February 27, 2008
SEARCY – Veteran civil rights attorney Fred Gray will speak March 13 in Harding University’s Administration Auditorium.
Now a senior partner at the law firm of Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson, Gray began his career as a sole practitioner. Less than a year out of law school, at age 24, he represented [...]
Feb 28, 8:14 AM EST
Wind Farms May Threaten Whooping Cranes
By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER
Associated Press Writer
STAFFORD, Kan. (AP) — Whooping cranes have waged a valiant fight against extinction, but federal officials warn of a new potential threat to the endangered birds: wind farms.
Down to about 15 in 1941, the gargantuan birds that migrate each fall [...]
Somehow, this tree growing from a rock in the highlands of Scotland, reminds me of my son-in-law - determined, alive and flourishing.
Lorne Gunter, National Post
Published: Monday, February 25, 2008
Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than [...]
“My opponent gives speeches. I offer solutions.”
—Hillary Clinton in Ohio, February 14th
“It’s about whether you should choose the power of speeches over the power of solutions.” —Bill Clinton in Wisconsin, February 14th
SPEECHES are just words, right? Nothing has ever been accomplished by words. Whoever made a difference in this [...]
Jimmy Shaw has tagged me in the 1-2-3 meme. I’ve been reading They never told me this in church! lately, so here’s from page 123.
For Jesus has become Lord in a universal sense not recognized prior to his resurrection. The exaltation of Jesus to God’s right hand means that “God has made him both Lord [...]
Blast near Mexico City police HQ (BBC News)
An explosion has rocked the centre of Mexico City, killing at least one man and injuring two other people. The device was set off near the city’s police headquarters, Mexico City police chief Joel Ortega said. No group has so far said it carried out the attack.
Investigators believe [...]
A modern disgrace
BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS in SLATE MAGAZINE
In December 1931, George Orwell got himself arrested in the slums of East London in order to find out about conditions “inside,” and then he wrote an essay about the people he met while in detention. One of them was a buyer for a kosher butcher [...]
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