Too Much Challenge, Not Enough Entertainment

This man evidently had a problem with gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins.
There’s a headline in today’s Chicago Sun-Times: “Megachurches Challenge Worshippers.”
Imagine that!
The headline’s claim doesn’t quite fit the story by Cathy Lynn Grossman of Gannett News Service. Her experts are finding that megachurches’ growth is leveling off and occasionally declining a little. Willow [...]

Maybe Reagan Won the Debate

Well, the instant polls (scientific) are in, and they say Obama won the first debate. CBS polled 500 undecided voters, who went for Obama by double digits. FOX reportedly found the same thing.
Pundits are saying McCain looked old and creaky, while Obama looked presidential; I didn’t see how they looked, because I only got [...]

McCain Bombs Capitol, Nukes Wall Street

Well, since I posted 24 hours ago, the bipartisan deal praised by the senior Republican senator on the Banking Committee, Bob Bennett, as the best negotiation he’d ever been in, John McCain and House Republicans have turned everything bitterly partisan.
McCain has increased the danger to the world economy a hundredfold.
How [...]

No Excuses Left: Rep. Frank Clinches Bailout Deal before McCain Can Even Get There

The first reviews are in on John McCain’s eye-popping decision to suspend his campaign, scrap the debate Friday and go to Washington (where he hasn’t been seen in almost six months) amidst Wall Street’s meltdown. Most people, including political scientists and reporters, are quick to see the politics in it.
McCain’s poll numbers are dropping fast, [...]

Holy Roller in the White House: Palin “the Perfect Woman”

America’s Hottest Governor, according to Alaska magazine; not the smartest, not the best, just the hottest. Hillary Clinton canceled a potential appearance with her today.
The New York Times, in a report today by David D. Kirkpatrick titled “Abortion Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes,” came up with this gem from a retired social worker in Scranton, [...]