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“Listen. I gotta break it to you . . . I’m post-Christian. . . . I don’t believe it anymore. I don’t believe any of it.” These are the words former Christian minister Bart Campolo recalls speaking to his famous evangelist father, Tony Campolo, after leaving the faith of his youth. He explained that his journey to secular humanism was a 30-year process of passing through every stage of heresy. In other words, his theology “progressed” from conservative to liberal to entirely secular. He predicted that in 10 years, 30 percent to 40 percent of so-called progressive Christians will...

One of the toughest questions for any politician – or anyone for that matter – is the question of whether he should trust his instincts. The case of John Bolton offers a textbook example. Reports say that President Trump’s first impression regarding John Bolton was to steer clear of him because of his mustache. Perhaps it might have made more sense to steer clear of him for the obvious reason that his foreign-policy views are demonstrably insane. But as reasons go, that mustache would have done just fine. Various wags said it made Bolton look like a walrus. Others said...

Sen. Ted Cruz, the runner-up to Donald Trump in the bruising 2016 Republican presidential primary, revealed Thursday that he wants to someday mount another White House campaign. “Look, I hope to run again,” the Texas lawmaker told The Christian Science Monitor. “We came very, very close in 2016. And it’s the most fun I’ve ever had in my life."

Dan McCready lost to his Republican challenger Dan Bishop Wednesday night in North Carolina's 9th district election. Bishop won by two percent of the vote, despite McCready having a two-year head start and millions of dollars in donations. So, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi congratulated...the latter. The Hill ✔@thehill Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "I'm very proud of Dan McCready... He won the campaign. He didn't win the election, but he won the campaign." 168 7:31 PM - Sep 12, 2019 “I’m very proud of Dan McCready,” she said glowingly. “He’s a patriot, he’s an independent voice for the district he would have...

Ammo Grrrll waves BYE BYE, WALMART, BYE BYE. She writes: Et tu, Walmart? Seriously? Do you have no idea who your customer base is? Well, whatever. I’m done. It’s a shame, too, because Walmart is the definite Big Dog shopping emporium in our Dusty Little Village. For groceries, I have two other choices in town, one of which I have always preferred anyway: Bashas. It is a pleasant, to-scale kind of local place with good meat and produce, sun screens over parking, the most customer-friendly cashiers, and slightly higher prices on canned goods. So be it. I’m willing to pay...

Abortion clinic and neighborhood call the police on Christians Video is less than 5 minutes long. This happened at the Abortion mill in Charleston, W.Va. Yesterday. These protesters have had the police called on them at least 200 times.

The Washington Post is closing down its free daily commuter paper, Express, this week. The final edition of Express will be published on Thursday. The staff learned of the news at a meeting at noon on Wednesday. In a post on its public relations blog, WaPo said that the growth of WiFi in D.C.’s Metro is partially the cause for the closure: “More and more readers are consuming The Post’s content digitally, and The Post will continue to serve those who commute via Metro with digital products, including its mobile site, apps, newsletters, and podcasts.” (Earlier this year, WaPo partnered...

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has caused outrage amongst parents after telling primary school children there are over a hundred genders as part of its “Teach” video series.In response to a child's question, the headteacher says there are "many" genders.“You know, there are so many gender identities,” the headteacher declared.

And the winner is … Donald Trump. The Democrats’ third presidential debate was a long-winded, platitude-filled disaster where no single candidate could claim a clear victory. Instead, the seven men and three women took turns displaying why they are all probably unelectable. Start with Joe Biden’s incoherence. The nominal front-runner, the former vice president had a 40-year reputation for never shutting up. Now he can’t manage to finish a sentence without interrupting himself. Nearly all his efforts to make a point were swamped by a sudden change of direction mid-sentence, and then another change a few words later as a...

“I know I’m in the presence of the community,” Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) said to a room of mainly Black women who gathered at Washington D.C.’s Walter E. Lee Convention Center on Wednesday for the first day of the 2019 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. Her opening remarks helped to kick-off a powerful 3-hour event in which thought leaders, political leaders, and engaged citizens alike, convened to unpack the findings of the newest study conducted by Black Women’s Roundtable and ESSENCE Magazine. Before digging into the research, Bass made it clear that going into 2020 Black women need...

Posted on September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by Msgr. Charles Pope Our Strengths Are Often Our Struggles One of the things that I have learned about myself, and humans in general, is that our strengths are very closely related to our struggles. Some people are very passionate; this makes them dedicated and driven to make a difference. But it also makes them prone to anger or depression. Their passion in one area (e.g., truth, justice) can cause difficulties with passions in other areas such as sexuality, food, or drink. Passionate people can inspire others and are often great leaders....

In July, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted 419-6 to repeal the health care “Cadillac Tax.” As the Senate returns to work, it is now time for the bipartisan group of more than 60 Senators to repeal the Cadillac Tax and end the threat that will destroy the health care of 181 million hard-working Americans and their families. Hard-working Americans and their families have already been negatively impacted by the looming “Cadillac Tax” on the health care plans that the job creating employers of America provide to their workers. This tax was part of the Affordable Care Act and...

Just in: Andrew McCabe’s legal team says in a new letter to Jesse Liu that based on their conversations with the US Attorney’s office in DC yesterday, “it is clear that no indictment has been returned” against McCabe by the grand jury.

Along with giving out kipot to put on one’s head, Marc Daniels, a published author and the director of an independent marketing and consulting company, is also seeking to get wearers and non-wearers—from presidential candidates to others—to think about how people can come together amid modern-day divisiveness. It started back in 2015, when Daniels, 64, who grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and now lives in the Illinois capital of Springfield, went to his first rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. “I was trying to figure out a way to stand out in the crowd, and I took a kipah...

The Democrats' division over impeaching President Trump erupted Thursday as the House Judiciary Committee confirmed it is conducting an impeachment inquiry while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to discuss the issue with reporters. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, confirmed that a vote to approve "guidelines" for impeachment hearings means the impeachment process is underway. "Some call this process an impeachment inquiry. Some call it an impeachment investigation," he said. "There is no legal difference between these terms, and I no longer care to argue about the nomenclature. "But let me clear up any remaining...

Kellyanne Conway knocks a few homeruns out of the park.

Harvard University broke their silence and admitted that they've received money over a ten-year-period from Jeffrey Epstein. The disgraced financier who is convicted for crimes such as pedophilia and infamous sex-trafficking network still has his past under review despite the fact that he's already dead. He is known to have given donations and funding to foundations and companies as a philanthropist. Harvard's President Larry Bacow finally acknowledges the university's connection to Epstein. They have admitted to receiving a donation that sums up to $9 million from Epstein himself and his foundation. This comes from a letter to the community that...

The House Judiciary Committee advanced three anti-gun bills this week to the delight of the gun prohibition lobby. “The U.S. House understands that another day without stronger gun laws means another day of preventable tragedies,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun-control organization funded by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. “Now it’s time for the Senate to do its job and pass meaningful gun safety laws — because the American people aren’t going to settle for weak, watered down half-measures,” added Feinblatt. The bills headed to the House floor include: H.R. 1236, known as...

Last year, when Christine Blasey Ford emerged after then-Supreme Court nominee Brett KavanaughÂ’s confirmation hearings to accuse him of attempted rape at a house party when both were teenagers, there were many unanswered questions both about her story and her credibility.She offered no proof that she and Kavanaugh had ever even met. She couldnÂ’t remember where it happened, when it happened, or how she arrived at or departed from the party. None of the four alleged witnesses she eventually named, including one of her closest lifelong friends, corroborated her accusations. Prior to airing her allegations with the media, she...

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