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Do Associations Matter?

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The McCain campaign — and earlier, the Clinton campaign — cast suspicions on Barack Obama’s character by linking him to admitted domestic terrorist William Ayers. When questioned in a primary debate about his association with Ayers, Obama said This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who’s a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He’s not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when … Continue reading Do Associations Matter?

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‘Dare to do our duty’

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My daughter and I are swimming in a world full of stories of political back-biting, Republicans hating their own office-holder, Democrats bashing the President, the press bashing the President, a very unpopular war (what war is popular, by the way?), states rights vs. federal control, the haves and the have-nots.  No, we’re not talking about the current political scene on the trail end of the Bush Presidency, although we could be.  We’re learning about the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln. I have to give homeschooling more snaps because I am learning so much more as an adult than I … Continue reading ‘Dare to do our duty’

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Of Mud Pies and Miracles

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When I was a little girl riding the school bus, my friends and I would close our eyes and point our faces towards the warm sun. As we did so, we described the tiny bursts of color that streaked across the darkness. Sometimes I would “see” white flashes; other times I would “see” splashes of red and pink and green. If we then pressed the palms of our hands gently on our eyes, we’d “see” an even wider variety of designs and colors. Even with my eyes closed, I was not blinded; my brain perceived pressure and light even through … Continue reading Of Mud Pies and Miracles

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Of Pigs, Wolves and Pearls

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For the first time in my short life, someone has pointedly made fun of my faith. That’s a pretty sad state of affairs, considering that I have been a Christian for the past twenty five years. Writing this blog has been the first public foray I have delved into as far as sharing my faith. I’ve talked to my students about my faith (in a private school) and to my family, but I’ve never been one to strike up a conversation with the sweet man who bags my groceries. I tend to shy away from confrontations because they make me … Continue reading Of Pigs, Wolves and Pearls

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Huckabee Strikes Back

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Main Street is rumbling. The people are up in arms. They are perplexed and angry. What has happened to our nation’s economy? Why is the so-called Republican government gearing up to bail out failed corporations to the tune of over 700 Billion dollars? A little-known book in the Old Testament, Habakkuk, contains a revelation that seems eerily similar to the debacle going on in the back rooms of Wall Street: “Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.[b] Wealth[c] is treacherous, and the arrogant are … Continue reading Huckabee Strikes Back