Even greater news

No, God Doesn’t Bless America

By John Pavlovitz, July 3, 2016   No, this isn’t the kind of inflammatory, fear-fueled message that lots of Evangelical pastors prefer to major in these days. It’s not some doom and gloom, sky-is-falling,  [more]

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How many shades of gray?

Martin McGuinness dies: The ‘super-terrorist who became a super-statesman – like so many others

By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 21 March 2017 07:45 GMT   Martin McGuinness followed along the familiar trail of so many enemies of Britain’s weary colonial history.…  [more]

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And I’m pro-life!

And Jesus Said Unto Paul of Ryan…

By Nicholas Kristof, March 16, 2017   A woman who had been bleeding for 12 years came up behind Jesus and touched his clothes in hope of a cure. Jesus turned to her…  [more]

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Mad as a March hare

Alas, it seems our local newspaper, the Sentinel Record, is determined to make Hot Springs known more for its wingnut provincials than as an international tourist trap. The following article was front-page, above the fold, in today’s Sunday edition.  [more]

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And few there be that find it

   

The evangelical bloc

  Dear editor: Even though Donald Trump won the presidential election legitimately, the extreme liberal side still cannot understand how he really won, nor can they stop their ugly and harmful opposition. Even though they…  [more]

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An obituary

Leola Lee Ragland, of Allen, Texas died February 28, 2017 at the age of 91.  She was born near Gatlin, Oklahoma in 1926 to James Odus Kelley and Mattie Alabama Kelley.  She was preceded in death by her parents and…  [more]

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Underlying essence of the United States

How Trump Finally Made This Israeli Arab Feel at Home in America

By Sayed Kashua, Feb 04, 2017 4:23 PM   At long last, after two-and-a-half years, I’m finally starting to feel at home here. Of course, it’s not…  [more]

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