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From the article : There it was, an old term with new urgency: post-Christian . This is not to say that the Christian God is dead, but that ...

Kieran Kane with Emmylou Harris ~ This Dirty Little Town Thanks to neddysea , UK.

A comment in response to last week's video : Gordon, if you like Cookie Rankin, you will love the rest of her family. - montag Well, Mon...

A few minutes ago I was in the 'reading room' as I am every morning, with my copy of The Old Farmer's Almanac and next to today...

Following up on my earlier post , some lovely footage of these old crates . Note the crew 'walking the prop' to pump oil out of the ...

Captain Phillips, skipper of Maersk Alabama and hostage to drugged-up Somalian thugs, obviously read my earlier post and followed my advic...

I posted the other day about SecDef Gates' decision to cut some useless pork outta the military budget. But wait! When ya shake a tree,...

From Margie Burns . The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has released its copious report on abuses of pres...

I couldn't resist. Watch Rachel try to hold it together and Wonkette sail through as cool as a cucumber. Funny. By the way, the best def...

The Communist Chinese are our biggest trading partner. Communist Vietnam welcomes American tourists by the thousands and also has a vigor...

El Rude-o A Message From the Left to Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, et al: Blow Us: (photo of Obama with the troops) And you, too, Dick Cheney. S...

LATimes Russell Dunham, a World War II Army veteran who was awarded the Medal of Honor, the military's highest decoration for valor, aft...

No shit. Good read by P.M. Carpenter . Reassuring, since someday soon Mr. Obama will indeed take ownership of the GOP's economic sewer. ...

I was reading about the negotiations to free Captain Phillips of Maersk Alabama * at the Beeb : *This is not the first time this ship has be...

I've had the same thought as Tony Peyser : Call me crazy, point to my tin foil hat Say my idea's weird & unconventional But coul...

No amount of legislation would have prevented the gun violence over the past few weeks. While I'm of the firm opinion there are too man...

Gleefully gleeped from YubaNet .

Tomorrow begins Passover for our friends of the Hebrew persuasion, and we wish them a fine observance. This might be a little previous, but...

NYT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The American crew of a hijacked U.S.-flagged cargo ship retook the vessel Wednesday from the Somali pirates who s...

BuzzFlash lead in to Oil Giants Loath to Follow Obama’s Green Lead (NYT): You don't say. They are praying for the return of Dick Chene...