Last Saturday evening Saturday Night Live’s opening skit parodied President Obama’s executive order on immigration. I’ll leave the detail to the script writers, but I do suggest the next Schoolhouse Rock parody to be based on:
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The Next SNL Schoolhouse Rock Spoof
24 Nov 2014
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What Would Brave Voters Do?
03 Nov 2014
You may think this is piling on, but I am okay with that. Some things need to be jumped on. Our national anthem ends with the following line, “O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?” I am seeing precious little freedom or […]
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There is an old saying which I think is largely true: He who lives by the crystal ball eats lots of broken glass. Certainly predicting the future is difficult for those without the divine revelatory skills of Joseph or Daniel in the Bible. Yet, there is another saying which also has a lot of truth […]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uJUZuIcEo A little over a week ago we had primary elections here in Ohio, and despite the low likelihood of my vote mattering in an election (toward the outcome), I made sure my “expressive vote” was heard. The idea is that while individual votes don’t matter (at least in general, national elections) our votes are […]
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The Tax Man Cometh
07 Mar 2014
The monster that never sleeps—the Internal Revenue Service. I am reminded of the phrase in Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, written in 1651, which speaks of government as being “that mortal God.” Its purpose for Hobbes was to “overawe” everyone and bring order. Well, it looks as if we have a different kind of “mortal God,” one […]
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Reaping and Sowing applied to Obamacare
18 Dec 2013
I am one Berean that believes there is, in general, an ethical cause and effect that we see in this life. I say “in general” in the same sense that we view wisdom literature in the Bible; wisdom that is generally applicable while not always on our timetable (see Psalm 73 for one psalmist’s lament […]
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Bloomberg reports that the current Congress is on pace to produce far less legislation than previous Congress’s, and suggests the problem is due to Republican ideology. But is this a problem? Or is the Bloomberg report itself rather a reflection of a differing ideology? Brookings Scholar Thomas Mann says, The 113th Congress is on track […]
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Holder Signed Off on Rosen Warrant
23 May 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on the Department of Justice’s request for a warrant to search and seize the electronic communications of Fox News reporter James Rosen. According to NBC News‘ Michael Isikoff, based on information just obtained, Holder affirmed the decision. Meanwhile, today, President Obama claimed to be troubled by the possible chilling effect […]
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Obama Administration: Scandals or Scams?
22 May 2013
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DOJ Targets Fox Journalist–Shocked?
21 May 2013
The scandals continue to evolve. We now know the Department of Justice targeted James Rosen, Fox News’ chief Washington, D.C. correspondent, for his possible role in releasing sensitive, leaked information. After Rosen published a report on North Korea’s possible response to international sanctions, he was suspected of meeting with Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a State Dept. […]
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