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John Slider
Interests: running, reading, swimming, coaching
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by Katie Pavlich [Article] A whistleblower who exposed last week that State Department officials have been interfering with internal Inspector General reports about sexual misconduct with minor, a shooting and criminal behavior, is now facing retaliation for speaking out. More from John Hudson at The Cable: The State Department investigator who accused colleagues last week of using drugs, soliciting prostitutes, and having sex with minors says that Foggy Bottom is now engaged in an "intimidation" campaign to stop her. Last week's leaks by Aurelia Fedenisn, a former State Department inspector general investigator, shined a light on alleged wrongdoing by U.S.... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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by Katie Pavlich [Article] As the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act moves to the floor of the House for a vote, President Obama is already taking cues from feminist groups to veto the legislation and is again letting his true pro-abortion, pro-infanticide stances show. H.R. 1797 bans abortions after 20-weeks. Some babies have survived as young as 21-weeks. Babies can hear things from inside the womb as early as 16-weeks. Late last night, National Organization for Women President Terry O'Neill sent an email to supporters asking for donations to fight the legislation. As a reminder, President Obama once called... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police are investigating after a violent weekend left at least six people dead and more than three dozen wounded in a series of shootings. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday that it was the most violent weekend of the year in the city. Authorities say the first homicide of the weekend happened late Friday on the city's West Side. The tally, which included at least 41 injuries, spanned Friday night through Sunday night. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said Monday morning that the youngest victim was 15-year-old Michael Westley, who died Sunday. Chicago Police officials told... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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by Mona Charen [Article] In the weeks before the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Obamacare, the country trembled with anticipation. No such eagerness is evident now -- yet the court is again poised to rattle our world. The case of Fisher v. Texas could upend the system of racial preferences in use throughout American higher education. The pursuit of racial justice in education has arguably led to some benefits since its inception in the 1960s. But in the two generations that have elapsed since affirmative action began, evidence of its unintended consequences has accumulated -- even as a... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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by Dennis Prager [Article] Last week, in Nice, France, I was privileged to participate, along with 30 scholars, mostly scientists and mathematicians, in a conference on the question of whether the universe was designed, or at least fine-tuned, to make life, especially intelligent life. Participants -- from Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Berkeley and Columbia among other American and European universities -- included believers in God, agonistics and atheists. But it was clear that the scientific consensus was that, at the very least, the universe is exquisitely fine-tuned to allow for the possibility of life. It appears that we live in a... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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by Paul Greenburg [Article] Arkansas has been ground zero for news about the Boy Scouts controversy. But unlike most news about the Boy Scouts, this news hasn't been the good kind. Note how CNN covered the story about the Baptist church here in Arkansas that cancelled its charter with the local Boy Scout troop. It seems the church disagreed with a decision by the national Boy Scouts of America to tolerate homosexual boys in its ranks. The church's leaders decided it would violate their principles to continue sponsoring the Scouts, so the boys were shown the church's door. The local... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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by Phyllis Schlafly [Article] President Obama's Father's Day speech included one provocative, yet very declarative, sentence: "We should reform our child support laws to get more men working and engaged with their children." Obama didn't elaborate, but we can build on what he said because, yes indeed, child support laws urgently need "reform." Many fathers work long hours and make incredible sacrifices for their families. Child support formulas are based on the ridiculous notion that a father would make those same sacrifices for an ex-wife who is living with her new husband or boyfriend and for children he never or... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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by Rick Santorum [Article] It's not often that President Barack Obama and I agree. But on Father's Day, I was reminded that some issues go beyond political debates and are deeply personal. The President, on several occasions, has spoken powerfully about the importance of fathers. In this year's State of the Union address, the President said his administration will be "doing more to encourage fatherhood -- because what makes you a man isn't the ability to conceive a child; it's having the courage to raise one." I could not agree more. And more recently -- at a commencement address at... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Moral Side
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though a curse lies in the law against persons who are crucified, yet no curse lies on the Christ of God Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Restart
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by Daniel Doherty [Article] For the first time in eight years, former President George W. Bush’s favorability ratings are no longer underwater, according to a recent Gallup study (see below). Julian Zelizer, a professor of history at Princeton University, explained why his numbers are slowly rising in a CNN op-ed last Thursday: The most obvious reason is that the passions for presidents -- both good and bad -- tend to go down after they leave office. Americans turn their attention to the new boss and to new issues, and the focus of their sentiment shifts elsewhere. This is particularly true... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Moral Side
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by Morgan Brittany [Article] I always believed that giving to a good cause or helping victims of a disaster was a noble thing to do. I mean, “There but for the grace of God go I”, right? With the recent uncovering of scandals within the government, more and more investigators are digging to uncover other cases of fraud and mismanagement. Is nothing sacred anymore? A recent investigation exposed by CNN, The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Tampa Bay Times have found that there are dozens and dozens of charities that basically do next to nothing for the causes they... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Moral Side
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[God] sets before every race of mankind that which is always and universally just, as well as all righteousness Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Restart
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AFRICA Rwanda: Last month when the brakes on an ambulance failed, it crashed through the wall of Kibogora Hospital's emergency room. One of the beds was showered with bricks, glass and a shattered window frame. Praise the Lord the patient in that bed had just been transferred to another department.... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Breckenridge Chapel
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by Guy Benson [Article] The predictable hits just keep on coming as the Obamacare clock ticks down toward full implementation. Liberals have shifted gears from arguing the law will lower costs and reduce premiums for everyone -- which is how the unpopular overhaul was dishonestly marketed -- to shrugging that hey, at least many uninsured and lower-income citizens will get affordable coverage. But even that's not universally true, as many American workers are about to painfully discover. Behold, the "Affordable" Care Act in action (via the Associated Press): It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Moral Side
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Unless, therefore, a man by God’s great grace receives the power to understand what has been said and done by the prophets, the appearance of being able to repeat the words or the deeds will not profit him Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Restart
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Bulletin for Sunday at Breckenridge Chapel: Download 130616 Related articles Bulletin: We Are Still at War Reflections and Thoughts on Memorial Day Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Breckenridge Chapel
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by Leah Barkoukis [Article] The administration announced Thursday that it has conclusive evidence Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has indeed used chemical weapons against rebel forces, including the nerve agent sarin, which has killed up to 150 people in the last year. President Obama has long said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a game changer. Now, it looks like U.S. policy toward Syria is about to change dramatically: "The president has made a decision about providing more support to the opposition that will involve providing direct support to the [Supreme Military Council]. That includes military... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Moral Side
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I do not mean those who fight holiness, but use the word fighting as an adjective to describe holiness. Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Restart
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WASHINGTON (AP) [Article] — FBI Director Robert Mueller is leaving the law enforcement agency that he has run every day since the week before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the same way that he entered it: being grilled about how the FBI is carrying out the most high-profile criminal investigations in the country. For Mueller, Thursday marked another routine appearance on Capitol Hill. There were questions about leak probes involving The Associated Press and Fox News; the Boston Marathon bombings; the attack at Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans; and two government surveillance programs so breathtaking in scope... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Moral Side
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by Katie Pavlich [Article] LiveAction is out with another video exposing the horrific late term abortion industry. The latest expose shows abortionist Carmen Landau from the Southwest Women’s Options clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico comparing the lethal injection used to kill a baby inside the womb to a flu shot. Abortionist LeRoy Carhart, the subject of a previous Live Action investigation, is shown comparing dead babies inside the womb to being "meat in a Crock-Pot." Well, in my heart and my mind, you know, life begins when the mother thinks it begins, not when anybody else thinks it begins. For... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Moral Side