In a speech delivered in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2009, Ambassador John Bolton (U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2005 to December 2006) delivered a withering assessment of President Obama's foreign policy decisions. An excerpt:The Obama administration believes that its predecessor didn't negotiate enough on issues like the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The president has said repeatedly--starting with his Inaugural Address--that the United States must hold out its hand to countries like North Korea and Iran in the hopes that they will … [Read more...] about John Bolton and Charles Krauthammer on Obama’s Foreign Policy
Has R.C. Sproul Ever Been on the Internet?
A humorous exchange (BTW - I'll soon be posting an interview with Dr. Sproul discussing his soon-to-be-released book Surprised By Suffering, the second edition of a previous work): … [Read more...] about Has R.C. Sproul Ever Been on the Internet?
Former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson
HT: Justin Taylor … [Read more...] about Former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson
Doctrine of Vocation
Dorothy Sayers, a contemporary of C.S. Lewis, wrote a penetrating essay entitled Why Work? published as a chapter in the volume Creed or Chaos? Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster (Or, Why It Really Does Matter What You Believe). Tim Keller referred to Sayers in his sermon on work (about which I previously posted). Sayers writes: What is the Christian understanding of work? I should like to put before you two or three propositions arising out of the doctrinal position which I stated at the beginning: namely, that work is the natural exercise and function of man -- the … [Read more...] about Doctrine of Vocation
The House of Representatives Health Care Debate
You can watch it now, live, as they debate the Stupak-Pitts amendment which would prevent federal funding of abortion under any Health Care Reform bill that gets passed and enacted into law. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment would prohibit coverage of elective abortion in two big new federal programs created by the bill -- the new federal health insurance plan ("public option") and the premium-subsidy program ("affordability credits"). Please call your representative now 202-224-3121 and ask them to support this important amendment, regardless of their perspective on the Affordable Health Care For … [Read more...] about The House of Representatives Health Care Debate
New Unemployment Rate: 10.2%
I posted this video back in July, but I think it warrants a re-post, given today's troubling economic news: the nation's unemployment rate rose to 10.2% in October, the first time in 26 years that it has been above 10%. Economists had forecast an unemployment rate of 9.9%, so the figure released today was worse than expected. Moreover:Prior to this report, most economists had believed that the unemployment rate would keep rising and that job losses would continue into next year. But the jump in unemployment in October took it to levels worse than what many previously had expected to be the … [Read more...] about New Unemployment Rate: 10.2%