Representative Terry Gowdy: "We make law!"
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Read MoreIs Harry Reid senile or sinister?
Obama admits Republicans were right all along
The president and his party shut down the government last Fall over Republican threats to shut down Obamacare.
Now it is the president who is shutting down the piece of legislature named for him. Needless to say, the Tea Party movement is frustrated. The Wall Street Journal quoted the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, Jenny Beth Martin, about the president’s fecklessness and fickleness …
Obamacare exchange “accidentally” enrolls thousands of illegal aliens
I’ve got good news and bad news.
First the bad news: the Obamacare exchange in Oregon signed up thousands of illegal aliens.
Now the good news: officials say it was an accident.
Whew!
What could possible go wrong with Obamacare?
Watch the video above.
In a single (if sprawling) sentence, Dr. Barbara Bellar, presents the utter irrationality of Obamacare …
Chump change
Before he went into business for himself, I remember the night that we were having dinner and my dad made a big announcement to the family. He had been offered a new sales position with a firm that was a competitor to his present employer and he had accepted it. But the big part of the announcement was, “If I exceed my quotas, I can earn twenty thousand dollars in my first year.” A hush fell over the table as mom, grandma and I were awestruck as we tried to contemplate that massive amount of money …
Read MoreFull circle
By Karen Quiner My mother made a lot of soup. With a big soup bone, the leftover meat from the Sunday roast, some onions, garlic, bay leaf, and the vegetables she had on hand, she could feed eight hungry children with a healthy, satisfying, and delicious meal. If anyone stopped by at meal time, as…
Read MoreThe challenge of making "Jesus" movies
Good Christians have intensely personal relationships with Christ.
My evangelical Christian friends talk about the necessity of establishing this personal relationship, this friendship, with God’s only Son. Catholics pursue this relationship through the Church’s sacraments which are profoundly personal.
In other words, Christians see Christ a little bit differently, even though they are friends with the same Man-God. You can see the challenge filmmakers face when creating movies about the life of Christ …
Understanding liberal values
Top 15 religious movies for Lent
Lent is a good time to revisit some of the great religious movies made down through the years.
I have a number of favorites, which I’ve listed below. My list this year has been expanded to fifteen movies (from 13 last year) to accommodate a couple of new entries: “Son of God,” which is in the theaters right now, and “Faustina.”