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Betraying Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Espousing Abortion Bonhoeffer opposed abortion but the president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute argues for it by Michael Egnor Rob Schenck is an evangelical minister and president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute in Washington. He is author of Costly Grace, the title of which is taken from Bonhoeffer’s profound contemplation on suffering and the Cross. Schenck has a long and honorable career of fighting for the rights of children in the womb—he has been at the forefront of the pro-life movement. No longer. Writing in the New York Times, Schenck decries the new Alabama “heart-beat”...

If approved, it would have imposed a levy of 16 cents per square foot of building improvements on properties within the district. On a 1,700-square-foot home, that would have amounted to another $272 of tax per year. A parcel tax is not based on the assessed value of a property, but is generally a flat fee based on square footage. It requires a two-thirds margin for approval. LAUSD desperately needed the tax to pass in order to cover the increase in costs associated with the latest teachers’ union contract. In January, LAUSD’s 34,000 teachers went on a 9-day strike, the...

Traditionally, higher education introduced students to life’s most fundamental questions: “What is good?”; “What is true?”; “Do our lives have meaning beyond the material?”; and so on. The focus used to be on developing the whole person: To lift students morally and ethically, to pique their curiosity in all things, and to instill, as cardinal John Henry Newman wrote, certain “habits of mind” that produce a deeply thoughtful individual. However, over time, those questions have faded into the background due to an increasing focus on obtaining credentials for employment. Savvy students who actively search for something deeper than the next...

President Trump is the victim of widespread misinformation wherever he goes, but the nonsense surrounding his state visit to the United Kingdom is in another league.During the trip, the president had to contend not just with the American fake news media and the Democrats, but also with the famously savage British press and kook British leftist politicians trying to raise their own profiles by slamming Trump.Matters are made worse by the fact that Brexit — the shock to the British establishment that closely paralleled the election of Donald Trump — just got another decisive “yes” from the British people. Much...

Former IAEA official says Israel, Gulf states, 'need to be worried' about Iran's emerging nuclear abilities. Olli Heinonen, who headed the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) security team and served as the organizations' deputy director general, on Wednesday morning told Army Radio that Israelis on the whole are not aware of the severity of the Iranian threat. "Israelis need to be worried, and the Gulf states also have reason for concern," Heinonen said. "How will you be able to ensure your security if Iran achieves nuclear abilities?" In the full interview, which will be aired Thursday morning, Heinonen said that...

A while back I asked for prayers for my son Liam that he could work out problems that threatened his business. You came through and prayed with me for him; and the Lord heard us. Liam is back to where he should be.

<p>FOX NEWS - A woman popped the massive balloon depicting President Trump as a baby in London on Tuesday, berating protesters for disrespecting the "best president ever."</p> <p>"That's a disgrace," she told bystanders in a video posted by The Sun newspaper. "The president of the United States is the best president ever." It's unclear what she used to deflate the balloon but she prompted people to yell in response.</p>

SalesForce, a customer relationship management (CRM) technology company designed to help with commerce, recently updated their acceptable-use policy. The policy change essentially tells firearms manufacturers and gun store retailers that they're no longer allowed to utilize the service to collect payments because of products and goods that they sell. Specifically, they don't want their product being used for transactions involving "high capacity" magazines, unfinished lowers and firearms with a thumbhole or folding stock.

“What do you do when your college isn’t throwing condoms at you?” ask students at six Catholic universities in a GoFundMe page created for a new “reproductive justice” student alliance. Their answer? Hand out condoms themselves. On May 29, students at Georgetown, Notre Dame, Loyola Chicago, Fordham, Santa Clara and DePaul universities announced the formation of the Student Coalition for Reproductive Justice, a national organization of student groups that hand out condoms, lubricant, dental dams and Plan B at Catholic universities.

British woman stabs Trump baby balloon while shouting he ‘is the best president ever’ The Trump baby blimp, which took flight in London on Tuesday to protest the president’s U.K. visit, was stabbed by Trump supporter Amy Dalla Mura, also known as “Based Amy.” In a video posted to Twitter, Mura films herself walking up to the nearly 20-foot-tall orange, inflatable baby blimp and stabs it with a sharp object, prompting shouts from surrounding protesters. “That’s a disgrace. It’s a national disgrace. The president of the United States is the best president ever!” Shortly before police arrive, Mura films herself...

This past month's launch of Starlink satellites was a moment long planned Elon Musk and SpaceX. Known as a satellite constellation, the company has sent 60 of a planned 1,2000 satellites into orbit. What they did not expect, though, was backlash from International Astronomical Union and International Dark Sky Association. The Starlink constellations, it turns out, could be threatening the study of the night sky. The IAU has issued a statement saying it is "concerned" about satellite constellations and what they mean for the future of astronomy. "We do not yet understand the impact of thousands of these visible satellites...

The decision by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, author of the infamous “Steele dossier” used by the Obama regime to ensnare the 2016 Trump campaign in a phony “Russian collusion” scandal, is a “strategic” one that ultimately will prove the FBI “lied to Congress,” the American people, and the FISA court, according to a former federal prosecutor. Joe diGenova told Fox News‘ Sean Hannity Tuesday night that Steele’s decision to talk to John “Bull” Durham, who was assigned to look into the origins of the collusion probe by Attorney General William Barr, no doubt was the result of an agreement...

Why So Many Mass Shootings? Ask the Right Questions and You Might Find Out By Dennis Prager Published on June 5, 2019 • Dennis Prager This past weekend, Americans learned of another mass shooting, this time by an employee who decided to murder as many of the people he had worked with for years as possible. As of this writing, the murder toll is 12 people.Every American asks why. What was the killer’s motive? When we read there is “no known motive,” we are frustrated. Human beings want to make sense of life, especially of evil.Liberals (in this regard, liberals’ views...

Color us surprised. The nightly news obsession over nonexistent Trump-Russia collusion isn't abating. It's actually growing! They cannot be shamed. They cannot be shaken by inconvenient facts. It's been established there was no collusion, no obstruction, no high crime that's impeachable, and so what? The media are hammering this collusion theme more than ever. In the months we were writing our new book, "Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump," the most troublesome chapter dealt with Russia. As we went to press, the Mueller report had not yet been released. What dramatic ending would it bring? Truth be told, we expected...

set term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices and place sharp restrictions on political contributions from corporations and wealthy individuals. The former Texas congressman will highlight the proposal during a voting rights-focused town hall event in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday night. The plan, O’Rourke’s third policy rollout since announcing his presidential bid in March, is made up of three parts: "Increase participation in our Democracy," "Remove barriers within our Democracy," and "Rebuild Confidence in Our Democracy.” “We’re facing some of the greatest challenges of our lifetimes, and we can’t solve them with half-measures or only half our people—it’s...

As if controversy over the N-word were not enough to get the blood of many Americans boiling, now there’s an uproar over the O-word. And what on earth is the O-word? “Owner.” Apparently the term is too offensive for some in the National Basketball Association, and now there are reports that numerous teams in the NBA have had high-level discussions about moving away from the word “owner.” TMZ Sports says two teams have already implemented that policy. “We’re told the conversations essentially center around the idea that the term, owner — in a league where the majority of the players...

There’s Science and There’s Scientism, But Neil deGrasse Tyson Doesn’t Know That By David Mills Published on June 5, 2019 • David Mills Her daughter had gone to medical school and lost her faith, she said. The new doctor told her mom that she’d learned too much science to believe all that religious stuff anymore. Two other women in the audience added their own stories of raising their children in the Church only to see them seduced by “science.”A local church had asked me to speak on the subject “science or religion?” They chose the “or” in the title. Not “and.”...

An Escambia County woman was allegedly running around naked as she stabbed a man in Cantonment Sunday, according to a newly released arrest report. Keriah Renea Giomi, 25, was charged with aggravated battery, false imprisonment and destroying evidence. Deputies responded to the 300 block of Wegner Avenue about 4 p.m. Sunday in reference to an armed disturbance to fresh blood droplets on a concrete driveway. Giomi met deputies at the door of the home and made spontaneous statements, but exactly what she said was redacted from the arrest report. The stabbing victim checked into Sacred Heart Hospital’s emergency room. He...

Ott Velsberg, Estonia’s fresh-faced, 28-year-old chief data officer, is on a mission put AI into every part of the country’s public services, from healthcare to education and job centres. “The aim is to make government more proactive and responsive to people’s life-events,” says Velsberg. Instead of citizens having to apply for things like driver’s licences and school places, he envisions a system where public bodies can anticipate and preemptively respond to the needs people have at different stages of their life. “We’re not telling people what to do. That might happen in China but not in Estonia, or in Europe...

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html Ok silver has been (very) dull for a very long time. Might be so again, who knows? But today, someone, somewhere, seems to be placing a buy order. Maybe.