http://nat.covblogs.com/ Dissent is the sincerest form of patriotism. --Thomas Jefferson en-us neoandsgo@hotmail.com 2006-10-20T12:29:28-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/011835.html I had no idea. No idea.... 11835@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-10-20T12:29:28-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/011235.html It has long been an open secret around town that my congressman, Mark Foley is gay. But who saw this coming? Kind of weird seeing our local congressman all over the national news.... 11235@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-10-02T13:22:11-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/011091.html I've been reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller lately. Really good. Through him I came across these guys. And that led me to this excellent article, an excerpt of which is below. Jeff was in town the other day,... 11091@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-09-26T13:26:56-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/010176.html I've lifted a post from the World magazine blog by Marvin Olasky about his interview with a writer. This statement about a question I've posed here before has got me thinking: No Christian... ever made an ethical decision solely on... 10176@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-09-06T13:12:50-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009976.html Below is an email forward I received today. Between the rumored, baseless claims and straight up racism, why don't people look into the validity of these things when they receive them? And for whom is the "petition" written? For what... 9976@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-08-24T07:47:48-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009880.html Congratulations to Ben, who is expecting his first child.... 9880@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-08-17T20:20:34-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009612.html While driving from Maine to South Florida over the last couple of days I've been thinking about the congressional vote taken last night that put some Democrats in the awkward position of opposing a (much needed) increase in the minimum... 9612@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-07-29T18:36:06-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009466.html Economists say cost of war could top $2 trillion... 9466@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-07-13T19:15:26-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009443.html Taken at the 4th of July Parade, Round Pond, Maine... 9443@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-07-10T21:22:05-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009255.html From this week's Economist: "[Economic] inequality is not inherently wrong- as long as three condidtions are met: first, society as a whole is getting richer; second, there is a safety net for the very poor; and third, everybody, regardless of... 9255@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-06-18T21:23:37-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009254.html We are cutting federal spending on Medicare, our transportation infrastructure, public broadcasting, and welfare among many, many other worthwhile areas that the American people have determined to be important. At the same time we are increasing spending (a total of... 9254@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-06-18T20:04:37-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/009071.html It seems that Sojourners has created something of interest.... 9071@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-05-26T10:14:06-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/008893.html Not comforting. The conclusion at the end of this wordy analysis: Policy makers and others concerned about the financial sustainability of our health care system will need to understand and come to terms with the level of policy intervention... 8893@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-05-09T15:42:50-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/008783.html Thanks to Austina for this. A friend of mine gave me a subscription to WORLD magazine, the conservative Christian weekly that Republican pundit Marvin Olasky edits. It is pretty amazing how WORLD offers its readers an alternative universe of facts... 8783@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-04-28T10:03:39-05:00 http://nat.covblogs.com/archives/008772.html A relevant passage from a book I'm still working through: "...God even held pagan kings responsible to see to the needs of its poor and weak citizens. For example, Nebuchadnezzar is denounced for not giving "mercy to the poor." Joseph... 8772@http://nat.covblogs.com/ 2006-04-27T11:41:48-05:00