Archive for November 6th, 2014

McConnell Pledges to Use Power of the Purse

McConnell Pledges to Use Power of the Purse

“It takes 60 votes to do a lot of things in the Senate, but there are some things we can do with 51 votes,” said Senator Mitch McConnell. If he is truly determined to use the power of the purse, McConnell should get busy in the December funding bill — before the 2016 presidential election cycle consumes the congressional cycle. Take as many bites at the apple as possible.

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Is The Man In the White House Mentally Ill?

Is The Man In the White House Mentally Ill?

Can I be blunt? President Obama got his butt kicked. Every talking head on the tube is pointing the finger at his unpopularity. “The bloom is off of the rose. It is a direct repudiation of his policies. The era of Obama is over.” It is as if everyone knows it but him.

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Which Law? Which Day?

Which Law? Which Day?

Every law is the legislation of morality. When people deny this is so, they usually are confusing the terms. Yes, it is true that we cannot change someone’s heart, we cannot force them to faith in Christ by legislation, yet every piece of legislation crafted is expressing that one thing is right and something else is wrong. One thing is just, something else is unjust. One thing is good and something else is evil. It is all an expression of the values of the legislator.

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Expulsion of the Moneychangers from the Temple (Luca Giordano, circa 1675)

Thought for the Day: The Place for Anger

I have often been told (usually by gutless people who wouldn’t take a stand for what’s right if you put a gun to their head) that good people should not get angry. I have often been told that anger is bad, and has no place in a good person. But is that true?

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