Recently, a little white poodle wandered into our driveway. Close behind came a frantic young girl looking for her “Layla”.
I was reminded of a time some years ago when a neighbor knocked on my door and dropped into my hands a small, dirty ball of matted fur with eyes blinded by cataracts. A tiny [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 26, 2008
Small, Lost, and Frightened
August 25, 2008
Throw those religious dogs a bone
Mark Elrod blogs from the first unofficial event [throw 'em a bone] at the Democratic National Convention.
A collection of posts that should be read:
Charles Krauthammer, The Audacity of Vanity
Thomas Sowell, Cocky Ignorance.
Rich Lowry, The Audacity of Haughty.
Tony Blankley, He Is Who He Is.
Julian Krasta, Fair Warning About Obama.
August 22, 2008
Former Shell president is the man with a plan
A piece from Loren Steffy – Houston Chronicle business columnist
During an appearance on CNBC early in the summer, John Hofmeister made a startling statement: “Oil isn’t a free market.”
Soon after he said it, the show cut to a commercial and someone handed Hofmeister, who was about to retire as president of Shell Oil Co., a piece [...]
August 15, 2008
The Therapeutic Culture of American Christianity
More often than not, Richard Beck’s posts are way over my head, but I think I understand this one.
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I want to expand on and illustrate my observations from my review of Rapture Ready! concerning neurosis and pop Christian self-help. Let’s take, as an illustration, Joel Osteen’s best-selling book Your Best Life Now.
First, I’d like to [...]
August 7, 2008
God wants me to be rich
Who will save us? Who will lift us up from crushing credit-card debt and resetting mortgage payments and impending foreclosure, from increasing gas prices and decreasing health-insurance coverage? We are a nation stumbling through our worst financial crisis in a generation and our worst housing market in a lifetime. And so we come, seeking gentle [...]
August 4, 2008
Coach Lon Tullos
Lon Francis Tullos was born October 1, 1921, in Leggett, Texas, to Clarence Carter Tullos and Annie
Elizabeth Tullos. He went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 2, 2008.
My first memory of coach Tullos was going with the Brazosport sophomore basketball team in 1959 to Sweeny and eating hamburgers after the game [...]
August 2, 2008
We come to save the planet
Charles Krauthammer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf. She won’t even allow it to come to a vote. With $4 gas having massively shifted public opinion in favor of domestic production, she wants to protect her Democratic members from having [...]
