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from The Charlotte Observer
The photo that lost radio’s ‘Bible Answer Man’ thousands of listeners
For nearly three decades, Hank Hanegraaff has been the “Bible Answer Man” to millions of evangelical Christians who tune in to his Charlotte-based radio program with questions – big and small – about Scripture. Two months ago, Hanegraaff, whose faith had long been focused on exploring the truth of a book, went through a different kind of religious experience. It was, he says, “one of the premiere moments in my life.” On Palm Sunday, he and wife Kathy and two of their 12 children were “chrismated,” or confirmed, at St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in southeast Charlotte. During the sacramental rite, a priest anointed them with oil and invoked the Holy Spirit. A photo of the April ceremony started popping up on evangelical news sites. Within a week, the “Bible Answer Man” had lost many of his listeners. His sin in their eyes: Converting to Eastern Orthodoxy, the world’s second largest Christian denomination and one steeped in rituals, icons and mysticism – aspects of faith that seem foreign to many evangelical Protestants.
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
AMERICA’S MOST MISSPELLED WORDS
With the most searches for “how to spell quote,” Idaho’s most misspelled word is one of the shortest in the nation. Oregon is also unable to spell a shorter word: “sense.”
TWO FOUND DEAD IN CD’A APARTMENT; POSSIBLE MURDER SUICIDE
Two people were found dead by police Thursday in an apartment near Lowe’s in Coeur d’Alene. Police said they were called around 5 p.m. to the Falls Creek apartment complex at 2827 N. Julia St., north of Lowe’s Home Improvement Center, at the behest of neighbors who smelled a suspicious odor coming from a unit whose occupants hadn’t been seen in a while.
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from EUobserver
EU-China united on climate, divided on trade
Within 24 hours of Trump announcing that the US will pull out of the Paris climate accord, EU and Chinese leaders presented a united front on fighting climate change. But divergence on trade plagues the new alliance.
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EU-China united on climate, divided on trade
Within 24 hours of Trump announcing that the US will pull out of the Paris climate accord, EU and Chinese leaders presented a united front on fighting climate change. But divergence on trade plagues the new alliance.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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Statism is Killing Creativity
Originality has never been much of a virtue in politics. Protecting the long-term interests of the state, its officials, and its citizens requires stasis. Politics institutionalizes the status quo, preserves the standing order. Regimes that fail to do so form the detritus of history. The novel and untested is a threat in politics; the radically different might provide the solution to inequity, but it could just as easily exacerbate it. States have a primal instinct for survival; uncertainty is an implicit threat to this and originality is to be treated with distrust in the best case and to be hostilely suppressed in the worst.
Abolish the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics employs 2,500 people at a cost of $640 million annually to produce its monthly unemployment report. Each month, meanwhile, the private company ADP releases one or two days ahead of the BLS's that nearly mimics the BLS's, all at no expense to the taxpayer. There is a market demand for reliable employment data, and the market is providing it. Private industry does it better. Government data collection tempts politicians to meddle.
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from The Heritage Foundation
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What Does America Consider Success in Afghanistan?
We have been fighting in Afghanistan for almost sixteen years and will likely have some form of military involvement there for at least sixteen more. It is only natural to wonder: how do we know if we are winning? We need to start measuring success by achievements on the ground and not by unrealistic expectations.
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What Does America Consider Success in Afghanistan?
We have been fighting in Afghanistan for almost sixteen years and will likely have some form of military involvement there for at least sixteen more. It is only natural to wonder: how do we know if we are winning? We need to start measuring success by achievements on the ground and not by unrealistic expectations.
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from Miami Herald
My last aunt just died. My latest column offers a few words in what it means when a generation passes away.
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from Newsmax
Nancy Pelosi: Trump Pulling US From Climate Pact a 'Dishonor' to God
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday said President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate pact was a "dishonor" to God and wondered how he would explain the impact to his grandchildren.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
Parliament is slowly becoming more diverse. But on the eve of a new intake of MPs, can it represent the working class?
The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate action and research leaves a void in global climate politics. Could China step up? The world’s largest absolute emitter could certainly use US inaction as an excuse to backslide on its promises of greenery. But China could instead see this as an opportunity to project itself as our planet’s leading custodian.
If this is populism, it doesn’t seem very popular.
from Open Culture
20,000 Endangered Archaeological Sites Now Catalogued in a New Online Database
"Petra, Jericho, and the ancient port of Byblos are just three of the thousands of at-risk archaeological sites scattered across the Middle East and North Africa," writes Hyperallergic's Claire Voon. "Aside from the destruction wrought by wartime conflict, they also face damage from looting; agricultural practices; the construction of pipelines, refugee camps, and mining; and natural erosion."
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from Orthodox Christianity
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from The Seattle Times
In some quarters — like with some down at Seattle City Hall — our extreme political polarization is a badge of honor, not something to worry about or fix.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Tribal Tribune (Nespelem, WA)
Okanogan County finalizing contracts on Peter Dan slide repair
The Okanogan County Public Works Department is currently finalizing a LIDAR contract as well as a secondary geotechnical engineering contract related to a landslide that has closed the Peter Dan/Manila Creek Road on the Colville Indian Reservation since March. No date is available on a potential opening of the road. The landslide is between mileposts 0 and 2.5 on the Peter Dan side of the highway. An alternate route is marked by signage through the Buffalo Lake Road.
The Okanogan County Public Works Department is currently finalizing a LIDAR contract as well as a secondary geotechnical engineering contract related to a landslide that has closed the Peter Dan/Manila Creek Road on the Colville Indian Reservation since March. No date is available on a potential opening of the road. The landslide is between mileposts 0 and 2.5 on the Peter Dan side of the highway. An alternate route is marked by signage through the Buffalo Lake Road.
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from The Wall Street Journal
Connecticut’s Tax Comeuppance
With the rich tapped out, the state may resort to Puerto Rico bonds.
The Aetna insurance company has been based in Hartford, Conn., since 1853, but this week it said it is looking to move to another state. Governor Dannel Malloy has pledged to match other states’ financial incentives, but taxpayer money can’t buy fiscal certainty and a less destructive business climate. That’s the real problem in Connecticut, which saw GE vamoose to Boston last year and which even Mr. Malloy now seems to recognize.
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