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Congress is facing a Butch-and-Sundance moment tomorrow in the debate over hurtling into the unknown as relentless mercenary forces close in. The Senate has thrown them some goodies to slow down the stampede but essentially left the $700 billion cost unchanged--in fact, adding $150 billion in reduced taxes to the ransom.

In chapter one of his book, The Challenge of Jesus:  Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, written for a lay audience, N.T. Wright enumerates four reasons for the need to continue to wrestle with the historical question of Jesus.  His second reason for engaging in historical study of Jesus is, as he says, “out of loyalty to Scripture” (p.

Digg Puts Focus on Politics, Bringing Charges of Liberal Bias Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 4:49 AM EDT (PBS) Last week, Digg CEO Jay Adelson sat in a crowded room in Denver holding a stack of papers while facing a camera and trying to project his voice over the cacophony around him.

I read the New York Times, and magazines like The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and web sites like Salon. Each of these, IMO are relatively thoughtful and interesting and a good way to keep up with what’s going on. And I tend to agree with them often. I guess my liberal bias matches their liberal bias.

Since Barack Obama clinched the nomination for the Democratic Party the other day, I’ve been very elated that we get a candidate that is not part of the toe-to-heel politicians that have run this place for the last couple of decades. Dont get me wrong.

Found this article via Boortz that says conservatives are much happier in life than liberals, and tries to find an explanation for this differential. Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found.

Obama's Test: Can a Liberal Be a Unifier? Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:17 PM EDT (The New York Times) At the core of Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign is a promise that he can transcend the starkly red-and-blue politics of the last 15 years, end the partisan and ideological wars and build a new governing majority.

On Liberals, Conservatives, Primal Urges and Symbiotic Relationships By MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes March 21, 2008 at 4:32 pm in Feature Article, Liberal-Conservative Grudge Match Just a quick afterthought.