OPINION

Major Media Spike Discovery Channel Gunman's Darwinian Motivations

by John West
James Lee's Mug Shot from 2008 Arrest (Montgomery County Police)

If someone opposed to abortion were to take hostages at an abortion clinic, you can be sure the newsmedia would tenaciously track down and publicize every anti-abortion association and comment of the criminal in question. But when a gunman inspired ...

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HISTORY

Do you wear Che Guevara?

by Brian Bierman

You can ask any Cuban refugee whether the following is true. 

One owns Rent-A-Wreck in Gorman.


NEWS

Game Changer of the Post Fire

by Brian Bierman
10 Tanker Air DC-10

Did you see that jet-liner drop on the Post Fire?  That DC-10 was one (if not THE) major component that made the effort of over 800 firefighters a success; keeping the over 1,300 acre blaze from becoming another Day ...

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COMMUNITY

Free Produce

by Brian Bierman

Brad Oliver has more vegetables than he can use.  Corn, potatoes and other items from his bumper crop garden / small farm.  Call 245-1477 to schedule a time to pick some up at no cost.

 


OPINION

Wisdom from Larry the Cable Guy

by Brian Bierman

For something to be funny, it often has to be a unique view of what we know to be true.  I just got an email from a friend titled "Larry the Cable Guy" because he supposedly said the following on....

THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ... why don't we just give them ours?  It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years and we're not using it anymore. 

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post

'Thou Shalt Not Steal'
'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery'
'Thou Shall Not Lie'

in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians because it creates a hostile work environment.


OPINION

Obama's 'Christianity'

David Limbaugh

...let me confess that we can't possibly know for sure whether someone is a Christian, in the sense that we can't read another person's soul. We can sometimes get a pretty good idea based on someone's statements, professions and actions, but ultimately, Christianity is about an individual's beliefs and his faith and personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Some counter with the oft-reported tidbit that Obama heavily relies on his spiritual advisers and receives a daily devotional  on his BlackBerry. But can they explain away his messianic complex or satisfactorily square his apparent personal idolatry with his profession of Christian faith?

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