John Berry: If Tax-Cut Lapsing Is Class Warfare, Let’s Fight, by John M. Berry, Commentary, Bloomberg: If letting top income-tax rates go back to where they were in 2000 is class warfare against the rich, I’m ready to snap to attention with my old M1 rifle on my shoulder. What a ridiculous label...

Were chief executives at financial firms caught in "a financial tsunami" beyond their control, or are they partly responsible for what happened?: A Tsunami of Excuses, by William Cohan, Commentary, NY Times: It's been a year since Bear Stearns collapsed, kicking off Wall Street’s mel...

In the process of seeking your area of servanthood, strive to render service in hidden ways. A number of years ago, I chaired the planning committee for a church convention. It involved 200 churches. It turned out to be an extraordinary event. People left excited. The positive feedback was almost un...

photos © Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News Wayne Leavitti of Carrollton celebrates his win as his opponent's ball goes out of bounds during the Wheelchair Exhibition game of the Challenger of Dallas professional tennis tournament at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas on Saturday, Feb. ...

It has been a long time coming, but the Java library for RSS and Atom utilities called ROME has finally made it to version 1.0 (changelog). Thanks to all of the contributers and the hard work on the dev team for making it possible!   New to ROME? For a quick tutorial on how to get started, check ou...

[This was shared during Midweek Lenten Worship in the sanctuary of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, this evening. It was presented as part of the congregation's '40-Days to Servanthood' emphasis.] Acts 9:36-43 Occasionally, I receive emails from Wesley Paul, an evangelist who lives in L...

Hard Rock Cafe Prague Originally uploaded by Jonathan Marks the cafe isn't open yet, but the shop selling merchandise definitely is. Got to get the priorities right...

Eric says: "I just took this photo on the corner of Broad and Beaver Streets in FiDi, NYC. I am alarmed to consider what might be on the bill-of-fare if this is a delivery vehicle." Previously: Disney's coprophilic cookbook - Boing Boing...

Downgraded: The mile-high club That’s what airlines need in order to survive the economic downturn: Hookers! “Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania say [Roger] Sedlak used a non-existent airline, dubbed CQ Air, to arrange sex-for-cash trysts in hotels across state lines.” The thing i...

I get alot of my state news from a key operative for the Ohio Republican Party. He shares his insight with people in monthly emails. Having read his latest, I feel compelled to share and offer reax to his offerings this time. The operative's words are in italics, my reax are not. Ohio's Races in 201...