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Monday, December 21st, 2009

A Holiday Greeting for Christians

Driving home from the grocery store the other day, I happened to see the following billboard:

Now I’m fine with “Merry Christmas”. I have nothing against saying “Merry Christmas” and I will wish everyone out there a “Merry Christmas”.
But the idea that Jesus actually said something like “I miss hearing you say ‘Merry Christmas’” had me […]

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

A Wide Stance on Family Values

Republicans have taken a couple of interesting tactics towards spinning the Larry Craig arrest:

The innocent until proven guilty play
Blaming the liberal media
Bringing up Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky

These tactics have for the most part fallen short. Blaming the liberal media isn’t working because even conservatives are calling for his resignation. As for the Bill Clinton story, it […]