In a bit of older news, the ACLU has filed suit against the State of North Carolina, demanding that any person taking an oath in court use whatever religious text they wish. The lawsuit started when the Koran was forbidden by state law for use as swearing text.
Breitbart.com reports that Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez on the 700 Club.
The money quote:
You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,” Robertson said. “It’s a whole lot cheaper [...]
The Associated Press reports that Lance Armstrong rode with President Bush in Crawford to drum up more government support for cancer research.
Armstrong has been effective in raising funds and awareness. Financial statements (PDF) of the Lance Armstrong Foundation report an increase of Net Assets of $24 million for 2004, to $36 million total. Corporate sponsors [...]
From my old friends in Duncan I had received A Shiver of Wonder: A Life of C.S. Lewis by Derick Bingham, a biography I finished on the plane to Houston this evening.
Bingham details Lewis’s life from his childhood in Ulster, Ireland, to his death in The Kilns on November 22, 1963, the same day of [...]
Random Dan has finished the second Lutheran Carnival and has handed the duties off to the Alaskan Intolerant Elle. After the Aardvark shows how a pastor handles this circus act, the Carnival arrives here, just in time for the first week of the regular season of the National Football League.
Guess what the theme will be. [...]
Like a moth to a flame, I suppose.
Texas Rorshach
Taken from the First Class cabin soon after departing from IAH.
This week I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Duncan. The nicest hotel is the Chisholm Suites hotel, but they don’t participate in any frequent stay programs.
The weather finally cleared up this week, so I spent my last evening in southwest Oklahoma visiting the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. There hasn’t been much change in six years. Afterwards, I had to pay a visit to the Meers Store & Restaurant north of the reserve. The Reserve and Meers Store do not open [...]
