Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a […]
Archives for 2011
Innocence and Interrogation
The video above speaks to a phenomenon that can happen inadvertently when police are trying to learn who actually committed a crime. Of the many innocent people convicted of crimes about 25% of them confessed to crimes which they did not commit. Thus, many people are very upset when the innocent are released years later. […]
Whose birthday is it?
Being illegal, Latino, and a victim
From a newspaper report. Versions of this report ran in many papers, from the Arizona Republic through the Washington Post, etc.: EL MIRAGE, Ariz. — The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down […]
Alabama immigration law on the ropes
From the Decatur [Alabama] daily two days ago: One of the few remaining provisions of Alabama’s tattered immigration law is unenforceable after sustaining twin blows Thursday. … Early Thursday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson of Montgomery delivered the first punch. Thompson previously granted a temporary restraining order preventing the state revenue commissioner and its local […]
Makes one think
2011 Orthodox Institute and Scripture
Over the weekend of November 3-6, at Antiochian Village, an important conference took place. It was a conference that dealt with Scripture, but even more important, it was a cross-jurisdictional conference. Let me quote some lines from the Antiochian website: The 2011 Orthodox Institute, held at Antiochian Village, near Ligonier, PA, over the weekend of […]
Opinions around the state concerning Alabama law
Earlier today I documented the retreat that is beginning on the provisions of the Alabama immigration bill. Since I wrote that post, additional opinions have been posted by Alabama newspapers. For instance, The Anniston Star says that the law should be entirely repealed, not merely amended: … According to the Center for American Progress, Alabama […]
Alabama oversteps itself and starts to retreat
A few months ago Alabama passed and put into effect the toughest anti-immigrant law on record in the United States. Now the very representatives that helped back that law are beginning to back off. Why? Because the unintended effects of that law have angered the citizens who voted them into office. The early abuses were […]
Gun rights in the USA
Reporting from Washington— The House gave gun rights advocates their first legislative win of the year in a move that some saw as a Republican back flip on protecting states’ rights: Approval of a federal regulation that would require states that issue concealed-weapons permits to honor such permits from other states. This actually happened yesterday. […]
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