I stumbled upon an interesting article in Business Week by Newt Gingrich. He makes the case that adolescence is a concept that was invented in the 19th century to keep young kids out of sweat shops and coal mines and is now an outdated idea. He postulates that if children transitioned directly to young adulthood [...]

In the upcoming election one of the ‘hot topics’ is government sponsored health care. I was recently digging through my archives and discovered this old chestnut which I think is still relevant in regards to that topic.
Homefeeding Children: Threat or Menace?
By Lydia McGrew
June 12, 2002
(Editor’s Note: The following editorial originally appeared in the June 6 [...]

Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all my own
I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I’m on
I dug my key into the side of his pretty little suped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seat…
I took a Louisville slugger to [...]

When a peacock displays his plumage does he do it for the glory of God or is he just trying to get the attention of some cute hen? It doesn’t really matter, from my perspective it’s a glorious display of God’s creativity.
~From a comment left at Brent’s blog.

Bo and I went to see Rush [...]

This article in the Baltimore Sun (from the beautiful Peoples Republic of Maryland) was brought to my attention today:
Trial tactic decried
Honestly, I couldn’t beleive what I was reading. This man was found guilty on drug charges and at sentencing was sentenced according to the guidlines for murder! He could face life in prison instead of [...]

This is pretty weird stuff… (and it did not come from the Onion). What’s your take?

OK, I’m going to pose a quick question…
Can any or all of you provide Biblical justification for not living together before marriage. Now I know all the verses about Marriage and I know all the ones about sexual immorality but I cannot seem to find any verses that specifically apply to living together. A “clear” [...]

Man I have been incredibly busy this week. So things don’t go totally static, I’ll make a quick post today… plus I’m getting tired of looking at that stupid valentine picture…
I am working with a outsource software developer right now who is developing an application for a new line hardware we are releasing. He’s been [...]

OK, forgive the title, I’m just trying a ’shocking’ title to see if it improves my google hits…ÂÂ
I have a friend who is a Seventh Day Adventist. I don’t know a whole lot about them except that they are an of shoot of the Methodist church and they place a huge emphasis on living a [...]

 Mean old curmudgeon Mr. Potter. I love to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” every year… it’s become sort of a tradition. Who has watched that movie and not come to just hate Mr. Potter. Not just because he’s mean (and he’s plenty mean) but because he’s so stinkin filthy rich.
I’ve been thinking a lot about [...]