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Wisdom for our troubled times, courtesy of Jon Stewart and Ron Howard
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John W. Kennedy
A couple of noteworthy quotes from over the weekend. “The country’s 24-hour [news cycle] did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much harder. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing. There are terrorists and racists and Stalinists and Theocrats. But those are titles that must be earned. You must have…
How his personal faith and a talk with John Paul II helped former President George W. Bush arrive at his controversial decision on embryonic stem cell research
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John W. Kennedy
The Drudge Report is leaking some tidbits from Decision Points (due out Nov. 9), George W. Bush’s highly-anticipated memoir chronicling the most important decisions in his life. Faith, it seems, played a major role in helping him not only to make those decisions but to stand by them. With chapter titles that include Quitting (on…
Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen and Hollywood’s double standards
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John W. Kennedy
A reader of EOnline makes a solid point and follows with a pointed question: Charlie Sheen gets in trouble–again–and nothing happens to him. Meanwhile, Mel Gibson gets fired from a cameo. Why the double standard? EOnLine’s answer person responds by comparing the two stars’ public scandal sheets — which amounts to a clash of the…
Is it arrogant for a politician to pray about an election?
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John W. Kennedy
The Culture and Media Institute notes a revealing moment from CNN’s American Morning. CMI’s Eric Brown reports that the moment occurred when co-anchor Kiran Chetry questioned Christian Broadcasting Network political reporter David Brody about his interview with Christine O’Donnell, the Tea Party-supported GOP Senate candidate in Delaware, Specifically, Chetry asked about O’Donnell’s reply to a…
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