Monthly Archives: December 2015

An Immature Trump

Posted on December 29, 2015 by mthayes42

“If she’s going to play [the woman card], which she started about a week ago, talking about oh, he mentioned and, you know, the whole thing, playing up the women’s card very, very strongly, and if she’s going to play … Continue reading →

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Colleges Educating Less Than Ever

Posted on December 28, 2015 by mthayes42

I’ve been looking at an editorial in the Fargo Forum, reporting on data in a report published by the National Association of Scholars. It notes a drastic drop in mandatory courses in our best colleges and universities, reduced education in … Continue reading →

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Greg Gutfield on Fox News

Posted on December 26, 2015 by mthayes42

Fox News commentator Greg Cutfield reviewed Democrat campaign ad which knocked the Republican Party for being against Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, and so on. Gutfield claimed that the ad reveals that the Democrats are totally off-base. Here is his full comment: … Continue reading →

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American Ideals

Posted on December 23, 2015 by mthayes42

The first clear annunciation of the ideal around which the American colonists united in distinction from England came in these famous words from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, … Continue reading →

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My First Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2015 by mthayes42

It may seem a bit odd that a person would claim to remember his or her first Christmas. Weren’t we all too young to have any memories? But I remember mine well because I was 18 years old. My girl … Continue reading →

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Death Penalty for Gays?

Posted on December 21, 2015 by mthayes42

Some fundamentalists preachers (e.g., Kevin Swanson of Colorado) stop just barely short of invoking the Bible to justify civil executions of gays. Swanson, in a recent tirade in Iowa, cited Romans 1:32 as evidence that homosexuals are worthy of death. … Continue reading →

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A Christian Response to San Bernardino

Posted on December 19, 2015 by mthayes42

A friend of mine runs a program on the West Coast which is helping Christians, Jews, and Muslims to know, respect, and enjoy one another.His work can be seen as an extension of Bonhoeffer’s call to understand Jesus Christ as … Continue reading →

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From “Conspiracy Nut” to Paranoia

Posted on December 18, 2015 by mthayes42

There has long been in America a minor underground fueled by talk radio and devoted to finding conspiracies under every rock and pebble. I don’t know when it began but it certainly received a major boost when Senator McCarty (R … Continue reading →

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Putin Commends Trump

Posted on December 18, 2015 by mthayes42

In a recent speech, Putin commended Donald Trump. That’s not a good sign for Mr. Trump, is it?It seems a bit like a tiger licking his chops, waiting in ambush for a tasty little bunny to hop near. Still want … Continue reading →

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Is Greed Really the American Way?

Posted on December 17, 2015 by mthayes42

A few years back a friend of mine was a vice-president in a company that went public. After a year with the company on the stock market, my friend commented that the stock market was going to be the death … Continue reading →

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