The 2010 Values Voters Summit Concludes

Well folks, the 2010 Values Voters summit just concluded and I’ve got to be honest: It makes me sad.  Mostly, I think it arises from the knowledge that, in a vast percentage of cases, people are not binary in terms of being “good” or “bad”.  The same mindset that pervaded the Values Voters Summit seems [...]

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You Will Make Mistakes. Forgive Yourself. Move On. Start Rebuilding.

“His son died, his marriage ended, he lost a lot of money,” said Charles, Jr.  “He just walks away from that (emotionally).  Dad says to himself, that doesn’t work.  Don’t revisit it.  There are some things my dad could deal with better if he faced them more.  My dad, if he had a bad experience [...]

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Which Supreme Court Justice Are You? (I’m Anthony Kennedy)

I just took the test rated highest for accuracy answering the question “Which Supreme Court Justice Are You?”. Turns out, like the famous world’s-smallest-political-test I took the other day, I really am a centrist.  I match Justice Kennedy 72% of the time, and he is the swing vote on the court that makes most of [...]

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Pew Research Center Completes Massive Study of Millennial Generation

The highly revered Pew Research Center has completed one of the most extensive studies it has ever undertaken.  It focuses on the so-called Millennial Generation, which consists of those who are currently 18-28 years old, and contrasts them with their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents on a wide range of economic, spiritual, social and cultural [...]

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My Analysis of Judge Walker’s Proposition 8 Ruling, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Legalizing Gay Marriage in California (and Possibly the Entire United States)

I finally got through the ruling from Judge Vaughn Walker in Perry v. Schwarzenegger which overturned Proposition 8 as unconstitutional and it is scathing.  I have never read anything worded this strongly other than Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Texas where you could virtually hear the man shrieking with fists flying (and I say that [...]

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Is the Phrase “Unelected Activist Judge” an Insult or a Compliment?

I’ve been too busy to post my reaction and thoughts on the Perry v. Schwarzenegger ruling from the district court that struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional and made gay marriage legal.  I’ll try to get to that in the next few days but the businesses must come first. (You know my rule: Unless I’ve [...]

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Pornography Study Failed After Researchers Couldn’t Find a Single Man Who Hadn’t Viewed X-Rated Material

Human behavior fascinates me to no end.  Today, I was reading through yet another batch of research papers and studies and one of them made me do a double-take.  Scientists in the United Kingdom wanted to research whether or not pornography degraded women by changing how men viewed them or treated them. The first task [...]

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My Reflections on Christian Legal Society Chapter of University of California Hastings College of Law v. Martinez Supreme Court Ruling

Back in college, when I was the student body treasurer and chairman of the finance board, a Christian group known as Campus Crusade for Christ threatened to sue the university because they wanted to be officially recognized.  The problem was they required that their elected leaders leaders sign a personal “Statement of Beliefs” pledge that [...]

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Does Religion Have a Responsibility to Look to Science?

Here’s an interesting question: Does religion have just as much responsibility to examine scientific evidence as it does religious tradition and scriptural text? Put another way: Throughout history, religion taken as a whole has lagged behind scientific discovery and development, only to redefine itself decades, or even centuries, later.  In the case of Christianity, the [...]

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John Templeton and Value Investing

John Templeton was a billionaire mutual fund pioneer that specialized in using a value investing strategy to buy stocks around the world.  By practicing a disciplined version of Benjamin Graham’s teaching on a global scale, Templeton amassed an astounding record that made shareholders of his fund wealthy and earned him hundreds of millions of dollars [...]

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ACLU to Defend Child Molesters Right to Attend Church

According to a new AP article, convicted child molesters have been banned from going to church because of the on-premise day care facilities operated by many religious organizations.  The argument is that the prohibition to be within a specific number of feet of minors is a fundamental violation of the religious freedom rights in the [...]

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The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah

Discussing the Sin of Sodom at a Family Dinner After we left St. Louis, I stopped by to visit family and spent an afternoon at my grandmother’s house having dinner, discussing politics, and Christianity in general.  The conversation was great and had many of the same topics that the younger generation of Christians have been [...]

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Stuff Christian Culture Likes

I was reading a blog called Stuff Christian Culture Likes (as someone who grew up in that culture, believe me, it’s spot-on and funny), and one of the comments left by someone named Bebe pointed out a very interesting fact that most of my Christian friends ignore: [By the way] is anyone aware that the [...]

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