Necessary Roughness

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Archive for December, 2006

The Constant Campaign Season
Friday, December 22nd, 2006

The New York Times reports that even before this crop of newly elected Democrat representatives is sworn in, they are already campaigning for the next election. It wouldn’t surprise me if Republicans had been doing this also, but this is the first time a party has been this overt about the use of Congressional power.
Those [...]

White Hat Turns Black
Friday, December 22nd, 2006

ABC News reports that a former Texas drug officer is publishing and selling a video to help drug runners avoid being busted by the police.
Cooper, who said he favors the legalization of marijuana, made the video in part because he believes the nation’s fight against drugs is a waste of resources. Busting marijuana users fills [...]

A Question on Sanctification
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

It’s going to be quite hard to answer some questions I have on this topic without flying over the interest of most of my readers, but I’m hearing a tension in the discussion of sanctification in the Lutheran blogosphere. Maybe this tension isn’t supposed to be resolved. I hope to ask questions in the way [...]

Britain: Government Should Buy Panic Rooms
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Reuters reports that the British government wants to install panic rooms in the homes of those suffering from domestic violence.
Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly will announce new guidance to local councils on how to set up the schemes later on Tuesday, said a spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government. It will also give [...]

This time in Cleveland we stayed Marriott’s Courtyard Cleveland Airport South in Middleburg Heights. This was my first visit to a Courtyard brand.
The room was quite large, spacious enough for a wheelchair to maneuver around, but this wasn’t a handicapped room. Our room had two full-size beds which were quite soft. Each bed got four [...]