Issue of Tax Abuse by the Christian Right, Heats Up

My interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling:  The taxpayers do not subsidize one-sided political free speech.

Pine Trees Know When It’s Easter

Ever noticed the Pine tree crosses on Easter Sunday? Pine trees start their new growth in the weeks before Easter. If you look at the tops of the Pine trees two weeks before, you’ll see the yellow shoots. As the days get close to Easter Sunday, the tallest shoot will...

Pope Benedict celebrates Easter Mass

"Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Easter Sunday as pontiff, praying for peace Iraq, negotiated solutions to the world's nuclear disputes and dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians. Looking tired, Benedict led nearly 100,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans in Mass...

The Israel Lobby & Israeli WMD

The Israel Lobby has been able to persuade Washington not to intervene in an Israeli expansionist agenda. There is also the issue of Israeli WMD.

Falwell denies report that Jews don't need Jesus

Falwell was responding to the suggestion that Jews have a separate covenant.

Richard Bernstein/New York Times: Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith ...

Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith in Rice  —  BERLIN, Dec. 6 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did what was expected, many people in Europe said Tuesday, after her meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German officials.  She gave...

Religious Insensitivity Cited at Academy

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- A Pentagon investigation into complaints that evangelical Christians at the Air Force Academy have bullied Jews and cadets of other faiths found no overt discrimination, but "certainly insensitivity," military officials said Wednesday.