The Washington Post’s editorial on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War is perhaps the fairest evaluation that you will be able to read in the mainstream press. The title is “Lessons of War: The fighting in Iraq enters its fifth year.” The editors write:
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NYT: Is the Surge Working?
Though the report is not entirely positive, here are some encouraging words from an unlikely source—The New York Times. This opinion piece evaluates the success of the U.S. troop surge in Iraq:
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Johnny and Chachi Are Back!
Johnny Lang and Chachi Larusso are back! I know you remember Johnny and Chachi from Get In Here Ministries. It was only last year that they were dazzling all of us with their innovative ministry techniques. Now Johnny and Chachi have something else to share with the world: Teamwork. Don’t miss it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3CtrFJJ20 Click here to see the Get In Here Ministries website. Click here to see the Igniter Media Group website so that you can sign-up for the release party of Volume 5 of their work.
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Giuliani on public funding of abortion
In case you missed it, here’s the video of Rudy Guiliani in 1988 supporting publically funded abortions. Here’s the troubling line: “There must be public funding for abortions for poor women. We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources.” Here’s the video:
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Mohler’s Gay-Baby Article
The Associated Press has been reporting on the response to Dr. Albert Mohler’s essay, “Is Your Baby Gay?” As the AP reports, two arguments from Dr. Mohler’s article have been particularly controversial:
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Wrong from Wright
N. T. Wright delivered an controversial lecture last November about America and its war on terror. Wright’s lecture was titled, “Where is God in ‘The War on Terror’?”, and he argues among other things that the American war in Iraq is but an immoral extension of America’s imperial ambition to dominate the world. Here’s his description of the Iraq war: “the angry superpower, like a rogue elephant teased by a little dog, has gone on the rampage stamping on everything that moves in the hope of killing the dog by killing everything in reach.”
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Fred Thompson for President?
Don’t laugh. The last time an actor ran for President, he won and became one of the most beloved politicians in recent history. His name was Ronald Reagan. It’s not out of the realm of possibility for Senator Fred Thompson (who currently stars on “Law and Order”) to be elected President in 2008. Where is he on the issues? The summary from the Associated Press says that Thompson . . .
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An Inconvenient Truth for Gore
Al Gore’s Oscar winning documentary has to face an inconvenient truth of its own. Some scientists are calling his claims exaggerated and erroneous. According to today’s New York Times, there has been a backlash among some in the scientific community since the release of the film. Scientists argue that some of Mr. Gore’s central points are exaggerated and erroneous. They are alarmed, some say, at what they call his alarmism.
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Dobson on Fire about Global Warming
Dr. James Dobson has been pretty hot lately about the issue of global warming. It’s not that he’s for global warming; it’s that he is resisting efforts to make global warming a signature issue for evangelicals. Dobson’s letter to the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) gets right to the point: We have observed that Cizik and others are using the global warming controversy to shift the emphasis away from the great moral issues of our time, notably the sanctity of human life, the integrity of marriage and the teaching of sexual abstinence and morality to our children (source).
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The Surge Is Working?
I think it’s too early to tell, but Robert Kagan is certain that the troop surge in Iraq is working. In an Op-Ed for the Washington Post yesterday, he wrote: