'Respect atheists', says Cardinal

Seeded on Thu May 8, 2008 11:35 PM EDT (BBC News)

Respect Atheist and Leave some Mystery in God interesting point. This Cardinal believes that treating God as a fact in the world makes faith much more divisive within public life.

religion, god, faith

Be more Specific!

Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:50 PM EST

This has been the call from many people in the Hillary campaign to Obama. It is a good, if not a great argument because he has little he can do against it. He has three options against it and none are good:

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politics, obama, election-2008, presidential

Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds - New York Times

Seeded on Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:47 PM EST (The New York Times)

As people change religions, Protestant and Catholic faiths are losing.

religion, faith

9/11 Is Over

Seeded on Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)

I honor and weep for those murdered on 9/11. But our reaction to 9/11 has knocked America completely out of balance, and it's time to get things right again.

nytimes, opinion, terrorism, united-states-politics-and-government, presidential-election-of-2008, china

Is Hillary Clinton the New Old Al Gore?

Seeded on Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:39 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The Clinton machine runs as smoothly as a Rolls. And like a fine car, it is just as likely to lull its driver into coasting and its passengers to sleep.

nytimes, opinion, presidential-election-of-2008, democratic-party, hillary-rodham-clinton, al-gore

Education and Schools Are a Focus for Edwards

Seeded on Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:42 AM EDT (The New York Times)

John Edwards laid out a proposal to overhaul the education system on Friday, saying that poor children attend schools that are "separate and unequal."

nytimes, us, politics, presidential-election-of-2008, education-and-schools, john-edwards

U.S. Rule Limits Emergency Care for Immigrants

Seeded on Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:30 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The federal government has told New York State that chemotherapy, which had been covered for illegal immigrants under a Medicaid provision, does not qualify for coverage.

nytimes, washington, medicine-and-health, health-insurance-and-managed-care, illegal-immigrants, immigration-and-refugees, new-york-state

The World Comes to Georgia, and an Old Church Adapts - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:26 AM EDT (The New York Times)

A Church in Georgia has a lot of new different looking faces. People from the Philippines, Togo, Liberia, Ethiopia, Sudan and more come together to worship.

us-news, clarkston-baptist-church

China in Three Colors

Seeded on Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:17 AM EDT (The New York Times)

I'm convinced that it is going to prove much easier for China to have gone from communism to capitalism than to go from dirty capitalism to clean capitalism.

nytimes, opinion, gross-domestic-product, politics-and-government, environment, china

Landis's Positive Doping Test Upheld

Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:29 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Floyd Landis, the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, must forfeit his title and is subject to a two-year ban.

nytimes, sports, sportsspecial1, tour-de-france-bicycle-race, court-of-arbitration-for-sport, united-states-anti-doping-agency, world-anti-doping-agency, floyd-landis

G.O.P.'s Dirty Tricks Begin - New York Times

Seeded on Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:39 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Reforming California Election Rules to hep GOP in 08.

new-york-times, election-08, california

Boys Cast Out by Polygamists Find Help - New York Times

Seeded on Sat Sep 8, 2007 10:26 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Boys exiled from polygamist group are left with very little lives to live.

us-news, utah, arizona, polygamy

NBA Basketball Referees as Single Points of Failure

Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 9:25 AM EDT (Wired News)

Basketball is the most easily manipulated sports and most vulnerable to rogue referees.

sports, tom-donaghy, lebron-james, kobe-bryant, michael-jordan, nba

Animal Suffering is like Human Suffering, bad.

Wed Sep 5, 2007 1:16 PM EDT

Having spent the past few months listening to the constant attention paid to the Michael Vick sponsored dog fighting ring, I have seen a country that is outraged at this crime and mostly surprised that such events take place.

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us-news, animals, vick, dog-fighting, evolution

Menacing Dogs From Vick Case Await Their Fate

Seeded on Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The fate of Michael Vick will be determined at sentencing later this year. The fate of the dogs, too violent to be let free around others, is all but sealed.

nytimes, sports, football

Religion and Churches - Separation of Church and State - Politics - God - Christianity - Islam - New York Times

Seeded on Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:19 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The twilight of the idols has been postponed. For more than two centuries, from the American and French Revolutions to the collapse of Soviet Communism, world politics revolved around eminently political problems.

politics, war, iraq, bush, romney, 08

Giuliani, Clinton lead in early polling - David Mark - Politico.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:30 AM EDT (Politico)

Rudy ad Hillary lead the way nationally among primary voters.

politics, pm-est-if-hillary, 08-election, president, rudy

Bush's Muse Stands Accused - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:28 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Current and former speech writers in Bush Administration are disagreeing over credit for things they wrote or did not.

politics, bush

Beckham's MLS debut causes ratings jump

Seeded on Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:01 PM EDT (abcmoney.co.uk)

Beckham's debut with the Galaxy in a loss to DC United doubled the rating usually gotten.

sports, beckham, mls, espn, los-angelas, galaxy

Hillary defends lobbyists, opens doors for rivals - Ben Smith - Politico.com

Seeded on Mon Aug 6, 2007 9:25 AM EDT (Politico)

One of the oddest statements ever made by someone running for president, but she was being honest.

politics, pm-est-hillary, obama-reply, clinton, lobbyist, fundraising, campaign

DNC shares oppo game plan with Netroots - Roger Simon - Politico.com

Seeded on Fri Aug 3, 2007 11:38 AM EDT (Politico)

How the Dems research and go after their opponents in 2008.

politics

Coalition of Evangelicals Voices Support for Palestinian State - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:20 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Part of the evangelical movement does not support a hard line support for Israel.

us-news, middle-east, world-forum, christianity-today, west-bank, northland-church, how-evangelicals-became-israel-s, world-vision, letter

Congress: Do the People's Business.

Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:46 AM EDT

As the country turns away from the President and "executive privilege" becomes the new "none of your business" or even "Na NA boo boo", what is congress to do? In all the elections between 2000 and 2006 the politics of Karl Rove was to separate and destroy.

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politics, bush, cheney, congress, 08-election, iraq, impeachment

Are sports as good as they used to be?

Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:26 PM EDT

As a child and through college I had favorite athletes that I loved to watch and root for; Deion Sanders, Michael Jordan, Troy Aikman, and even Chris Webber, today I couldn't name a favorite athlete.

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sports, nfl, nba, soccer

Ron Paul - Presidential Election of 2008 - Elections - Candidates - Republicans - New York Times

Seeded on Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:11 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Ron Paul a conservatives conservative, who would eliminate every program you can think, but does live by principles and is anything but a normal politician where hypocrisy is normal.

politics, libertarian-party-s, giuliani, daily-show, ron-paul, but-paul, 08

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