Bioethike

Quoth the Chicago Tribune: Braun made history in 1992 when she became the first African-American woman elected to the Senate. But her positive publicity didn’t last and six years later Braun lost to Republican Peter Fitzgerald following a troubled term that included an investigation in whether she abused spending in her campaign fund. Braun was [...]

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Good grief, can’t this guy just relax? HT: BigGovernment.com. Photo: I assume that this is an official government photograph, approved by the late Gene Roddenberry and NASA, and therefore is in the public domain.

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Yes, the Rev. Fred Phelps and crew from Westboro (KS) Baptist Church were at it again, but apparently the good folks of Weston, Missouri were loaded for bear. Or bull, as the case may be. From fox4kc.com: WESTON, MO. — People in Weston, Missouri banded together on Saturday. They wanted to protect loved ones who [...]

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From the Hindustan Times: Namaste India! In all likelihood that will be silver-tongued Barack Obama’s opening line when he addresses the Indian parliament next week. But to help him pronounce Hindi words correctly will be a teleprompter which the US president uses ever so often for his hypnotising speeches. According to parliament sources, a technical [...]

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Where did he park his tank? Former Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis, the failed 1988 presidential nominee, recently visited the White House and delivered his strategy for the midterm elections: pound key precincts across the country with the message that Republicans want to implement the same policies that led to the Great Recession.Dukakis, who said [...]

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Ecumenical News International News Highlights 16 August 2010 Church bells to ring out in September for species protection London (ENI). Support for United Nations talks on biodiversity will be marked in Britain by the biggest nationwide peal of bells since celebrations to mark the eve of the third millennium, organizers say. “Ringing the church bells [...]

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Responding to the 71% of Missouri voters, who approved Proposition C which seeks to exempt Missourians from Obamacare, The Hill reports Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) as saying: “I certainly noticed the vote on Prop C, the healthcare law, and: message received.” “I think there has been … a lot of noise about the mandate that [...]

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Most definitely with cause. You can learn more about the suspension of Fr. Paul Vlaar, pastor of St. Victor’s in Obdam, The Netherlands, from Tom Peters at American Papist. In the meantime, watch and weep. Thankfully, no vuvuzelas.

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My denomination, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, is having our triennial convention in Houston, TX this week. This afternoon I watched the opening Divine Service (worship service with Holy Communion) online. The altar being used for the entire convention is very strange. I’ve never seen anything like it. It actually has a T.V. in it which, [...]

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The Wall Street Journal reports that one internal Raytheon e-mail obtained by the news organization equated “Perfect Citizen,” a new federal cyber-security program, with “Big Brother.” Didn’t anyone in Washington, D.C. watch Eagle Eye (2008)? Oh, wait. . . maybe they wrote the script.

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