Collecting My Thoughts

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Religion and voting, election of 2004 and 2008

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Gallup's final survey conducted before the 2004 election estimated that 63% of voters who attended church weekly or almost every week vo...

Why you talk white?

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“I was visiting my older sister shortly after I had begun working at the Wall Street Journal , and I was chatting with her daughter, my niec...

What did a high school record tell about a PhD holder 50 years ago?

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In today's climate of providing women extra assistance for education  a report written in 1965 provides an interesting look back.  When ...

Choice or aggression?

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President Obama proclaimed “we need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn’t end at conception.” In a sense, of course, he is absolu...

It’s not enough for Eric Holder

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Holder is a racist, in the sense that everything is about race because of his race.  He’s unhappy with the Ferguson investigations, so he ma...

HIV Infection Among Young Black Gay and Bisexual Men

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“Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV infection in the United States. 1 I...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

It’s about acceptance of lifestyle

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“The most recent U.S. Census data reveal that in the last 15 years only one in five or 150,000 same-sex couples have taken advantage of lega...

Pastors shouldn’t conflate loving the homosexual with accepting the acts

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“As a Christian, the conflict between my sexuality and my faith would become the deepest and most intense of my life. Now in my forties, I’v...

It’s expensive to fund terrorism

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Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to look at allegations that the Islamic State group i...

Commitment, not communication, is the essential ingredient for a successful marriage

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http://eppc.org/publications/commitment-chastity-mercy-are-the-building-blocks-for-a-happy-marriage/ “What makes such deep, unreserved com...

Why does PBS offer apologetics for Islam?

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“One can start by concentrating on just two items: a film entitled Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet , currently available on DVD; and a website...

Creepy old Joe Biden

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Chocolate mashed potato cookies

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Lately I've been hungry for cookies made with mashed potatoes. I have no idea why--not sure I've ever had any. But I made them yeste...

Cloth diapers vs. disposable

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I hadn’t looked at figures like this since the 1970s when we were told diaper services were cheaper than home washed cloth diapers, but noti...

Americans unaware of what they voted for when reelecting Obama

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“Up to 6 million Americans are expected to pay a penalty for not having coverage in 2014, according to recent Obama administration projectio...

Adding a child to insurance under Obamacare rules

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It’s been a lot of years since I added a baby to our health insurance, but as I recall, we simply called our agent, who then probably filled...

According to a survey, the top 10 Astroturfers

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TOP 10 ASTROTURFERS by Sharyl Attkisson Astroturfers often disguise themselves and publish blogs, write letters to the editor, produce ads...

I believe Barack Obama is a Christian

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I’ve read his testimony given at a UCC conference before he became president.  It’s good.  Marks all the boxes, and is more conservative tha...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Resistance Training improves cognitive function in older women

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[Excerpts from the article] The EXCEL (EXercise for Cognition and Everyday Living) study was a 6-month randomized trial. Eighty-six communit...

It’s not like there’s anything serious going on

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Every time I think it's time to stop reporting how the media treated President Bush because it's old news, something like this appea...
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