This morning Kim and I were talking about the utter mystery of, well, everything – especially the bad and troubling things. Finally, in a summation that draws on her sensible Kansas roots, her voracious intellect, her snazzy Stanford education, and her deep faith she says this, “It is God, it isn’t your uncle.” I am…

I am waiting for conservative Christian activists to denounce Ann Coulter. I’m waiting and waiting and waiting and I’m waiting. This does not seem like a tough one, after all, Coulter has now publicly said of presidential candidation John Edwards she wished, “he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.” Christians involved in politics…

Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that a lawsuit aimed at the president’s faith-based effort couldn’t go forward because, well, taxpayers can’t sure over specific executive branch expenditures. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito argued the federal budget is so big, “…it is a complete fiction to argue that an unconstitutional federal expenditure causes an individual…

Great story of the man who loves lions and hyenas and, well, nothing of bears. I’m not sure that he is right that he can trust them with his life more than people but I am sure that his passion and devotion to these animals and his dedication to really, really know them and give…

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