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Archive for June, 2006

My wife is more read than I am, especially when it comes to books on autism. Out of all of those books, she recommended Facing Autism by Lynn M. Hamilton. Hamilton is a mother of a boy who was labeled in 1995 as having autism, and she now shares her experience speaking nationally.
Facing Autism begins [...]

Kansas City NAFTA Hub Blessed by Customs
Thursday, June 29th, 2006

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner has blessed a plan to open a customs facility in Kansas City. The plan has been forwarded to the State Department to see if an international agreement is necessary.
If the project is approved, Kansas City would function much like a dual U.S.-Mexican port [...]

Some Notes from CEN: Matthew 10:16-31
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Pastor Murray led Christian Education Night at Memorial, covering Matthew 10:16-31. I had written down some notes, but my Palm’s Bible With You software crashed when my Palm’s battery ran low. I fixed the Bible software, but my notes are gone.
Here’s what I remember:
Verse 16. Wise as serpents and morally simple as doves. This is [...]

Ohio Milk Law Snags Amish Farmer
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

AP reports (link dead):
MOUNT HOPE, Ohio (AP) - Arlie Stutzman was busted in a rare sting when an undercover agent bought raw milk from the Amish dairy farmer in an unlabeled container.
Now, Stutzman is fighting the law that forbids the sale of raw milk, saying he believes it violates his religious beliefs because it prohibits [...]

This Explains the Lack of Vetoes
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

AP reports that for some statutes that the Congress has passed and the President has signed into law, the President has also signed an accompanying statement “reserving his right to ignore the law.”
Apparently, enough to challenge more than 750 statutes passed by Congress, far more than any other president, Specter’s committee says. The White House [...]