A news crew from KSTP, ABC channel 5 in Minneapolis, was assaulted today during a visit to Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy. Two men confronted the journalists who had gone to the school to obtain a comment from the school about a state Department of Education finding against the school. In an attempt to report about…
Category: Religion
Public Not Believing Obama re Wright
A new Rasmussen telephone poll shows that only 30% of Americans believe that Barack Obama broke with Jeremiah Wright because of his disgust with the former pastor’s racially-charged statements. Most—58%–say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience. … Fifty-six percent (56%) say it’s at least somewhat likely that Obama “shares some of Pastor Wright’s controversial…
Why Indeed?
Obama, Race and Religion
Today Barack Obama delivered a strong speech about race and how, in his opinion, this country needs to reconcile its color issues. The man is an inspiring speaker, no doubt. But what of his substance? Do his ideas represent what is best for the future of this country? In some respects, perhaps. In my mind…
Obama Condemns Wright’s Statements
Barack Obama, undoubtedly stunned by the outcry that followed the popularization of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s racist and anti-American statements, has "strongly condemned" his pastor’s teachings today. This decision is the correct one. But it’s late in coming. If Obama is really to be the trans-party, post-racial leader America has been waiting for he must demonstrate…
Judge Says Silence OK
From the Houston Chronicle: A mandatory moment of silence for Texas schoolchildren has a secular purpose of encouraging thoughtful contemplation and does not advance or inhibit religion, a federal judge said this week in a ruling upholding the 2003 state law. U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn of Dallas ruled in a lawsuit brought by…
The Reason
Like many of you I’ve walked in and out of too many stores, spent too much money, wrapped too many presents, and stayed up too late to really enjoy this special day. Perhaps that’s what’s got me thinking, at this hour, about the real reason for the Christmas season. If you believe in God the father…
Romney on Religion
Relaxed, confident, gracious, Mitt Romney cuts an impressive figure, both on stage and working the crowd. He is everything a political candidate should be and, some would say, one thing more. I was witness to Mitt Romney addressing the big issue in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination – his belief in the Mormon…
Christ not Welcome in Prison
Here’s an example of the sort of ideological boondoggles that today’s polarized, us-against-them power struggles produce on a regular basis here in the old U.S. of A: The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that government support for the InnerChange Freedom Initiative at Newton Correctional Facility — a program operated by Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministries…
Huckabee’s Religious Roots Showing
Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard says: The new 30-second ad that Mike Huckabee has put on the air in Iowa represents a quite remarkable step in presidential politics. Maybe my memory betrays me, but I don’t recall a major presidential candidate who made such an unabashed, unambiguous appeal for support on the basis of…