Mar

31

Schiavo dies. She was preceded in death by her husband's sense of decency and judicial compassion and mercy

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Terri Schiavo did what people who have been denied food and water for two weeks tend to do– she passed away this morning. I’ll link to the FOX News obit, since we saw the CBS one yesterday. If you think this is over, think again, The debate is only beginning. Okay Michael… the rest of [...]

Mar

31

Schiavo dies. She was preceded in death by her husband’s sense of decency and judicial compassion and mercy

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Terri Schiavo did what people who have been denied food and water for two weeks tend to do– she passed away this morning. I’ll link to the FOX News obit, since we saw the CBS one yesterday. If you think this is over, think again, The debate is only beginning. Okay Michael… the rest of [...]

Mar

31

CBS posts premature Schiavo obit– Obit for CBS News on the way

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Some people are angered that a pre-written CBS obituary for Terri Schiavo was accidentally made public. The obit, captured before it could be deleted, was then posted on the website of syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck. All news outlets have obituaries written for all sorts of celebrities, dignitaries, and other people in the public [...]

Mar

30

Howell-ing at the Kennedys: Late Senator best remembered for hilarious Ted joke

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Former Alabama Senator, Democrat Howell Heflin, died yesterday at the age of 83. The thing I best remember about ol’ Howell wasn’t anything to do with legislation. In the 1980′s a tabloid newspaper published a picture taken through a telephoto lens of Ted Kennedy out on a boat in the ocean in flagrante delicto with [...]

Mar

29

Welcome to new readers, along with some Bible study

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From Brian, a “Powers That Be” newbie: A friend of mine got me into reading your blog, and I have to say I’m glad she did. Even if I don’t always agree with your posts, they are very entertaining, and provide me with an intelligent view of things from the conservative end of the spectrum. [...]

Mar

29

Jesus Saves! (literally)

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Robert Harlan, the man, and I use the term very loosely, who raped a woman for two hours before shooting her was saved by the Good Book, in a roundabout way. The jury in his trial sentenced him to die, but that sentence was overturned after it was discovered that jurors consulted the bible during [...]

Mar

29

Wallyworld gets some competition in "Holyland"

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A businesswoman in Britain wants to start a biblical theme park. Andrea Webster is asking for £144 each from a million Christians so she can build it. If you can’t afford to donate, she only asks that you pray for success. If you attend “Holyland”, and if not enough people donated, then pray like crazy [...]

Mar

29

Wallyworld gets some competition in “Holyland”

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A businesswoman in Britain wants to start a biblical theme park. Andrea Webster is asking for £144 each from a million Christians so she can build it. If you can’t afford to donate, she only asks that you pray for success. If you attend “Holyland”, and if not enough people donated, then pray like crazy [...]

Mar

28

The Monday plug and a couple other things to start the week

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This week’s column is about Campaign Finance Reform as it will someday apply to the Internet. What will be known as the years of the “McCain-Feingold rush” will be an interesting battle. Read about it in “Panning for gold in cyberspace.” ———- Other stuff… At the end of regulation play of Saturday night’s Michigan State/Kentucky [...]

Mar

27

A quick Sunday sports break: Skip down a post if you don't like basketball

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Sunday night’s double overtime victory by Michigan State over Kentucky was nearly enough to make me forgive Kansas for screwing my brackets on the first weekend of March Madness… a loss that means for sure I’ll not win a pot of what will probably amount to dozens of dollars. MSU’s on a roll, and plays [...]

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