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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

Amazing Grace. Amazingly Done.

By Paul Oyler / August 7, 2010 /

This is beautiful.  Just like grace.

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Why We Will Lose the "Gay Marriage" Debate

By Paul Oyler / August 7, 2010 /

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this one, it would seem, is over.  Not immediately, and maybe not even with the eventual first decision of the Supreme Court (right now, I think that the loony judge’s decision overturning Prop 8 would be overturned at the level of the Supremes; new Justice…

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So the World's Most Selfish Quarterback is Retiring…

By Paul Oyler / August 3, 2010 /

Yawn. Who knows?  He loves pulling this nonsense, dragging along people silly enough to give a rip.  Notable points from the ESPN piece: “Favre has waffled on retiring every summer since 2002.” Here’s a man who seriously needs to get over himself.  More importantly, “The Vikings didn’t pursue a trade for Donovan McNabb and declined…

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The Rise of Interfaith Marriage

By Paul Oyler / August 2, 2010 /

So Chelsea Clinton, ostensibly a Methodist, wed Mark Mezvinsky, described as a Conservative Jew, over the weekend.  I wish ’em all the best; goodness knows Chelsea’s been through a lot in her short life. The wedding gave rise to this article in USA Today on the increase of interfaith marriages in America.  The article describes…

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How to Talk to a Liberal (And You Must!)

By Paul Oyler / August 2, 2010 /

Ann Coulter, with whom I often agree philosophically and disagree tactically (it’s not hard to catalogue her plethora of over-the-top, even ugly, comments), wrote a book (which I haven’t read) entitled, “How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must).   I write today to suggest that, at least for Christians, the word “if” doesn’t apply;…

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