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The Political Gap That Divides Generations Susan Fikse, Issue Number 24, July 2009 Kim is a 25-year-old Christian, a nurse who graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She voted for President Bush in 2004 and characterizes herself as pro-life. With just that information, it would be easy to categorize Kim as a conservative Republican. But in November, she cast her vote for Barack Obama. She was not alone.Survey data shows that while fewer than a quarter of white evangelicals between 30 and 64 supported Obama, that number increased to a third for white evangelicals under 30. Kim’s reasons for...

A man who tried to a rob a group of university students at gunpoint at their apartment on East Oltorf Street in October got away with $3, an opened pack of cigarettes and a bullet in his abdomen, prosecutors said. John Crayton, 26, was convicted Thursday of six counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and one count of burglary of a habitation for the Oct. 11 incident. Prosecutor Amy Meredith said Taylor Englert was hanging out with friends at an apartment about 3 a.m. when he heard a gunshot from a closet near the front door. When Englert...

Congress Woman Carolyn Maloney held a hearing on the growing commercial real estate crisis. To understand what a threat the current state of the commercial real estate market is one only needs to read the testimoney of James Helsel of the National Association of Realtors. Here are some of the pertinent numbers that will contextualize the problem. Starting in 2007, commercial real estate transactions dropped from $498 billion in 200, to $143 billion in 2008, to $15 billion year to date. At the same time, there were $230 billion in Commercial mortgage backed securities issued in 2007, $12 billion in...

One of two Chicago men with an apparent taste for machines from the golden age of American autos pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted theft and forgery charges. David Farr, 39, and Torrez Moore, 49, are accused of trying to buy nearly $400,000 worth of cars from Volo Classic Cars with checks drawn on a nonexistent economic stimulus program.

We have discussed this previously but now that cap and trade is on tap to become the most ridiculous tax in American history (not to mention costly and unfounded), it is all that much more important to take a look at who stands to gain in this game of carbon tax lies and global warming scares. Via Green Hell: Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Olympia Snow (R-ME) have introduced a bill to make the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the sole regulator of the carbon market created by cap-and-trade legislation. So does this mean that freebooting Goldman Sachs could be the...

Obama’s health care proposal is, in effect, the repeal of the Medicare program as we know it. The elderly will go from being the group with the most access to free medical care to the one with the least access. Indeed, the principal impact of the Obama health care program will be to reduce sharply the medical services the elderly can use. No longer will their every medical need be met, their every medication prescribed, their every need to improve their quality of life answered.

Like Elvis Presley before him, the demise of Michael Jackson has engaged the entire world. The parallels are spooky. Both Presley and Jackson lived isolated, somewhat bizarre lives, eventually destroying themselves with drugs administered by doctors on their payrolls. A proven fact in Presley's case—strong evidence in Jackson's death.

Alberto Contador, choosing his moment perfectly after a week of being at the receiving end of Lance Armstrong soundbites, reasserted his authority in the Astana team with a devastating burst of climbing right at the end of the long Arcalis climb in Andorra today. It was a sight to behold and left no doubt there was plenty more where that came from as the Peloton contemplates another two days in the PyreneesJust when it seemed the main contenders had settled for the status quo – albeit that Fabian Cancellara, wearing yellow at the start of the day, had been dropped...

The Bush White House so strictly controlled access to its warrantless eavesdropping program that only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan, which nearly ignited mass resignations and a constitutional crisis when a wider circle of administration officials began to question its legality, according to a watchdog report released today.

Politico has gotten ahold of a list of taxes Max Baucus supports to fund taking over healthcare. Here they are: — Broaden the 1.45-percent Medicare tax on earned income to “passive income,” which could include money from capital gains, rental properties and businesses that do not require direct participation. This could raise $100 billion. — Levy a five-percent surtax on individuals who earn more than $500,000 and couples that make $1 million. — Tax health benefits at a higher level than had been considered. Two scenarios are in play. Taxing plans worth more than $20,300 for a family and $8,300...

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"...Mr. Hall argues, both the man [Calvin] and his doctrines are the bedrock of our democratic society." -- New York Sun, July 19, 2006 From the editorial review at Amazon... Few people today realize the extent to which John Calvin, the great Genevan Reformer, and his work have shaped modern culture. Few know it was Calvin who pioneered the effort to decentralize government by calling for checks and balances againt the rule of the few or the king. Equally unknown are his efforts to establish a productive social safety net for immigrants, create education models that were far ahead of...

WARNING - GRAPHIC VIDEO - Here is graphic video of a Spanish man being gored by a bull at the annual Pamplona "Running of the Bulls" in Spain yesterday. The video is chaotic and in Spanish, but if you look carefully in the center of the screen you see a man in a striped shirt. You then see the bull make one quick thrust which gores the man on the left side of his neck. At the end of the video you see the man on a stretcher with emergency personnel trying to stop the bleeding. The man - said...

early July, while most Americans were preparing for a long weekend of celebratory parades, charred meats, and noisy fireworks, Sarah Palin made some plans of her own. The Alaska governor had been the object of endless media attention and assorted calumnies since she became John McCain's vice presidential nominee last August. Now she wanted to try something new. So, on July 3, in a speech delivered from her home on Lake Lucille in Wasilla, Palin told her constituents that not only would she not seek a second term, but she would also be transferring authority to Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell...

For the past few years, the Western world has been abuzz with talk of China’s rise. Most statesmen, pundits and academics have concluded that China’s rise is inevitable, but as of yet there has been no consensus on the implications of China’s rise for the rest of the world. While Westerners debate issues like whether and how China can be “molded” into becoming a responsible stakeholder in the international system, the Chinese have been quietly conducting a debate of their own. After more than a decade of judging the international structure of power as characterized by “yi chao, duo qiang”...

Relativists beware. Whether you like it or not, truth matters – even in the economy. That’s the core message of Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical Caritas in Veritate.For 2000 years, the Catholic Church has hammered home a trio of presently-unpopular ideas into the humus of human civilization: that there is truth; that it is not simply of the scientific variety; that it is knowable through faith and reason; and that it is not whatever you want or “feel” it to be. Throughout his entire life, Benedict XVI has underscored these themes, precisely because much of the world, including many...

Matthew Continetti, from the Weekly Standard, released an early copy of his piece for the July 20th 2009 issue: Sarah Palin on why she resigned and what it means for her future. Mr Continetti looks at Governor Palin from the being of her carrier and demostrates The Governor likes gambles, never does anything by the book and is a women of firsts!

As some of you may know, the International Lions Clubs concluded their week-long national convention here in Minneapolis. Yesterday afternoon, I received a call from an acquaintance asking me to stop by and meet some people who were members. They asked me if I would consider joining their chapter that meets in downtown Minneapolis each month. I said I'd consider it. After a little bit of research, it sure looks to me like the Lions Clubs are a worthy group that pretty much stays away from politics and concentrates on improving peoples lives. I realize that each chapter has different...

What is it with Palin and these conservative intellectuals? Usually smart people are reduced to blathering buffoons when it comes to discussing the woman they love to hate. Actually, make that just 'hate'. How else to explain the high pitched scream that is today's edition of Peggy Noonan's WSJ column ('A Farewell to Harms')?