Linda Wertheimer: Now the Gallop Poll shows that, even though conservative groups led the charge against the Miers nomination, more liberals were actually happy about her withdrawal than conservatives were. 57% of liberals said they were glad about it. Only 34% of conservatives were. How could that be? Nina Totenberg: I think a lot of evangelicals don’t and didn’t agree with their leadership. I was listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show a couple of days ago … yes, I do that… Linda Wertheimer: Okaaaay…
St. Dymphna – the mentally ill (Her father went mad with grief when her mother died, and his advisors told him to marry his daughter. When she refused, he sliced off her head with his sword.) St. Joseph of Cupertino – pilots (His levitational ability caused enmity with his fellow monks.) St. Agatha – bellmakers (No one knows why.) St. Ambrose – beekeepers St. Januarius – bloodbanks (A vial of abrout 30 ml the martyred saint’s clotted blood is kept in a locked vault in the Cathedral of Naples. When the vial is handled during a ceremony honoring the saint,…
I could possibly have some respect for differing views if they were, at the very least, consistent. “Conservative” as I understand it, supposedly means minimal government involvement. Yet the current “conservative” regime has gotten government more involved in just about everything than any group to come before. Federal spending is at an all-time high. Clinton managed a balanced budget, and what did W do with it? “Conservative” now seems to be synonymous with state-supported religion, governmental restriction of women’s rights, and federal restriction of gays’ rights. Not to mention a tax policy intended to make the rich richer and the…
I was in Turin the week AFTER they ended the 1998 viewing. Here’s an excellent site concerning the Shroud of Turin. Here’s an article explaining why the 1988 carbon-14 dating test was flawed and how it’s actually much older. The first link goes into greater detail. Nobody still knows how the image came to be, though a very interesting theory has emerged, explaining how a dead body in contact with linen woven using first century methods could leave such an impression. No one has been able to replicate it. It’s not painted–the image is a thin film of melanoidins, thick…