The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.
Thoughts on the Inauguration of Barack Obama
Today, America will inaugurate a new president, our 44th, Barack Obama. Ironically, the inauguration comes one day after we celebrated the life of Martin Luther King, and now, history is being made. Some thoughts, in no particular order: 1. All Americans should celebrate the fact that we have gotten to the point in this nation…
What Do You Call 53 Men…
watching the Super Bowl on television? My friend Tim Bonn answers, “The Baltimore Ravens”. Go Steelers!
Hating Sanctity of Life Sunday
Russell Moore explains. And I agree with him. I hate Sanctity of Human Life Sunday for the same reasons he articulates–but I didn’t realize it ’til I read his reasoning.
"O God of our Many Understandings"
That’s the way homosexual Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson began yesterday’s prayer at the opening inaugural event for President-elect Obama. Here’s the whole thing, on a site called “Episcopal Cafe”: Gene Robinson’s Prayer for President-Elect Obama Some of the sentiments that the good bishop expresses aren’t too shabby at all, but if one begins a prayer…
"Abstinence-Only" Sex Ed Programs: Yes, and Maybe
Comes this article from Fox News today: Critics Push to End Abstinence-Only Sex Education First, the “yes”: people who don’t have sex don’t contract sexually-transmitted diseases. Abstinence, it has been noted, works every single time it’s tried, in this regard. Further, abstinence-only education appropriately treats people as people created in the image of God, instead…
I've…Got a Feeling…
Pittsburgh’s going to the Super Bowl, here we go… I must remark upon the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers, and their achievement yesterday of qualifying for their seventh Super Bowl, with a strong likelihood that they will, two weeks hence, lay claim to their unprecedented sixth Super Bowl victory. Their 23-14 victory over the Ravens wasn’t as…