Current Events
The Bulldog Nation Mourns
Rest in peace, UGA VI. You were a good dawg.
“3000 Miles Wide And 3 Inches Deep”
According to this article on FoxNews.com, the Pew Forum has some new survey results out, and the statistics are sobering…
You can read the article for yourself, but bottom line: 57% of evangelical church attenders believe that many religions lead to eternal life, even if that conflicts with their traditional evangelical teaching.
In addition, 70% of “religious” […]
Parents Of The Year
From Japan -
The parents in a suburban primary school ganged up on the teacher directing the production of “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs”. They told her it was unfair that only one girl got to play Snow White. They inundated the teacher and the school with phone calls, heckling, and what the school called […]
Excuse Me, I Have Gas
I’ve seen a lot of Tweets* today about gas prices. We’ll probably see a lot more, especially after today when crude shot up ten bucks to an all-time high of $138.54 a barrel.
So, a few observations about our current situation (props to George Will):
In 1995, a bill to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife […]
Another TV Composer Passes
And this one makes me very sad…
Alexander Courage died today at 88 years old. You can read all the details of his work here, but he’s best known for the classic theme from “Star Trek”.
Pray For Steven Curtis Chapman
His 5 year old daughter Maria was killed in an accident at their home this afternoon.
More here.
UPDATE 5/22: Steven’s homepage has been updated with a brief statement, including links to send condolences.
Fight Malaria, Get A Cool Shirt!
Hat tip to Collide Magazine for posting this…
Through tomorrow, a blog called The Plow is giving away a pretty sweet t-shirt if you’ll donate some cash through Compassion International and Youth Specialties to buy mosquito nets to protect African children from malaria.
Go check it out!
Fired For…What?
Okay, I usually don’t post news stories…you can go read the news yourself…but this one was just too weird and caught my eye.
“Florida Substitute Teacher Fired, Accused Of Wizardry”
Oh. Okay.
