Sometimes, life is extremely depressing. As a blogger, it can be a rut I fall into too easily. Announcing the unexpected death of someone close to me has only made me realize even more that things here haven’t exactly been a joy parade.
This blog was, according to my original intention, supposed to be reborn as a general interest blog.  [...]

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Saudi court sentences gang rape victim to 200 lashes.
Further commentary is, I think, unecessary.

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My co-worker and dear friend Nellie passed away suddenly last night. She has had heart problems over the past year, and had an internal defribillator that activated itself on Tuesday night.
Yesterday, she was supposed to go to the doctor to find out what had happened, and that’s the last I knew before I received word [...]

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Note: As I went to write my first post this morning, I noticed that I still had this draft sitting in the can from last week, when I was having internet problems. I finished it up and decided to post it today: 
David Weigel at The American Conservative takes a look at how the animosity toward [...]

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On Friday, I discussed at some length my thoughts on the political realities pro-lifers must work with in this country going forward, catalyzed by Fred Thompson’s comments on Meet the Press.
Today, I see that Thompson has won the National Right to Life Committee Endorsement, a significant boost to his campaign and a fairly strong enhancement of [...]

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A college student in Iowa claims she was told what to ask at a Hillary Clinton campaign event in that state - despite the fact that she wanted to ask something else.
We all know politics is a dirty game full of calculated artifice, but wouldn’t it be smarter not to entrust the secrets of your softball [...]

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This is a message to the politically correct elites out there in la-la land:
KEEPING TABS ON MUSLIMS DOES NOT EQUAL RACIAL PROFILING!!!
Get it through your heads - Islam is a religion that bridges cultures, colors and countries. There are dozens of countries with Muslim majorities across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. There are countless other [...]

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OK, not really, but this punk rocker risked his own life to save another.
“I jumped down on to the tracks, lifted him off the ground and put him on my shoulder - he was heavy but there was enough adrenaline rushing through to help me,” said Julian, who is in year 9 at Lisarow High [...]

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Robert Novak took Fred Thompson to task yesterday in a piece in The Washington Post over his comments on the abortion issue on Meet the Press.
Fred Thompson was well into a prolonged dialogue about abortion on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday when he said something that stunned social conservatives: “I do not think it [...]

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I’m not particularly proud of it. I sometimes wish I could just forget that decade ever happened - especially when I see things like this.

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