That's the title of Jay Winkler's latest message.  He's the General Secretary of the United Methodist Chuch General Board of Church & Society.  LINK I have led hundreds of workshops on The United Methodist Church’s Social Principles during the past 20 years. I realized ...

Flasher displayed penis through his door mailbox startling people who came to his door....

Cash-strapped states are eyeing what some may think is an unlikely target for their budget axes: the death penalty. In what is likely to become a heated debate over policy, CNN is reporting that some states have introduced legislation to "take the death penalty off the books over financial concerns....

The bill is on the floor right now.  You should be able to listen to the debate at this LINK, however I am getting an error message. The Washington Post Maryland Moment blog will be posting updates on the debate.  The most recent post is by John Wagner, "Md. Death Penalty Debate Sta...

After Chris Brown gave Rihanna a bloody beating a couple of weeks ago, it seemed as though the couple were headed for splitsville…but hold on, not so fast.  Rumor has it that Rihanna, like so many other abused women, has taken back her abusive boyfriend after they got together at Diddy’...

It seems that more and more people these days confuse accountability and consequences with ultimatums and punishment. I thought it would be a good idea to sort this out, since the former is a part of a strong, healthy culture, while the latter is a major factor in an abusive one. Accountability stem...

At CNN.com, Emanuella Grinberg reports, "Budget concerns force state to reconsider the death penalty." If Kansas Senate Bill 208 passes, it won't take effect until July 1, so it won't affect Thurber's sentence. But future savings could be substantial. "Because of the downt...

From Spurgeon, via Pyro: “Until we know the power of divine grace, we read in the Bible concerning eternal punishment, and we think it is too heavy and too hard, and we are apt to kick against it, and find out some heretic or other who teaches us another doctrine; but when the soul is really q...

Are the chickens coming home to roost for the libs? The San Francisco Chronicle does a story about two murder suspects who are about to go on trial for Federal charges, filed in the U.S. Attorney from the Northern District of California.  It is the first death penalty trial for either state or Fede...

The 18 NYU kids who occupied the Kimmel center got their just desserts: one week suspensions for all! The tragically confused radicals took over NYU's student center in order to protest everything in the world, without consulting with the various organized groups on campus working on all the various...