The Capitol http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/18/5673808-dream-act-blocked-in-senate I’m very sad that the DREAM Act was turned back. Our nation has been known for hospitality to immigrants. The least we can do is give hospitality to children…
Category: News Commentary
Thoughts related to specific news articles
I’m praying DADT is not overturned
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/17/senate-faces-historic-vote-military-gay-ban/ Today I am praying for the US Senate that they will not overturn DADT. The reasons I am against repeal are: 1. It is not good for humans to approve…
Page to Category Switch for News Commentary
I decided that News Commentary should be a category rather than a page series. It is time sensitive; posts allow for shorter comments; and it will have an RSS too. I hope…
Lame Duck Senate Strategy
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/01/5559969-gop-to-block-all-bills-until-tax-cuts-are-addressed I am a registered Republican who often votes Conservative. And I agree with Harry Reid! The Republicans didn’t learn anything from the last election. I bet I’m not the only Republican…
Election 2010 Reactions
Many Christians, including myself, have been praying specifically for these elections. We have been concerned with the moral and spiritual direction of our country as well as the economic one. Today I…
Carl Paladino may be mad but he’s not crazy!
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tomtoles/2010/10/carl_paladino_unhinged.html http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/10/paladino_vs_brainwashing.html Commentators, especially liberal ones, have had a ball with Carl Paladino’s recent comments. I quote one version of the supposedly offending lines. “Appearing before a group of Orthodox rabbis in…
Syracuse Life Chain a United Witness
http://topics.syracuse.com/tag/Life%20Chain/index.html My wife, JoAnne, and I along with another couple from Community Wesleyan, George and Jenny Raterman joined in the Syracuse Life Chain Sunday afternoon. It is an annual public expression of…
Why burning the Koran is wrong and un-Christian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11238062 I am saddened and maddened by pastor Terry Jones’ intransigence in the face of wise and godly counsel. Many people from pastors to government officials to General Petraeus have counseled him…
The Sadness of Abortion
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100730/house-bill-seeks-to-permanently-ban-abortion-funding/index.html I was reading this week that our President and Congress still cannot get their heads around the truth about abortion. While the house is thankfully introducing a bill to clearly end…
Haunting Thoughts as a Church Collapses
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Oswego-Church-collapses-but-memories-remain/JSijb-ftPkCAV8-MVti2dQ.cspx?rss=1543 Street vendors sold hotdogs in the empty building’s shadow and people celebrated with loud music at a local festival on nearby streets. The church looked so normal. Yet without warning, St…