I have posted before on the subject of usury. There was once upon a time when usury was not simply illegal in the USA, but the USA defined what was considered usury. You should know a couple of facts: In 1980, because of inflation, Congress passed the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act exempting […]
For physics geeks
OK, this is for all you physics geeks. You already know that there have been debates, theories, and conjectures over dark matter for decades. In February of this year an informational release of a coming paper was issued. It said in part: The predictions of a theory proposed as an alternative to dark matter have […]
Moammar Ghaddafi is no more
Moammar Gaddafi (Mu?ammar al-Qa???f? ) is dead. It took seven months of fighting for this to happen. But, another Arab dictator is down and gone. Couple that with the various al-Qaeda leaders that have been removed by drone attacks and the change that has taken place across the Middle East over the last couple of […]
More on definitions of poverty
The posting I had on “definitions of poor” had several interesting return comments that are worth considering. Let me quote parts of them. The various paragraphs are from different people. Poor is also relative. Sometimes what is seen as poor in the USA would be seen as not so poor to the refugee who has […]
Interesting definitions of poor
Today I received another of those e-mail forwards that supposedly tell the truth, but are actually rants full of stereotypes, misinformation, and–dare I say it–class warfare of the type that supposedly only the “left” does. This time the e-mail was about how the whole political debate is about those who do not have wanting to […]
Components of mission: Witness, Baptize, Worship
What are three important components of mission? According to the website of the OCA (Orthodox Church in America), they are: Witness, Baptize, Worship. And, of course that makes sense. People are drawn to Christ when they both hear and see a living faith — Witness. As they come in, they need to have their questions answered. This […]
Did you ever wonder what happened to Columbus Day?
There are about a dozen national holidays in the year. When I was young, it was the common practice to give workers the day off on such a national holiday. Oh, I admit that not every national holiday was observed, but certainly almost all employees in most of the country received most of those holidays […]
Vet Centers
Whatever you may think about Garry Trudeau’s politics, he has been a great supporter of those currently serving in the Armed Forces and of veterans. In the comic above he brings up one of the services provided by the VA. Actually, this is only the latest time that he has brought up vet centers. Previously […]
Jurisprudence, penology, and crime control
Yesterday I posted the first part of my answer to Kurt’s comments on penology. We continue today with his point 4 where he asked that we address: 4. The current reality of harm reduction crime control models that are in place in other Western nations that have culled undesirable behavior, and have provided assistance for […]
Jurisprudence, penology, and assumptions
Recently Kurt made some comments on penology that I thought were worth following up on. Below are those comments, edited for purposes of the discussion: I would take further comments seriously if you directly addressed my main assertions and provided clear supporting arguments against the following points: The religious community’s responsibility to do no harm, […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- …
- 189
- Next Page »
