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“The foundation of my marriage is built on a lie.” That’s a line I’ve used when new friends would ask me how I met my wife, Maura. Over our eight years together, I’ve gone back to the well so often with that joke that Maura doesn’t even feign offense anymore. She knows it’s meant for a dry laugh. But it is 100 percent accurate. In a borderline-desperate attempt to ask my future wife on a date, I lied. I did not, despite my request, actually need her help to buy one very, very red pair of Asics DS Trainers. In...

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godless righteousness Do you remember the 1960's social and moral revolution? The youth movement of the left were out to break all of the rules, and liberate society from the bondage of the past. As one of the anthems of the time proclaimed,"Whole world, whole world ,easy to see, that people every where just want to be free". Isn't it ironic that those same 'revolutionaries',now come of age , have created a society which is vastly more restricted than the one they worked so hard to undermine? We now live in a 'Brave new world' where every aspect of life...

Obama bin Hidin' Obama bin hidin' can't ya see. Let's wake up to this reality. If truth's the thing that sets us free- then what's the need for secrecy? He means well and he's doin his best, but honesty is the real test. Putting it all on the table to share, so good understanding can be put there. God bless our good brother, to shoulder no blame. In his shoes I might do exactly the same.. It's scary - that winning and losing stuff game. It's scary - the risk of losing a name. It's our laziness that created this...

Liberals in recent days have begun to assert their moral superiority over conservatives on various social issues. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, for instance, ran an editorial urging people to realize that the "state budget is a moral document." In a post-election appearance at Tufts University, Hillary Clinton said "No one can read the New Testament of our Bible without recognizing that Jesus had a lot more to say about how we treat the poor than most of the issues that were talked about in this election." It's all in the spirit of alluring "religious" voters. In the third presidential...