all-encompassingly

Apparently the old law isn’t such bad advice after all.

Although, if we (the human race) just decided to obey #7 then AIDS wouldn’t be such a pressing, serious problem.

Update: And now (February 23, 2007) there is this news -

Scientists say conclusive data shows there is no question circumcision reduces men’s chances of catching HIV by [...]

so suggests the former bush administration official, who has combined his stunning lack of perception when it comes to religion with authoring a book on religion.

time magazine quotes kuo:

For many evangelical leaders, anything related to homosexuality is this special, dark sin. But that’s not what the Bible says,” says [...]

[the homeowner] said she put up the wreath to honor the biblical call for peace and goodwill toward men.

nice try, hippy. wreaths and other christmas stuff already symbolize the biblical call for peace and good will toward men without being formed into an overtly political symbol.

defending his decision to ban [...]

acting on its own advice this week (article: vatican decries fence planned for US border), the vatican has decided to remove the inhumane walls encircling its own fortified state:

“Speaking of borders, I must unfortunately say that in a world that greeted the fall of the Berlin Wall with joy, new walls are being built between [...]

**UPDATE** CBS has posted the full video clip of richards’ late show apology on its page of archived video. this after repeated submissions to youtube were removed at CBS’ request.

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to be fair, the video only depicts (what appears to be) richards’ overblown reaction to some hecklers. [...]

check out this very satisfying post by matt bramanti:
in which i call out an inconsiderate person as such

The title of this post is shamelessly stolen from the excellent Flynn Files.

“There may be occasions where, for a Christian, compassion will override the ‘rule’ that life should inevitably be preserved,” maintains an official paper of the Church of England, written by Bishop Tom Butler of Southwark. The policy would give the church’s imprimatur to [...]

democrats are outraged that the GOP leadership (specifically denny hastert) supposedly knew about what was going on with mark foley and his teenage page(s) for a long time, maybe a year.

what did democrats do when they knew about representative gerry studds’ relationship with an underage teenage page? he refused to resign, turned [...]

the city of martin, kentucky [view map] is being moved by the army corps of engineers to higher ground. martin is prone to flooding. it has a population of 700 people. the cost of the project is $97 million. [source]

i’m no genius, but i do own a calculator. for what the [...]

below is an excerpt from peggy noonan’s most recent column. she discusses the calls from people in and around the twin towers and on doomed flight 93 to their families:

Life was reduced to its essentials. Time was short. People said what counted, what mattered. It has been noted that there is no record of [...]

university of kentucky president lee todd, in an email to students, provides a few brief biographies of lives lost in today’s tragedy:

Our extended UK family - like many others in Lexington and in Kentucky — suffered a tremendous loss Sunday morning with the crash of Flight 5191.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families [...]

details at michaelrobertson.com

We blogged about the Duke lacrosse rape case earlier this year, but now there is even more evidence that taking your clothes off for money is not a good idea.

Witnesses to the death of male stripper have conflicting stories about who stabbed the dancer outside of a bachelorette party, authorities said.

Edward Pedrosa, 24, died shortly [...]

From Little Green Footballs:

Zarqawi’s son was 18 months old, and his wife was 16 years old… you do the math.

I imagine Zarqawi meeting this dude in the afterlife:

No virgins for you!

harry reid has got to start thinking before he speaks. the man is a walking hypocrisy machine. read part I of this ongoing series of posts pointing out harry reid’s unbelievable (and, notably, racist) hypocrisy.

dingy harry reid has called a bill that would make english the US’s official language “racist.” [...]