Category: Currrent Events

News of the Day: Cards Win Game 6 and Obama White House Ties to Lobbies

The St. Louis Cardnals won a thrilling come-from-behind Game 6 in the World Series on David Freese’s 11th Inning home run. Twice, the Texas Rangers had the Cardinals down to their last strike only to see the Cards somehow rally. The Game is already being touted as one of the greatest thrillers in baseball history. … Continue reading News of the Day: Cards Win Game 6 and Obama White House Ties to Lobbies →

News of the Day: Hurricane Irene

  Hurricane Irene pounded the eastern coast of the United States after making landfall in North Carolina. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Bloomberg), the U.S. has suffered $35 billion in losses in nine separate events so far in 2011. That tied a record for disasters causing more than $1 billion damage in a single … Continue reading News of the Day: Hurricane Irene →

My Take on Google’s Decision to Cut Churches Out of Nonprofit Program

Christianity Today reported yesterday on Google's decision to no longer offer churches a discount through their nonprofit program. Their decision is well within their rights as a publicly traded, for-profit corporation. In their guidelines Google states their decision to not offer a nonprofit discount to organizations with “religious content or proselytizing on website as well … Continue reading My Take on Google’s Decision to Cut Churches Out of Nonprofit Program →

The Debt Crisis Debate – A Call for Courage [Opinion]

  The debt ceiling crisis continues to confound the USA's politicians. News shows are in a 24-hour spin cycle as the two parties in Washington play a deadly game of chicken with each other. What is certain (to me) is that whether it is within the next week or the next year, American will face … Continue reading The Debt Crisis Debate – A Call for Courage [Opinion] →

US Economy: Safe Landing or Crash Landing?

I'm starting to think we will know the politicians in Washington are getting close to real budget/debt solutions when everyone is unhappy. Is it possible the only "winning" solution is a lose-lose scenario where we raise taxes (a lot) and cut spending (a lot)? Yes, I know, that will probably destroy the economy, but are … Continue reading US Economy: Safe Landing or Crash Landing? →

Don’t Jump to Conclusions and Skip the Truth

by Chris Eller | July 3, 2010 | Commentary A couple of weeks ago I had several come up to me following a Wednesday evening class and report on the arrest of four Christians handing out gospel tracts at a recent Arab International Festival in Dearborn, MI. My first reaction was, “Wow, we’ve crossed a … Continue reading Don’t Jump to Conclusions and Skip the Truth →

2010: "The Year of Severe Economic Contraction"

by Mike Whitney | December 15, 2009 | Global Research  Upbeat reports in the financial media, belie the effects of the ongoing credit contraction. Massive injections of central bank liquidity have prevented the collapse of financial markets, but have done little to ease the deleveraging of households or stimulate activity the broader economy. The crisis … Continue reading 2010: "The Year of Severe Economic Contraction" →

500 Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticism of "Man-Made" Global Warming

The following link provides a list of peer reviewed papers supporting skepticism of "man-made" global warming or the environmental or economic effects of. Comments, Corrections, Erratum, Replies, Responses and Submitted papers are not included in the peer-reviewed paper count. There are many more listings than just the 500 papers. http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html