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Popular water-cooler theories: 1) For men, sex and power are very connected. On a caveman, evolutionary level, a key perk of being powerful is having sexual bounty. For women, sex isn’t about power. It’s about (I’ll let my women readers fill in the blank) _________. 2) Women actually care more about their kids. No mother…

Politicians when caught in sex scandals seem to often apologize for “letting down” or “disappointing” various people — and Mark Sanford hit that point over and over. For his family: “Let me first of all apologize to my wife Jenny, and our four great boys Marshall, Landon, Bolton and Blake for letting them down.” His…

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New tapes of Richard Nixon once again have the former President and the evangelist talking about Jews in disturbing ways. Cathy Grossman of USA Today summarizes: “ixon raises the news that Israel had mistakenly shot down a Libyan civilian airliner, killing all on board. Nixon says, ‘What I really think is, deep down in this…

Because the mainstream media has been censored in Iran, it’s very hard to get a sense from TV of what’s going on. Based on the posts and tweets on AndrewSullivan.com and HuffingtonPost.com — two of the best sources — the situation has worsened. For instance, Andrew posts these tweets from Baharestan Sq: “I see many…

RH Reality Check linked to a fascinating article on a site called “Science Notes” about the reasons for third trimester abortions. As regular readers know, I’ve been hunting for good stats so I was interested in the author’s data about “What causes third trimester abortions?” The author recounted a 1999 study that concluded: 40% of…

For years, we saw the famous image of a Vietnamese man about to be executed — without realizing that there was film of him actually being shot, crumpling to the ground. For years, we saw only the part of the Zapruder film in which President Kennedy was shot in the neck and not the horrifying…

Though Mohandas Gandhi valued simplicity, he would undoubtedly be delighted that the rampant spread of technology has made Gandhian non-violence more effective. Indeed, the digital age — when every phone is a camera and a telegraph — makes Gandhism far more potent than it was when he was alive. Truth is, Gandhi’s approach was not…

Ron and Ann Sody ask for your prayers here: “We are having some financial difficulties and may be facing foreclosure. We have a family of 6 and are struggling. Please pray for us that God will help us through this difficult time and that maybe we can redo our loan and get caught up. We…

PBS recently decided it would not air new “sectarian” religious programs. (Existing ones get grandfathered in). Jay Sekulow thinks this is a bad idea. Barry Lynn thinks it’s a good idea. What do you think?
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