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Monthly Archives: August 2006

Puritan Theocracy vs Judicial Tyranny

“Puritans believed in the democracy of New England town meetings. Liberals believe that unelected judges have an unlimited prerogative to create law, even when it is overwhelmingly opposed by the majority of citizens.”
I’ve grown to really like Thomas Brewton’s work on conservatism. This is no exception; it’s on my “highly recommended reads” list.
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Study: God would be an atheist (”correlation does not equal causation” drivel)

“Drawing on a wide range of studies to cross-match faith â�� measured by belief in God and acceptance of evolution â�� with homicide and sexual behavior, Paul found that secular societies have lower rates of violence and teenage pregnancy than societies where many people profess belief in God.”
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All The News That Gives Me Fits

Things I don’t tell my wife
My wife, Shelley, is a kind person - perhaps the kindest soul I’ve ever gotten to know intimately. Frankly, we are very different people and she’s far more consistently pleasant than I am. I’m outgoing, gregarious and less even-tempered; she’s a reserved, consistent and calming influence on me. [...]

Pictures, mental images and the becoming of “self”

Note: Thanks to a hacker’s destroying some files, my site design has changed since this post was published.  The banner referred to in the first sentence no longer exists.  The full picture from which it was cropped remains in the post.
I’ll start at the beginning.
The banner image I chose and cropped for this site is [...]