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The Other Side Hollie L. Moody (August 18th, 2002) I was in the Spirit and found myself with the Lord beside a large body of water. The sun was shining and I felt that it was the middle of the day. There was a small, but sturdy looking, wooden ship pulled up on the sand next to the Lord and I. I watched as the Lord pushed the boat into the shallows and stepped into it. He then held His right hand out to me. "Come with Me to the other side," the Lord said to me. I placed my...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's statement about Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's abilities and future crossed a line that has never before been crossed. Mubarak said in an interview to the New York Times that as long as the conflict was in the hands of Arafat and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, it was difficult to see any solution without active involvement by the United States, adding that it was possible Arafat would name himself symbolic president about a year after a Palestinian state was declared. Mubarak is not known for mincing his words, and he's been even blunter in the past...

To all of you potential change agents out there, here's some useful background and tips from the change master - Harvard's John Kotter. It's one thing to see change coming. It's quite another to convince organizations to do new things as a result, or to turn around an ailing organization. If you're a right winger reading FreeRepublic, leading change is a big deal for you. Be prepared!

<p>I've occasionally gotten emails asking me what I think about the Chinese space program.</p> <p>Now, I'm prompted to respond, with this story about supposed plans to extend the Middle Kingdom to Luna, complete with resource extraction.</p> <p>Well, I sincerely hope that they do so. If they do, there's at least a possibility that it will shake us from our continued complacency toward serious civil space policy in this country. That's not to say that I hope that we'll immediately drop everything and head back to the Moon a la Apollo, but that at least we'll have a useful national discussion about it, which hasn't happened in decades.</p>

Hubble's stunning new vision