http://www.classicalvalues.com/ en-us escheie@bellatlantic.net 2008-07-04T08:45:52-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_832.html On the heels of a week-long "SACRED GROUND" series (discussed in two posts), this morning I was greeted by an Inquirer editorial about "Two stories, one nation" in which the Inquirer belabors the tedious canard that the world only "discovered"... 6907@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-04T08:45:52-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/who_are_they_pa.html Who are who? They! The people who run our lives. While "they" are hard to define, I've always thought of them as one of those "I know it when I see it" sort of phenomena, although I've searched for definitions,... 6903@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-03T10:31:02-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/im_sure_this_wo.html I am sorry to see that John McCain has denied roughing up the Sandinistas:CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - John McCain denied a Republican colleague's claim that he roughed up an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on a diplomatic mission in... 6906@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-03T09:28:54-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_831.html I criticize the Philadelphia Inquirer a lot, especially on the gun control issue. But today I was delighted to see some favorable coverage, if not of guns, at least of some gun owners, in the form of Natalie Pompilio's review... 6905@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-03T08:49:33-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_826.html Much as I wish people wouldn't drag dogs into the 9/11 Truther business, I found this and thought I should share it so that readers whose compassion knows no bounds might be better able to understand the Truther mindset. The... 6898@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-02T18:12:49-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_827.html I have Communists for Hillary (what a dumb thing to buy; it's worthless), and I had Republicans for Obama (what a dumb thing to let go; it's probably worth a fortune). But Communists for Obama? That's taken and there's even... 6899@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-02T16:45:09-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_828.html For the third day in a row, the Philadelphia Inquirer has been promoting a newly evolved "SACRED GROUND" meme -- the idea that soil once occupied by colonial slaves is sacred. Central to this belief (at least in Philadelphia) is... 6901@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-02T10:07:51-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/local_news_1.html The Sterling, Illinois man who went on a murder spree has been captured. GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Police and FBI agents captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states as he smoked a cigarette outside of a... 6900@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-02T03:54:37-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/culture_war_is.html Noting the hopeless religious divide between Barack Obama and James Dobson, Pat Buchanan (on Dobson's side, naturally) argues that peaceful coexistence is impossible: Can Americans ever come together if we are divided in our deepest beliefs about morality and truth,... 6896@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-01T16:31:25-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_825.html This post by Ann Althouse cracked me up. To no end. Well, maybe to some end, because it made me think about the gay replacement issue. Not that I really knew or cared all that much. If people don't want... 6897@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-01T16:12:09-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/post_824.html I was appalled to read that a small business owner in England (a woman who operates a "urban and edgy," and "funky" hair salon) was sued by a devoutly religious Muslim woman who refused to work without her head covered.... 6894@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-01T10:49:57-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/07/mamet_goes_cons.html This is kind of old news, but I need a post today. So here goes. I used to know David Mamet from his time helping to get the St. Nicholas Theater on Halsted Street in Chicago going. I was actually... 6893@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-07-01T00:56:17-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/06/race_is_what_de.html Can dirt be holy? Is there such a thing as "sacred soil"? If you're religious about physical things, I guess dirt as well as locations can be considered sacred. Certainly, a good argument can be made that important graveyards, or... 6892@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-06-30T10:10:19-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/06/the_american_un.html My favorite writer on everything has some words on "how you can do your bit to build democracy": In the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniya, the American University of Iraq has just opened its doors. And it is appealing for... 6891@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-06-30T08:00:36-05:00 http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/06/inherently_more.html A simple cup of joe not always so simple The days of women fetching coffee for the boss still linger in some workplaces That was the headline on a story on the front page of the Business section of today's... 6890@http://www.classicalvalues.com/ 2008-06-29T16:35:49-05:00