Category: Politics and Government

Serendipitous Find

 William  August 13, 2004

One of my favorite things about the Internet, in which the blogosphere lives and moves and has its being, is serendipitously finding a really good insight or a person who seems to get to the heart of the matter. I…

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How Taxes and Tax Policy Really Work

 William  August 13, 2004  2 Comments on How Taxes and Tax Policy Really Work

This basic story has been around in various forms for some time. However, since taxes, tax cuts, and the future of the IRS are a hot topic right now, I thought I would share my version of it so you…

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Personal Witness

 William  August 12, 2004  2 Comments on Personal Witness

Sometimes God just puts you in the right place at the right time so He can have His say. God did just that for a mother in Arizona earlier this week. As Maura was walking down the hallway of the…

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The War On Terror: A Perspective From Faith

 William  August 10, 2004

If you are a Christian who believes in the Great Commission and takes your faith seriously, then you should be aware of the recent argument made by the author of Belmont Club, Matt Wretchard (he calls himself Wretchard The Cat),…

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Memories of Vietnam

 William  August 5, 2004  3 Comments on Memories of Vietnam

I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam conflict, spending a year at Utapao Air Force Base in Thailand. I was almost killed by communist infiltrators on the road from the base to the local town during my last…

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The Terror Web

 William  August 4, 2004

There is an article on terrorism in the New Yorker online that everyone needs to read. It is factual, direct, and extremely sobering. http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/040802fa_fact Hugh Hewitt has a discussion of the article.

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Polls

 William  August 2, 2004

[Satire alert] Seen Recently. 99 out of 100 terrorists want anybody but Bush in November. The remaining one wanted Nadar but does an eco-terrorist count?

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Dreams

 William  August 2, 2004  2 Comments on Dreams

One reason I watched the Democratic National Convention last week, even though I am not a Democrat, is that I wanted to see who from the African-American community would speak, especially in prime time slots, and what message they would…

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Verbal Manipulation

 William  August 1, 2004  3 Comments on Verbal Manipulation

All of the statements, then the spin and counter spin on those declarations, during the Democratic National Convention have been weighing heavily on me this week. Determining who and what to believe is not an easy task. Then in our…

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TRUTH

 William  July 30, 2004  3 Comments on TRUTH

It is an election year and almost every point of intellectual contact I have has something to say about it. One of the overwhelming voices has been coming from the Democratic and liberal side and it echoes over and over…

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