2nd July 2008
Precisely the sort of column that a person named Tara Parker-Pope would write for the Health section of the New York Times.
Which reminds me: The Stuff White People Like book is out. Buy it.
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1st July 2008
The growth of Christianity in non-Western cultures and societies is widely acknowledged to be one of the biggest religion stories these days. A significant subset of that story is the rapid growth of Christianity in China to a point where it is the country’s second largest religion (behind only Buddhists and ahead of Islam).
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1st July 2008
Sometimes the old ways are best.
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1st July 2008
But you knew that….
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1st July 2008
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1st July 2008
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1st July 2008
Sunk cost is one of the most difficult concepts for beginning accounting students to grasp. To non-accountants it comes out of left field. But it represents an eternal truth.
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1st July 2008
Liberals unclear on the concept masquerading as Christians. Next question.
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1st July 2008
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1st July 2008
Hosted on his own blog. Well, that ought to settle the question of whose side he’s on.
Just for fun, imagine what the drive-by media would do if they saw a “Nazis/Fascists for McCain” page on McCain’s web site.
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1st July 2008
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1st July 2008
Why travel to the Third World? Wait long enough, and it will come to you.
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1st July 2008
Well, that’s New York for you.
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1st July 2008
If that works out, they’ll next tackle trying to discover what Obama wll do as President. No guarantees on that one.
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1st July 2008
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1st July 2008
Steve Sailer is always worth reading.
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1st July 2008
Actually, I heartily endorse having the military not recruit its lawyers from schools that don’t like the military attitude toward homosexuals. Now if we can just work a similar deal with Islamists….
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1st July 2008
More than 100 geese have gone missing from an ancient castle sparking fears the birds are being stolen to eat.
Ya think?
A local bird protection group has appealed to the public to be on alert for any suspicious activities.
I would think so.
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1st July 2008
Darwin Award nominee.
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1st July 2008
Except, of course, that they’re not “marching for gay rights” — gays have exactly the same rights as everybody else — they’re marching for the right to be publicly and toleratedly gay, which is a different thing entirely.
Funny how “progressives” are all for democracy … until they aren’t.
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1st July 2008
Let’s hold a pity-party for the shark.
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1st July 2008
The Washington Post continues its long-running series “Defending the Agent of Change against Scurrilous Attacks by Ignorant Right Wingers.”
It’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it.
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1st July 2008
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