift the 117-pound Williams from his knees and pry his hand off the edge of a table before carrying him into the death chamber. As he was...

Recall Supporters Violently Attacked by Gray Davis ThugsWomen and Children Among Those Victimized[NB: This article has not yet appeared at the Recall Davis website to which I've linked.] Above: Recall Gray Davis Committee supporter, Shawn Cubbage – wearing a baseball cap – is attacked by union thugs wearing dark “NO ON RECALL” t-shirts paid for by the State Building & Construction Trades Council. Another Recall Gray Davis supporter, Donald Lacomb, is immediately behind Cubbage and had attempted to help protect Mr. Cubbage but was then assaulted himself. UPDATE TO ALL RECALL GRAY DAVIS SUPPORTERSFROM: The Honorable Howard Kaloogian Chairman, Recall...