Archive for September 29th, 2014

Climate Zealots Play the Race Card

Climate Zealots Play the Race Card

You can’t argue with global warming zealots: Whatever the thermometer reads, they’re right and you’re wrong. Whatever the short-term, intermediate or long-term data suggest, all these eco-radicals see is additional proof of their distorted worldview. Hot summers? Mild winters? That’s global warming. Mild summers? Frigid winters? That’s global warming, too.

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Americans concerned about declining influence of religion

Americans concerned about declining influence of religion

Over the last 12 years, the percentage of Americans that think religion is losing influence in American life has increased dramatically. In 2002, 52 percent of those surveyed said religion is losing influence. In 2014, 72 percent of Americans said religion is losing influence. However, while increasing numbers of Americans feel religion is losing influence, most feel this is a bad thing.

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Cheapened Christianity and Fraudulent Faith

Cheapened Christianity and Fraudulent Faith

I have a bad habit of entertaining things that present themselves as “Christian.” Unfortunately, once you get past the label (a mere marketing and recruitment ploy), there is little left in terms of faithful distinction for those things deceptively deemed ‘Christian.’

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Appreciating Donor Advised Funds

Appreciating Donor Advised Funds

Americans give over $300 billion to charity annually. One of the best tools developed over the past few decades to help facilitate this generosity is the rise of Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). The first DAFs were set up in the 1930s, but they did not become popular until financial services companies made them available to a mass market in the 1990s.

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