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The Challenge of Cosmology
The idea that the story we know is only the very beginning raises a new question in place of Feynman's objection that Christianity is provincial. Is it presumptuous to claim that in such a grand universe, possibly with intelligent life arising in many places, the redemption and transformation of the entire cosmos starts here, on our pale blue dot?
Stress and God's Built-in Neuro-sabbath
"For a few moments, it felt like our little church community was surrounded by glory. The wisdom of Christ in the hypothalamus was illumining the wisdom of Christ in the prophets and gospels."
Walking the Walk: Thoreau and the art of seeing nature
What can a practicing scientist in the 21st century—even a "bench scientist" like me whose scientific forays are confined to a laboratory—glean from a 19th century wanderer like Thoreau?
Evolution and Faith in Latin America, Part 2
As I read The Voyage, I often thought about Darwin's other famous work, The Origin of Species, and the delight that Darwin clearly took in the natural world. Writing about a tropical forest in Brazil, he found himself at a loss for words, "…it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind."
Francis Collins by the Book
Considering my own stance on the satisfying harmony of science and faith, you might be surprised to find on my shelves nearly everything written by Richard Dawkins (including "The God Delusion") and my late friend Christopher Hitchens (including "God Is Not Great"). One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.
Faith, Science and Metaphors
How do metaphors impact the dialogue between faith and science? We might start by asking: what are the framing metaphors at work in the current debates? Even using the word "dialogue" here suggests an implicit metaphor that frames my approach to the relationship between faith and science. Imagine substituting "dialogue" with "war;" that would conjure a completely different metaphorical framework.
Series: Searching for Motivated Belief (12 entries)
Over the next few months, with permission from Yale University Press, BioLogos will offer edited versions of chapters from John Polkinghorne's best books, Belief in God in an Age of Science and Theology in the Context of Science, in order to help readers delve more deeply into some of his most important ideas.
Engaging Science in the Life of Your Congregation
With so many issues to discuss, Christians can easily get the feeling that science is always attacking the faith. It is essential to balance such conversations with positive responses to God's creation. After all, the primary response to the natural world in the Bible is to praise the God who made it.
Multiple Lines of Evidence for an Old Universe
Astronomers have many different methods for measuring the age of various objects in the universe, and they all support ages of billions of years, not thousands. Even if the assumptions of one or two methods were faulty, it is highly unlikely that all of the methods would be affected.
Psalm for the January Thaw
God shows himself not just in the orderliness of nature, but powerfully, joyously and always surprisingly in its beautiful "non-order" as well.
Series: Made in the Image of God: The Theological Implications of Human Genomics (4 entries)
This series by Denis Alexander reflects on advancements in genomics as well as their theological implications. He focuses on the relatedness of hominin genomes, arguing that this does not interfere with the image of God in humans. The image of God depends more on the capacity for relationship and covenant, not on a list of particular physical qualities. He then discusses why the recent studies of genomics provide "no grounds for genetic determinism."
Frenetic Sequence
We tend to think of creativity in terms of flashes of insight and brilliance, of novelty, and especially of unexpected things bursting upon the scene. But creativity is no less creative and no less remarkable when it proceeds step by step, according to discipline, according to rule.
Series: Recent Discoveries in Astronomy (4 entries)
In this excerpt from the book Delight in Creation: Scientists Share Their Work with the Church, astronomer Deborah Haarsma shares her excitement about recent findings about our universe from a Christian perspective.
Stumble On
The song is built around the image of a river flowing through a canyon it has sculpted—an image that can easily be played out as a picture of the way that the Lord has been at work preparing a path for us in the material world, complete with signposts to his former and present activity.
Series: Beauty, Science and Theology (3 entries)
It doesn't take a scientist to appreciate the beauty with which God has arrayed his creation. But scientists do have the opportunity (and training) to appreciate different kinds of beauty than do most non-scientists, whether they are ordinarily "hidden" in the extremes of scale, the elegant processes of an experiment, or in the abstraction of mathematics. Indeed the appreciation of various kinds of beauty has always played a critical role in motivating scientists to investigate the world, and in helping them decipher its workings. In the three-part essay, Ruth Bancewicz explores some of the ways beauty, science and theology intertwine.
What Does It Mean to Be Human? A Response to Bruce Little, Part 2
Trinitarian theology and the image of God are important, non-essentialist resources to help us think about the distinct place of humanity in creation.
What is the Higgs Boson?
At a press conference on July 4, 2012, and with 99.99994% confidence (5 sigma), CERN announced the discovery of a particle consistent with that of a Higgs boson (a.k.a. "the God particle"). This is very exciting for elementary particle physicists. But what is the Higgs particle, and what is its meaning?
Naming 'the God Particle'
The discovery of the Higgs boson would certainly be a breakthrough for particle physics and cosmology, but would such a finding also radically redefine theology's understanding of God or challenge the existence of such a deity? Is there actually any theological or religious significance in Higgs physics at all?
The Questions Update: The Image of God
Over the last two weeks, the Forum has explored the imago Dei from various perspectives. Today's post features a preview of the updated Question, "How could humans have evolved and still be created in the ' Image of God'? written by Senior Web Consultant and Writer Deborah Haarsma.


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Lake Huron sugar-sand private beach on Duncan Bay
Yes, you are right on the beach, 90 feet from Lake Huron
Just outside Cheboygan, Michigan -- all paved roads
Open-beam knotty-pine ceilings, chalet-style roof
Family-style home with everything you need
Soaps, bath linens, and bedding provided
House is cleaned and laundered before rental
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Full kitchen, microwave, dishwasher, kitchen bar
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Wireless high-speed internet
Laundry with washer and dryer
2 bathrooms with 2 showers, 1 bath
Kayak rental available on site
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Gas furnace, water heater
Large round picnic table seats 8 on front deck
Second floor balcony -- see the Mackinac Bridge!
Two person swing on the beach
12-foot rowboat with oars and cushions
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Fall asleep to the sound of waves on the beach
Swim, wade, and frolic in warm Duncan Bay!
Large outdoor grill and concrete firepit
Beach chairs, deck chairs, portable chairs
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Just footsteps away from Cheboygan State Park
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Just minutes from shopping in Cheboygan, Mackinaw City, Harbor Springs
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Sinatra's Super Foods: Cinnamon
Sinatra's Super Foods: Cinnamon
Okay, so maybe technically speaking, cinnamon is a Super Spice, not a Super Food. But as far as I'm concerned, it's super nonetheless. That's because cinnamon possesses major antioxidant power, which enables it to squelch the free radicals in the body that trigger inflammatory conditions, such as heart disease.
Cinnamon contains not just one but five antioxidants. Cinnamaldehyde, the most powerful of cinnamon's antioxidants, has been shown to reduce arterial inflammation as well as blood clots. And researchers have found that cinnamon also stimulates the release of nitric oxide, which causes blood vessels to dilate and increases blood flow and circulation.
In addition to enhancing circulation, cinnamon also enhances the ability of insulin to metabolize glucose. This helps to control blood sugar levels by increasing glucose metabolism (burning calories at a faster rate). One study involving diabetics found that those given cinnamon had blood sugar readings that were, on average, 20 percent lower than those in a control group. And when the participants stopped taking the cinnamon, their blood sugar readings went back up.
If you're still not sold on cinnamon's superlative qualities, know that the spice has also been shown to keep your brain young and sharp. In one study, participants chewing cinnamon gum performed an array of mental tasks better than those who chewed a different flavor of gum or no gum at all.
A Sprinkle A Day
Cinnamon is an easy spice to include in your diet as it often brings back childhood memories of holidays and special times. And as it turns out, it doesn't take a lot of cinnamon to produce reductions in blood sugar levels. In fact, researchers estimate that about one-quarter teaspoon of cinnamon taken two to three times daily can yield profound glucose-lowering effects.
So use cinnamon liberally on the old standard comfort foods like oatmeal and toast. Sweeten hot tea, smoothies, salads, cereals, yogurt, fresh fruits, and even vegetables with a few dashes. Use it often when baking, as in the following recipe. (Get more heart-healthy recipes.) And even try cinnamon in unexpected recipes, like chili and tomato sauces.
Awesome Apple Crisp
- 10 apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
- 1½ cups apple juice
- 3 Tbsp. ground cinnamon, divided
- 1½ tsp. ground nutmeg, divided
- 4 cups rolled oats
- ½ cup amaranth flour
- 3/4 cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup walnut oil
Preheat oven to 350° F. Spread apples in a large baking dish and cover with apple juice. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cinnamon and ½ teaspoon nutmeg. Place oats in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, and the flour, and toss to mix. Add maple syrup and walnut oil and blend well (mixture should be crumbly). Spread the mixture over the apples. Bake 40 minutes, or until apples are tender and juices are bubbling. Let cool. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.
Makes 12 servings.
Nutrition Facts (per serving): Calories 440, Fat 5 g, Sodium 13 mg, Carbs 82 g, Fiber 10 g, Protein 8 g
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Terrorism and Society (Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources)
Introduction to Terrorism and Society
"Terrors of Brainwashing Ordeal"
Harold William Rigney, 1956
"Violence and Xenophobia in Germany"
Joachim Krautz, 1993
"Terrorism in the United States"
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001
Terrorist Use of News Media
The Associated Press, 2001
Peer Pressure Spurs Terrorists, Psychologists Say
Shankar Vedantam, 2001
"Harsh Detention for Afghan Prisoners"
BBC News, 2002
Biological Counterterrorism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
Tamim Ansary Interview
Alexis Menten, 2002
"The Psychology of Terrorism"
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Rep. Tom Latham became the latest in a flurry of lawmakers to announce they won't seek re-election next year, creating opportunities as both parties seek an edge going into the 2014 midterm elections.
Byrne coasts in Ala. special election
Republican Bradley Byrne on Tuesday won the special election for Alabama's vacant 1st Congressional District, easily defeating Democrat Burton LeFlore.
Rhode Island extends state Obamacare sign-up deadline
Rhode Island's new insurance marketplace said on Tuesday it will extend its deadline until the end of the year for consumers to sign up for private coverage plans under President Barack Obama's healthcare law and still get benefits on January 1. The HealthSource RI marketplace will let individuals who select a plan by December 31 and pay by January ... (more)
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Technology company executives pressed President Barack Obama on Tuesday to rein in the U.S. government's electronic spying after a court dealt a blow to the administration's surveillance practices.
Senate Republican leader McConnell to oppose Yellen
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he will oppose President Barack Obama's appointment of Janet Yellen as the next head of the Federal Reserve, citing concerns about her willingness to defend the dollar.
Former Microsoft exec to oversee Obamacare website overhaul
Kurt DelBene, a recently retired Microsoft executive who headed the software giant's Office unit, will spearhead efforts to continue the overhaul of the federal government's website for health insurance, the government said on Tuesday.
White House Now Touts Diversity of Appointees
President Barack Obama nominates Robert Leon Wilkins , Nina Pillard and Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2013.
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The issue at hand is small, even for local politics: The sudden closure, over four days, of a pair of access lanes from Fort Lee, N.J., onto the George Washington Bridge into New York.
Germany's Merkel starts 3rd term in new coalition
Germany's Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe's biggest economic power on Tuesday, nearly three months after an awkward election result forced her to put together a new governing coalition.
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Democrats used their newly initiated lower threshold for defeating filibusters Monday to win Senate confirmation of President Obama's nomination of former top Pentagon lawyer Jeh C. Johnson to be secretary of homeland security.
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TRAVERSE CITY -- Traverse City dog owners will soon have a place to let their canine companions run leash-free.
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Krampus Night at the D.A.N.K. House #Creepmas
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Phantom Airwaves and Chicago Hauntings invite you to experience the horror of Krampus night, when St. Nicholas and his diabolical sidekick Krampus visit the homes of children around the world, bringing gifts for the good–and kidnapping the bad. Food and festive fun will be on tap, as well as a cash bar. Featuring readings from Michael Esposito and Ursula Bielski's "Krampusnacht Book of Cautionary Tales," traditional German folktales, Chicago's German-American ghost stories, and the haunting music of Phantom Airwaves. Plus . . . a visit from Krampus himself! At the beautiful Skyline lounge in the historic D.A.N.K. Haus German American Cultural Center. 4740 N. Western Avenue, Chicago. $10. New, unwrapped toys collected for donation!
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Leave a Comment Go to Post...WildClaw Theatre Presents H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
WildClaw Theatre presents the world premiere stage adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Previewing December 12th, then opening Friday, December 13th, 7:30pm at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 North Southport, Chicago, IL. Running through January 26th, 2014 with performance times Thursday thru Saturday at 7:30pm, and Sunday at 3pm.
Directed by Shade Murray, and featuring company members Steve Herson, Brian Amidei, and Ele Matelen, with Brittany Burch, Christy Arington, Mark Pracht, Jude Roche, Katey Kerman, Bob Kruse, Mary Jo Bolduc, Matt Farabee, Adam Shalzi, David Seeber, and Brady Johnson.
Small towns have big secrets. In the dead of winter, an eager young student of anthropology is pulled toward the strange and isolated village of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, where the only thing more disquieting than the furtive townsfolk is the pervasive odor of death, decay, and rotting fish in the air. Some say a pagan cult drove all of the orthodox churches out. Some say there are endless tunnels beneath the town. And some say they've seen devils on the reef by the light of the moon. But all who hear its name, spoken in hushed whispers throughout New England, will agree on one thing: there is a dark and sinister shadow over Innsmouth.
WildClaw is thrilled to present the World Premiere adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". This terrifying journey of life, home and transformation continues WildClaw Theatre's quest to bring intelligent and imaginative horror to the Chicago stage.
Shade Murray (A Red Orchid Theatre) has assembled a remarkable production team for "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Adapted for the stage by WildClaw Company Member Scott T. Barsotti, set design by John Ross Wilson, costume and makeup design by WildClaw Artistic Director Allison Greaves Amidei, lighting design by Heather Gilbert, and sound design by Mikey Moran and Mikhail Fiksel.
Tickets $17-$25, with student discounts available. For more information, please visit athenaeumtheatre.org or www.wildclawtheatre.com
Leave a Comment Go to Post...The Nutcracker Nightmare at Strangeloop Theatre
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Strangeloop Theatre presents
The Nutracker Nightmare
A tale of Christmas joy & horror
"The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, but oh, little children, the toys beware. The Doll Queen is coming with her icy stare, into your dreams creeps the Nutcracker Nightmare."
In a world where dolls come to life and little children dream of sugar plum fairies, a new evil has emerged from the toy box. It's up to one young girl, a rag doll, a toy soldier and a ballerina mouse to prevent the total destruction of Christmas. Where's the Nutcracker when you need him?
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The cast includes: Lauren Bourke, Carrie Campana, Elana Elyce, Letitia Guillaud, Jaclyn Jensen, Tim Lee, Allison McCorkle, Carolyn Minor, Mark Edward Penzien, Holly Robison, Andrew Todaro and Chad Wise.
Written and directed by Strangeloop company member Maria Burnham, Nutcracker Nightmare runs two nights only: Sunday, December 15, and Monday, December 16, at 8 p.m. at Mary's Attic, 5400 N Clark St. in Chicago, (above Hamburger Mary's). Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or in advance at Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/511457.
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The Sixth Annual International Festival of Radio Horror Plays
Chicago, IL – WildClaw Theatre Company proudly presents DEATHSCRIBE 2013, the Sixth Annual International Festival of Radio Horror Plays, on Monday December 2rd, at 8:00pm. This collection of spine-tingling audio nightmares will be presented at the historic Mayne Stage Theatre, 1328 W. Morse Ave, Chicago. Admission is $30 ($23 for students w/ identification).
Continuing our pursuit of intelligent, imaginative horror storytelling, we solicited and received over 100 original works from both theatre and horror aficionados around the world. The final five will be performed by some of Chicago's finest actors, accompanied by Seeking Wonderland and a team of sound effects artists. The winner of the "Bloody Axe" will be chosen by a panel of horror and theatre experts. DEATHSCRIBE 2013 will present the following five original horror radio plays:
- "Strange Weather", written by Travis Williams, directed by Jan Blixt (Michigan Shakespeare Festival).
- "We Apologize For The Inconvenience", written by Chelsea Paice, directed by Kevin Theis (Seanachai Theatre, Deathscribe 2012).
- "The Monroe County Pumpkin Queen", written by Joseph Zettelmaier, directed by Laura Hooper (Black Box Acting).
- "Record/Record", written by Mark Harrison, directed by Jeffrey Gardner (Our Fair City)
- "Cheap Plastic Mask", written by Jake Carr, directed by Noah Simon
This guarantees to be a unique and thrilling night of horrifically alternative holiday entertainment. For more info please visit us at www.wildclawtheatre.com. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.maynestage.com/Wildclaw-Deathscribe.aspx or by phone at the Mayne Stage box office, (773)381-4554.
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Student Alliance for Leadership and Education will have their 2nd Annual Zombie Trail at Northeastern Illinois University. The website is www.saleneiu.wix.com/zombie-trail
The world has descended into panic as the slow infestation of the undead marches across NEIU, consuming everything living in its path. Come hunt for Dia de los Muertos items while you try to escape from the living dead.
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This has nothing to do with money. "The rich" is dog whistle Democrat-speak for "Republican". You are forgiven for being rich-while-Democrat because you "care". But rich-while-Republican will soon be fodder for the gulags, if the "progressives" truly get their way. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Another excellent essay by VDH. This should be everyone´s Must Read. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
How in the world did Obama come up with the idea that $250,000 is rich? If one doesn´t own a business, that amount makes one comfortable and more secure than a day laborer.If the $250,000 is from owning a small business, it just means the business is a going concern, but it has to keep working hard to maintain that amount in order to cover increasing costs imposed by governments, federal, state, and local, and to pay higher wages to their employees.The real fat cats are increasingly Democrats, as VDH points out. Republicans need to start and keep pointing out that fact for the next four years. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Lots of good ideas! None will be put in to action by the orchestra of titmice known as the House of Representatives. Oh, and re: the fat cats? Zero´s multi-millionaire buddies are as untouchable as he is. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I am now regularly hearing that PINO wants the rates increased for "the highest bracketS."The sneak. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
An education system run by Marxists produces economic illiterates who are taught to despite capitalism. IF we have any hope it will begin with parents correcting this rot and not offering up their kids to the public school system. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Watch out for Buffet too!He is out there pushing for 55% tax on the dead. Is it just a coincidence that his company sells insurance to cover estate tax, so that family farms and businesses can remain in the families? Without the insurance, families are forced to sell the property to pay the tax!SO, Buffet´s company sells MORE insurance.Buffet = commie shyster. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
All of these rich fat-cat ´Rats could be paying "their fair share" right now if they wanted to, no tax legislation needed. Just write a check and send it in, the Treasury will cash their check. But they won´t do it. When challenged to do so, Buffett said he would if others did so ahead of him. That must mean he´s trying to be like his Messiah Obama, leading from behind. I have no respect for ´Rats, especially those who won´t walk their talk. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Intead of raising taxes on income, why don´t the Republicans purpose a wealth tax and then watch the Buffet-types start to squeal like stuck pigs. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
What goes around -- comes around and trust me -- these liberals will be crying a different tune at some point....I don´t know when -- but -- truth always wins out in the end....BTW -- have you seen all the babawa strident commercials on the television "selling" her new movie --after her retirement? Pretty pathetic..... She´s to busy to clean up the decaying whale on her beach front property -- but she wants YOU (are you listening California?) to pay for it....What a gal!!LZK Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Look, I`m a thousandaire an I refuse to apologize for it!! Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
I don´t get the automatic connection of high income with wealth. They are two very different things. One often forgotten fact is that often a high income is a very temporary condition. Look at a salesman who has just had a very good year, or an offensive lineman in the NFL who blows out his knee after his rookie season. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
These liberals have most of their wealth "protected useing all the many ways to keep the government from getting most of their millioms or billions. They therefore can be "liberal with otheres money,ie my taxes. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Poster 12 makes a good point. You can have a very high income but not be wealthy, at least not right away. I am thinking of the example of a professional like a doctor who has to pay off significant debt accumulated during their education. Even if they eventually pull down a good salary their disposable income may be limited by their debt, and I see nothing in Oblamer´s proposals that allow "credit" for that. Same with running your own business. Cash inflow may be high but if you plow it back into your business, your take-home pay may not be all that high. Click Here if you Like this Comment
All true, of course. Some animals are more equal than others. Only one problem with VDH´s piece: it failed to explain what Jay-Z has ever done, of any significance, to bring in those bucks. I cannot name any of his songs and I would not look out the window if he was performing in my front yard. The Slimes used to have an ad, labeling him a ´mogul´ and saying that if you read the Slimes you would be communing with such ´moguls´. If Jay-Z is the Slimes´ idea of a mogul, what hope is there for civilization? Click Here if you Like this Comment
I´d say VDH is a Must Read, but the people who kost need to understand this have no reading-comprehension, relying exclusively on their programming and emotions. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Great article. I especially liked the part about affirmative action for the kids of millionaires like Holder and Susan Rice. AA has been a scam forever, benefiting the wealthy and politically connected (Mooch and O, for instance), not the kids of color who don´t finish high school much less have a chance to go to Princeton and Columbia. Much less the poor white kids who don´t qualify by virtue of their pale heritage. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Poster 9 has the right idea. Forget about income, just tax wealth. These ´Rats want a European model, that is it. Don´t just tax income, tax total wealth. And not just once, do it every year. So people like Buffett and Gates and Streisand and Immelt will have to pay a tax on their possessions as well as income. Go after their mansions and cars and private jets and vacation homes. And no shielding of those things by transferring their ownership to others. And no writing off of debt, either. Those people own all those nice things, tax them on the value of those things. If Obama were really serious about going after "the rich", he´d go after the things they own, not just their incomes. But he won´t, because too many fat-cat ´Rats would get gorted. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
NEVER forget... to these people pressing the "VOTE" button for the guy with the "D." next to his name is the cheapest form of charity..... and that is all the charity they feel they need to exercise. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Very Good Point #14. I have a very good friend who is a chiropractor and pays--among other taxes--for malpractice insurance. At one time he had a fairly nice office but now he has had to move into a much smaller and affordable space and has had to have another chiropractor partner with him so that he can pay his bills; rent, etc. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Man this is just great. The Dems/Marxist have the Repubs in a corner defending the rich. We should be defending economics, but no, the genius republicans are now defending rich people. I am talking in perception here by the American dummies who never had a poor person hire them.Yeah go ahead and nominate another person like Romney the rich guy....crazy. And then define this rich guy. Who is chicken &%&%& to fight back. And, lets them define him.It is the very rich progressives like Soros who are winning...while Boehner and co. seem to be defending rich people.Stupid Stupid Republicans....yeah moderate jokes. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Kudos to #14! My husband and I are both dentists, and I often hear from people how "lucky" we are because we "must be swimming in money". They don´t know that the monthly payment on our student loans and practice loan is nearly $14,000/mo (yes, that´s thousand, not hundred). That´s not even counting insurance, mortgage, taxes, etc. But Obama thinks we´re "rich" Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Victor Davis Hanson, as good as he is, does not come out with the obvious: it´s all about creeping communism, the Marxian dogma of class distinction, class warfare, anything to create chaos between peaceful people. The rich vs the poor promoters do not have to belong to the American Communist Party to continue to promote the Party Line. All any good person has to do is go back to the 50´s when Communism was openly discussed and resisted. Later came, the horrors of Stalin´s Soviet terror, the Gulag slave camps, then it all went silent for many decades while communism advanced under cover of the misused word, liberalism.Go back, read Cleon Skousen´s THE NAKED cOMMUNIST, before that just look him up on Google and see his incredible list outliningalmost 50 signes of Communism. Right there on Google, then read the book if you care.You´ll never learn about it from Diane Sawyer and all those TV liars. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The ironic thing is that they are NOT liberal. They are leftists which are very anti-liberal. The word liberal in the 20th Century and forward has been used by leftists to mislead people into believing they support equality and freedom. But in truth, it is the conservatives (another somewhat misnomer) that truly believe in freedom and true equality under the law. Conservatives today are the ones who are truly liberal in the classic sense of the word--just as our Founders were. Click Here if you Like this Comment
#21 has an excellent point. As I have said before...politics is all about perception. Unfortunately, there is no one in the GOP ranks that understands the art of words. The Dems, on the other hand, are master manipulators. The GOP is defending "rich" people. They are not smart enough to define the real problem and to explain why the tax scheme is detrimental. So, the left wins again through their masterful manipulative marketing to define the GOP as the party for rich elites (when the opposite is true) and the stupid GOP backs up their projected view by not knowing how to properly counter the debate. Why are all the intelligent debaters for the right out here in the real world with little or no voice while the tongue-tied idiots are in office? Click Here if you Like this Comment
The real reason behind the libs getting rich?It is for the children..... Click Here if you Like this Comment
Obama IS talking about taxing Net Worth... then applying it to wages. The $250k won´t be based on salary but on the value of what you own.Essentially, someone making $40k a yr could be taxed at the millionaire rate because he owns a home!And guess who´s re-defining the value of what you own? A WH CZar! Yes!!! They will calculate the Best Use Value of your property.. not the market value!Obozo is trying to achieve the Marxist/Sharia Law of no private property ownership.. the mrtg aid has transferred low end homeowners to ObamaLoans... taxes will force the middle class to only afford renting.Relative to Rich Dems... Just like ObieCare, there will be handpicked Friends O Barry that will be exempt... ie., GE pays no taxes. Click Here if you Like this Comment
#22, your point is well taken. The other thing that the Leftists never note is that people like you and your husband, and a sibling of mine who is a doctor, worked and studied very hard for many years to even get to where you are now.My doctor relative, the child of a housewife and a blue-collar dad who barely made ends meet, earned scholarships and took loans to get their education, which took a total of 22 years from kindergarten through graduating from med school. Rarely were they free for socializing--there was always school work to do.Then years of paying back school loans, practice loans, and finally, twenty years out, loans paid, making a comfortable--not wealthy--living. Just in time to start paying for their own children´s college.To Obama, that´s the undeserving fat-cat rich, who should be paying their fair share. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.


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SPRING LAKE - Sixty years after preachers fumed and engines screamed and more than 7,000 racing fans hollered one of their own to victory, there isn't much left of Harnett County Speedway.
"A lot of people know there's a racetrack back in here somewhere," said lifelong Harnett County native Pat Flowers. He's one of the few remaining who knows where to look.
"But unless you know where, you might look a long time."
Time and trees have pretty much reclaimed the first track in the Cape Fear region to host a NASCAR Grand National event.
But carefully scramble down what's left of long-abandoned grandstands, hop a 3-foot retaining wall and your footing is suddenly solid.
Sixty years later, there's still a track. The clay is packed so densely that only the most opportunistic weeds have gained a foothold.
That's where, for one weekend in 1953, the red clay of Harnett County became the center of the stock car racing world.
Coy Blue, a Spout Springs native who raced at Harnett County Speedway in the late 1960s, recalled the track as "one of the smoothest around. It was a nice little track up in a holler."
In the early '50s, when the owners of Grannis Farm north of Spring Lake decided to go into the racing business, that holler was a natural half-mile oval.
It was a much easier business to get into 60 years ago. Instead of the gleaming concrete cathedrals that house NASCAR races today, many races were held on tracks about a third the size of today's smallest tracks.
Dirt was the surface of choice. In 1953, 90 percent of races were run on dirt. The average winner's purse was $1,000.
NASCAR, then a fledgling organization, needed a race to replace an early season event in Jacksonville, Fla. A track in central North Carolina seemed perfect - even if it had to be built from scratch.
Flowers, whose family farmed nearby land, could hear the construction from his home on Shady Grove Road. Clay for the track was dug out of a hill. Rows of cinder blocks were topped with 2-by-10-inch slabs of pine for seats. A small cinder block structure was built at the start-finish line, with a concession stand added at the top of the hill that served as grandstands.
Like most small tracks, seating was only on one side of the track, between Turns 4 and 1. The other side, between Turns 2 and 3, was where race crews camped and wrecked cars went to die.
A narrow, bulldozed path between Sandy Grove Road and Bethel Church was named Race Track Road, and fields where tobacco would grow later that summer were cleared for parking.
By the first week of March, everything was ready.
The race buzz arrived well before the gates opened.
The winners of NASCAR's first two races in 1953 were going to be at the inaugural Harnett County Speedway race. Lee Petty, the winner at West Palm Beach, Fla., and Bill Blair, who had won the most recent race at Daytona Beach, Fla., were in the field. So was Tim Flock, the 1952 NASCAR champion.
Most fans were pulling for "hometown boy" Herb Thomas, a hard-charging 30-year-old from Olivia. Thomas had finished second to Flock in the previous year's championship battle and had worked through some tough breaks earlier in the season.
With his knowledge of North Carolina clay racing, Thomas was considered one of the race favorites. At the very least, it should be a good race.
Flowers was a young boy in 1953, too young to hike through the farm fields and stands of pine to watch the race alone.
His dad, a churchgoing Baptist, refused to take in such activity on the Sabbath. It wasn't just the temptation to skip church. It was the traffic. People who still live in the area remember the cars on the road more than the ones on the track.
"There were cars everywhere," said Carl McDonald, who lives on Bethel Church Road. "We'd never seen anything like it."
Preachers in the area lamented the traffic jams that kept churchgoing folks out of the pews.
"Dad was really mad about it," Flowers said. "We went to old Bethel Baptist, and the roads that morning were clogged with cars. You couldn't get there."
Some race fans simply trekked through the fields, avoiding the traffic and the admission charge.
"Us country boys knew our way around up here," Flowers said. "So they'd just hike around the back and walk right in."
By race time, a crowd estimated by race officials at 7,000 had jammed the stands. Others joined the race crews in the infield, braving the dust kicked up on a breezy afternoon.
"They had to get water from Mitchell's Pond next door to damp the track," Flowers said.
According to NASCAR records, Thomas had the pole in his '53 Hudson, with Ohio native Mike Klapak on the outside in a '53 Olds.
It was going to be a 100-mile, 200-lap shootout on a sunny Sunday afternoon. As it turned out, only Thomas came out firing.
He beat Klapak into Turn 1 and didn't let anyone get past him from then on. Two hours later, Thomas was still there, taking the checkered flag for a wire-to-wire win. Dick Rathmann, a California driver, was the only driver within three laps of him at the end.
Thomas' winning speed: 51 mph, slower than the dump trucks that regularly rumble up and down nearby N.C. 210 now.
As the dust settled, NASCAR's best packed up and headed home.
They never came back. A year later, Jacksonville returned to the race schedule, and Harnett County Speedway was closed soon afterward.
NASCAR returned to the area in 1957 and '58, running at Fayetteville's Champion Speedway. New owners sold shares in the Harnett County Speedway, cleaned up the track and ran short-track races in the late 1960s and early '70s.
"You could do a lot more racing for a lot less money back then," Blue said. "A lot of the guys had regular jobs, then raced on the weekend. It was a great little track, and a lot of the local names were there."
In time, the farmland around the track was sold. It now is used for timber and sod farming.
Part of the track's cinder block retaining wall has collapsed. The only spectators now are fire ants in mounds on the back stretch. An empty deer stand stands watch over a cluster of beer cans in Turn 2.
"Before too long, it will all be gone, I reckon," Flowers said. "The folks who own it now say they wouldn't want to put a track on it again. For a while, though, it was the place to be. It was fun, and it was loud."
And in the minds of those who heard the thunder, it remains a rust-colored ribbon, looping into eternity.
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ON A RECENT SATURDAY, just a few days before President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address, spoke of America's imminent "liberation for Iraq," two young men walked into an Army recruiting office located in a generic mini-mall, one block north of the University of Southern California campus. It was 9 o'clock in the morning, and the mall, at 32nd and Hoover, was nearly deserted. The neighboring offices, operated by the Air Force, Navy and Marines, were dark. But the Army command, run by Sergeant First Class Arturo Ramos-Martinez, was coming to life — slowly. The two men, dressed in loose pants, T-shirts and low-top b-ball shoes, had recently enlisted in the United States Army, and they were at the Hoover Street detail to participate in what the Army calls "Delay Entry Program & Maintenance." Dan Maka, 21, had signed his contract to serve a six-year hitch, on January 1. His friend, Carlos Montiel, 20, had joined a month earlier, on December 3.
Maka and Montiel are two of the newest recruits in a year-round, nonstop ritual of inducting 196,000 young Americans into the All-Volunteer Force. They are future soldiers, ones who might get lucky and never see combat in Iraq, say, but then again, who just as easily might get dropped someday soon in Korea, Afghanistan, Indonesia or any other spot on the planet that comes within the cross hairs of the interventionist Bush Doctrine of global security.
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It costs the Department of Defense roughly $11,000 to lure in each recruit, a price tag that has doubled in the last decade, in part because 64 percent of young Americans say they definitely would not volunteer for military service under any conditions. And now with the White House openly itching for a war — and against a country it claims bristles with chemical and biological weapons — recruiters are working overtime to meet their quotas.
That Saturday morning, the atmosphere was relaxed and casual. The gathering was really just a warm-up, part of a weeding-out process that is a mixture of welcoming and mild discipline. Coffee, then push-ups, informal chitchat, then indoctrination. And so, Maka sat upon a desk, his large frame a portrait of inertia, while Montiel lounged in the chair at Maka's desk, his arms in his lap, his legs stretched in front of him. Neither had shed his street look quite yet, Maka in somewhat baggy clothes, Montiel with a pierced tongue and a black shark's tooth pinned into each of his earlobes.
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"Hip rotation," the recruits softly replied, as they twisted languorously from side to side.
Throughout the stretching routine, a few of those who could sounded off, in rhythm with the exercise, "one, two, three, four . . . eight, nine, one-zero" — ten — after which the sergeant said, "Relax." The crew managed a halfhearted "Never" in response. While not exactly enthusiastic — and clearly out of shape — the bunch were willing. They didn't have much élan, or esprit de corps, but they weren't ready to quit, either.
Tired, hot and thirsty after a half-mile run, the group made their way back to Sergeant Ramos' office, and if they were worried that looming boot camp would make this workout seem like a breeze, they weren't letting on. If they were trying to connect this genteel rehearsal to the hard and ugly face of war, they weren't saying so out loud. If they were feeling revved up and gung-ho, and ready, as President Bush has declared, "to rid the world of evildoers," they were too winded to show it.


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Thursday, July 06, 2006
I Recall...A First Glimpse at Mixed Media Courtesy of a Mediocre Figure Drawing, an Angry Young Woman and a Rusty Tailpipe
Catchy title, right? So, this is another college art story and the first time I recall seeing a peer do any sort of mixed media work, purposefully. I was a senior and was participating in a course called "Advanced Drawing". There was Advanced Drawing I, Advanced Drawing II and III and IV and on and on. We didn't draw during course time, but instead all the students (seniors and various level grad students) would participate in three or four hours of mind-numbing critiques. After two or three years of this sort of thing, it is no wonder why I don't even want to chat about anyone's work. I mean, I learned a great deal and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, but I'm talked and listened out, even after over twenty years away from it.
Our professor was a single and randy sort of fellow. Innocent little me didn't realize that there was some truth in the movie version of female students falling for their worldly professors. Well, there was one seriously angry young woman in one of my Advanced Drawing classes. She was a grad student and I thought she was ancient. She was probably only 30 years old. She was so tiny, not more than five feet tall and she could TALK. Boy, could she TALK. She was up on all the lastest this and that in the art world. I don't think that I even cracked a magazine binding to see what was going on out in the world because I was so self-absorbed. This is not bragging. I'm just trying to let you know how self-absorbed I am. I mean was. No, I mean am.
For the first half of the semester she brought in very dull and uneventful figurative work. Life size, representational drawings of men. I always thought that she sort of fancied herself a contemporary version of Michelangelo or Honore Daumier. Her line quality was flat and uneventful. Descriptive, sinuous line is what makes a drawing interesting to me. Or hard hacking lines like Kathe Kollwitz and VanGogh.
Week after week, she brought in the same sort of work and yanged prophetic over it. Then, one day she started writing in a very pale sepia script over all her drawings. That was totally cool and then the critiques surrounding her work became more interesting. It almost made me crack open an Art News. During the next month or so of critiques her writing became more and more legible and graphically severe. She waved her arms around a lot more during class and darted deadly glances at the prof. His mood never changed. He was smooth and detached at all times. My favorite. It got us all talking, which is more than I can say for our critiques. Oh, if you are wondering how fabu my work was back then...well, of course it was superfantastic and very little discussion was necessary because it was simply mind-blowing. Take that as complete truth or partial or none at all. I know what I know. Back to the story...
One day, she stormed into class late, with with the biggest drawing she had ever made. It had to be about seven feet high. The paper was still curling, so she must have used the Strathmore drawing paper that comes in a roll. It was a smeared charcoal drawing that was still dripping wet from coffee and who knows what other kind of aqueous medium being splashed on it. Very cool and sort of stinky. Just what a young, impressionable mind such as mine needed to see. The prof had a rule that if you were late, you didn't participate, but SHE WAS RUNNING THE SHOW that particular day. "Take down this work" she ordered and the people who had work hanging in that area rushed to take it down before she ripped it down. She stood on a rickety chair and pinned this mammoth figure of a man up and said "Don't move" and pointed at all of us. It was sort of like performance art. We whispered amongst ourselves wondering if that was her new thing. Then, with pass-the-secretlike precision word got over to our corner of the room that this chicky and the prof were "doin' it". Huh? Doin' what? Yes, I really was that stupid sometimes. I could never bring myself to believe that a rational female would entangle herself in such a situation and mess with her grade point. My friend called me an idiot and me shoved me so hard that I fell off my chair and I fell over, hitting my Prof right in the knees. Great stuff. At that moment, I was so glad that I was a prolific student with an inventive mind and mind blowing line quality.
Meanwhile, Angry Chick had started coming through the door with some long rusted out something or other that turned out to be a muffler with attached tailpipe from an enormous vehicle. We had no idea where she had gotten it (the prof's truck or perhaps the same dumpster as space-invading-conceptual-sculptor-guy from my previous post). It was very rusty and chunks dropped off as she drug it across the floor to her big drawing. She took an ebony pencil out of her pocket and stabbed the drawing repeatedly...guess where. Then, she took the tailpipe and crammed it through the pierced paper. It was very dramatic. The muffler served as a prop to keep the tailpipe in position. She had thought this out a little bit. Then she started reciting some really angry stuff and crying and pointing at our Prof. The muffler started slipping on the linoleum floor and the tailpipe slowly tore the drawing. WOW. This all occurred within a matter of five minutes, no longer. Our jaws dropped. The Prof escorted Angry Chick out of class and we all sat there for quite a long time. Neither one returned, so we ended up conducting our own critiques. I mean, we were all serious art students and what else could we have done?
She never graced us with her presence in Advanced Drawing again and I think that she ended up switching schools. We never spoke of it in future classes and most of us were too shocked to talk about it outside of class. It didn't even seem real. It was a flash of insanity. But, it was my first exposure to vastly different mediums being mixed together.
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- teri springer said...
What makes me angry about this story is that absolutely nothing was done to the Prof and he probably continued to have his pet student every semester. I am so glad I never got involved with a prof (almost did with a TA but we ended up just good friends and never let it go beyond that).
Angry chick probably had a good reason to be angry.....
teri - 7:39 PM
- Sonji Hunt said...
sorry if the story angered you. Personally, I don't have any sympathy for adults that make these types of romantic choices/entanglements. They should know the perils. The prof did end up getting his wrists slapped, but it takes two and I never (even now) thought one was more responsible than the other.
This guy ended up being my advisor in grad school and we got along great. I could never believe how stupid women become around a man they find appealing. I saw smart women go dumb all because of hormonal reactions. He was totally magnetic, but adults should know how to make better choices. If not, too bad and suffer the consequences. I'm cold hearted, I guess.
You were smart enough to make the choice that was right for you. Angry Chick wasn't. She must not have thought it out to the end.
Sonji - 12:04 AM
- Gerrie said...
What an hilarious story. I'm with you, Sonji. We make bad choices sometimes, but how we deal with them is the measure of our maturity.
- Kristin La Flamme said...
I'm just sorry I didn't go to the same school as you. Our critiques were never so interesting. Well, there was the girl who dyed her hair a different color every month and then dressed to coordinate, but no drama like you had!
- Joanne S said...
I was an elementary ed major taking the required "art for el ed" class. Jonas was the cute professor. We made a paper mache project. My classmates made lumps. I made a clown with a paper ruff collar and really big shoes. Precious. Jonas leaned over the clown and whispered ""What are you doing in THIS class". I became an art major the next semester and Jonas was my intaglio professor every semester after that. Be still my heart!!! I even did a mezzotint for him.
I'm with you on this one Sonji. I have an acquaintance who was so very proud to have chased and landed her prof who was 17 years older than herself.She really thought she had landed the big one and rubbed everyone's nose in it. Well, he's now 67 and she's just turned 50 - he sits in front of the TV all day with a coke in hand like a log and she wants to live it up. She knows nothing and he knows everything - he's still the teacher and she's the student! She's looking for everyone's sympathy now but I'm afraid not too many are listening! As ye make your bed, so you lie in it !
- Karoda said...
Angry chick (I unintentionally wrote trick instead of chick at first) should have majored in theatre...my vision of her performance was pretty intense, vivid and gripping! And the rusty tail pipe was poetic!!!!!
Well, now I know what to do the next time my muffler and tailpipe falls off!
What a great story! I couldn't stop laughing. I was kind of hoping she finished her "presentation" by impaling the professor with the tailpipe, preferably in the same area as the drawing. I'd sure like to know what that chick is up to these days. - 10:29 PM
- Elle said...
What a fantastic story! I would've loved to have seen that! I agree with you though, she should've known what she was getting into. No sympathy here. That's the thing about being grown.
- kathy said...
I knew I should have gone to art school.
- Karoda said...
just popping in to say hello...hope you're having fun and staying cooler then your normal state of coolness :)
- Dianna in Maui said...
Sonji, I got so distracted by your story that I completely forgot the point until you reminded me at the end. You certainly have a way with words (and fabric, too!).
- solje said...
ohmy... I wish I was able to be witness to such excitement :-) I wonder if the rusty tailpipe was symbolic of anything (obvious, he's old, maybe disease, maybe that she hoped things would fall off?). I always missed out on the good classes! LOL!
- Susan said...
GREAT story, Sonji.
RISD was fun, but never THAT fun. Best crit I had was when I did a piece in dog sh!t for my figure study class, and deliberately left it on the floor by the crit wall so the prof walked all over it during the class. No one critted it, but the prof shot me a BIG ole smile at the end of class and didn't mark it as a missing assignment.
I loved art school. :) - 4:10 PM


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