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Culture or quality of life

You get what you pay for

May 18, 2005

The modern health care debate causes all sorts of problems for liberals and conservatives.  At the root of it is an argument about life, and inalienable rights.

The Declaration of Independence says that we “are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Does every American have the right to a healthy life?  If so, what does that say about our health care system? [Read Editorial]

Gay choir performs with public school choir ~ Who cares?

April 22, 2005

The choir director ‘fessed up.  “I’m gay,” he told his impressionable but well-conditioned high school musicians.  Forty years ago, his coming out would have resulted in an emergency school board meeting and likely, his firing.  In 1965 things were still different.

In 1965, my high school performed “South Pacific,” that story about World War II and love and lusty Seabees.  I played Luther Billis, the swaggering dealmaker with the soft heart.  At one point in the musical, Billis does a belly dance. 

It took nearly two months for me to work up the courage and endurance to roll my belly for those eight measures.  I wore a grass skirt, coconuts for breasts and a “tattoo” of the Mayflower inked onto my belly.  I danced in the middle of a small circle of Seabees, who lasciviously grabbed at my skirt and laughed wildly. [Read Editorial]

 

Welfare can be deadly to infants

 

April 11, 2005

           Minnesota’s Attorney General Mike Hatch recently published a white paper on health care.  He titled it, “HEALTH CARE: MAKING THE BEST OF A BAD BARGAIN.”  [Emphasis in the original]

Hatch dismisses America’s health care system as a failure.  He even titles one chapter, “THE FACE OF HEALTH CARE: PRETTY UGLY.”  [Emphasis in the original]

As evidence of failure he states, “The United States ranks behind 47 other countries in life expectancy and behind 41 other countries in infant mortality.” [Emphasis added]

Such is the methodology of those who love big government and promote dream-world solutions.  To them, the numbers on a page tells a tragic story that only governments can rewrite.  But to ignore the stories behind the story is to miss the entire plot.  [Read Editorial]

 

Quit beating around the Bushes

John cannot Kerry the load

October 25, 2004

Funny thing.  In 2000 I voted for Pat Buchanan.  This happened after I did an on-air analysis of the candidates and found that I had talked myself out of voting for George Bush.  Primarily, I disagreed with his No Child Left Behind program that serves to federalize education.  On other issues, I had less trouble supporting him.

 Along comes 2004.  No Child Left Behind has become law – bad law.  President Bush's spending is frightening.  But I am impressed by the man.  And I believe that his re-election is critical to the survival of our freedoms.  [Read Editorial]

Law serves as a guide

Gay marriage validates their lifestyle

February 23, 2004

      Why avoid the real issue in the controversy over gay activists’ demand that they be allowed to marry?  It is not really about their finances, or love, or fairness, or lack of procreative ability.  It is not about them being discriminated against in the same way historically faced by racial minorities – gays simply allege this to win sympathy from unthinking persons. 

      This entire controversy is really about validation. [Read Editorial]

Moore favors

11/14/03

   Alabama fired Judge Roy Moore yesterday.  Civilization will be saved. 

   To hear the distinguished Alabama judicial review panel’s spin, Moore’s principled intransigence threatened the very existence of America’s legal system.

    I beg to differ.

    In 1997, Moore stood against Alabama’s courts by refusing to remove a 10 Commandments plaque from his courtroom.  Then, in a move that stunned anti-religious zealots, and despite widespread knowledge of Moore’s defiance of its own state courts, Alabama voters elected him to be their Chief Justice! 

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McCorvey’s lawsuit

An important piece of the puzzle

June 20, 2003

     Norma McCorvey has done a great thing, and the pro-abort crowd will hate her all the more for it.  Bravo, Norma.  We need more like you.

     God shed His grace on McCorvey through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for her sins.  Because of His work in her, she felt compelled to right a grievous wrong and has now filed a lawsuit, hoping to overturn the Supreme Court decision in which she acted as plaintiff, Roe v. Wade.  

     Thirty years ago, abortion advocates used her to give the right to women to have the nascent life in their wombs killed at the hands of an abortionist.  God is now using her to restore hope for millions of babies lying in their mothers’ wombs, and those yet to be conceived.

     We applaud McCorvey for this, but we know this is only a piece of the puzzle.  And as powerful a piece as her action is, it alone cannot win the battle.  Winning the battle for life must remain a multi-faceted strategy.

     In its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court legislated from the bench, creating a right to abortion that violates God’s law, and turns its back on established human law.  Those seven judges, voting in favor of death, showed in their written opinion a lack of legal scholarship, relying on not only a false claim by McCorvey’s attorneys, but also, a very faulty legal analysis.

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Musicians would make

lousy presidents

 

January 14, 2003

      "I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow.  I think war is never the answer to solving any problems.  The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies."

Singer Sheryl Crow, back stage at the American Music Awards, 2003

      Someone needs to ask Crow if she’s ever been beat out of a gig, you know, where someone else got the job she really wanted, the one upon which her entire future rests?  Should this be true, perhaps we can all ask her how she left it with her erstwhile “enemy” and avoided “war.”

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Zacarias Moussaoui, Muslim v.

US, godless government

July 26, 2002

             The crazed Al Quida terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui wrote the above title on each of his hand-scrawled motions he submitted to US Federal Court. 

            As an American Christian who is deeply engaged in political battles, the French-Moroccan terrorist’s words incited and angered my spirit.  How can he dare accusing America of having a godless government?  Doesn’t he know our history!!

            Upon reflection, though, I find that he is right.

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To whom should Americans

pledge allegiance?

 

July 17, 2002

Which one of these pledges is dangerous for our children to recite?

      “I pledge allegiance to the Earth on which I stand, one world, one people, undivided, with food, shelter and justice for all.”

      “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

      These pledges do compete for student time, at least in St. Paul, Minnesota, and I will bet, in your hometown as well.

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Our sure foundation is constitutional

 June 29, 2002

       “Under God” is unconstitutional? 

      Using tax dollars to send children to private and parochial schools is constitutional?

      What gives?

      What gives is an understanding of America’s Christian heritage.

      Ninth Circuit Judge Alfred T. Goodwin wrote in a 2-1 opinion this past week that the phrase “under God” violates the separation of Church and State and hence, he and one of his court clowns declared the pledge to be unconstitutional.

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The old morality still matters

June 21, 2002

       Ask any homosexual activist whether it is any business of yours with whom they choose to have sex, especially when that choice means someone of the same gender. The answer will be unanimous: this is private, consensual and none of your business! Of course, homosexual activist go beyond even this.

      The homosexual activist claims a right to openly live out their sexual preference and we must accept it. They argue that what they do in the privacy of their bedrooms is none of our business, and neither is it our business if they hold hands in public.

      The old morality, based on the Sixth Commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” argues that at least to some extent, the privacy of the bedroom is everyone’s concern. Yet most of us would agree that if homosexuals kept their sexuality in the bedroom, we would likely look the other way – unless they took captive one of our children.

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All Abortion Clinics Forced to Close

Trillion Dollar Settlement

Bankrupts the Abortion Industry

June 6, 2002

       Okay, so the headline is premature. But keep your eyes and ears peeled, because it could become a reality.

      Life Dynamics, Inc. (LDI), a non-profit pro-life ministry from the Dallas, Texas area, will soon file either a massive class action lawsuit, or hundreds of individual lawsuits, on behalf of minors who were subject to statutory rape. Their premise is simple and so profound it is amazing that this has not previously been done.

      LDI searched the laws in all 50 states. They are clear about the legal requirement for health care providers to report child abuse, and that includes statutory rape.

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