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"............................Broadly speaking, tea-party hysteria seems to be originated and peddled by three factions. The first, and most cynical, is made up of perfidious progressives who, because they oppose the Tea Party’s economic agenda and fear its electoral and political clout, have set out with malice aforethought to destroy the group’s reputation. Into this bloc we can reliably throw almost everybody at MSNBC, the Democratic National Committee, the Obama administration, and the parade of political operatives who work around the clock to make politics intolerable for everyone. Given that these people are more committed than they are creative, you will notice...

…I want to insist that there is not a single item in Christianity, upon which our souls’ salvation depends, that is only “probably” true. In each case, the evidence supplied is sufficient to establish conclusive proof regarding the truth of the Christian faith. This is not to say, however, that such a case is psychologically compelling, so that one could not reject the evidence. That would be an abuse of free will. I do argue, however, that one can be absolutely certain (intellectually) of such matters as the existence of God, the deity of Christ, the inspiration of the Bible,...

Socialism Is BackFrom the January 24, 2010, issue of NR ‘Socialism” is a word that has vexed thoughtful conservatives since 2008, along with the related terms “Marxist,” “radical,” and the whole nomenclature of leftish extremism. In his painstakingly documented book Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism, Stanley Kurtz dwells at great and profitable length on the president’s connections, and his coterie’s connections, with avowedly socialist and radical organizations. Glenn Beck, Jonah Goldberg, and other observers have with varying degrees of rigor pursued related lines of inquiry, locating affinities between Obama’s clique, along with mainstream Democrats more...

What does IBM know that most New York lawmakers don't? Judging by Big Blue's recent announcement that it is shifting to a defined-contribution pension plan, it knows that these plans are the only way forward for any company that hopes to stay on this side of bankruptcy court. Defined contributions have been the norm among small companies for years, but old industrial giants have been slow on the draw. Some, like General Motors, are still grappling with defined benefit pension programs ... There's a lesson here for New Yorkers faced with troubled pension systems. The logic becoming so catastrophically clear...

In his address last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for a 401(k) style defined-contribution pension system for state workers. In a January 24 hearing on pension issues, state legislators should consider the evidence for why such a system is necessary. Lucrative disability pensions are becoming the rule rather than the exception in some counties. A disability pension is 50-percent tax free and provides half the employee's salary for life and up to 100 percent for the employee's spouse if the employee dies. In L.A. County alone, according to a January 3 Los Angeles Daily News report, about 1,200 former county...

"The way we define 'human' determines our view of self, others, relationships, life, and future. Choose wisely...there will be results.

Consider: The way we define 'human' determines our view of self, others, relationships, institutions, life, and future. Choose wisely...there will be results.

The address below takes you to a CNN website which has the article by Bush. The voting box is in the lower right corner, if you're interested. This is an unofficial poll, but I'm sure it carries a lot of political weight so let's vote for male/female marriages only. We need to let CNN know that we are here and our vote counts and what Jesus would do. Let's take control of our country . Please go to the site below and VOTE! CNN is trying to prove the President wrong on his anti-gay-marriage stand, and we are presently losing....

IDEAS? Thank you, Mr. Jefferson! Many of us agree that 'ideas' represents an anemic effort by the U.S. in dealing with Iraq and other Middle East countries - and a few others. Pushing a concept of 'democracy' is rightly perceived as merely 'political' and thus unacceptable under their philosophical and religious criteria and appears to be shallow when compared to America's true potential offering to the world out of our unique founding and inventive creative-growth values and experiences. The definitive in human nature is the ability to make choices at the individual level. (Is there any other kind of human?...