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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Links to Your World, Tuesday April 8

Small group members decide to stop feigning interest in each other.


So Say We All: Joe Carter explains why Battlestar Galactica is the best show on television. I agree, though it took some convincing that a show based on the cheesy Seventies predecessor could be so good.


Baptist Immigration Services of Brownwood started taking appointments last week, and organizers are hoping to help solve the problems of many immigrants who cannot afford the cost of an immigration attorney. (story)


Slate posted an article on the growing practice of using abortion for sex selection in the United States. Feminists have argued that access to abortion is a feminist cause, so it’s ironic that it’s mostly female babies that are terminated in sex-selection procedures.


It looks like a gene has been found for ruthlessness. So can we please stop discriminating against tyrants and trying to change them now that we’ve found they are attracted to this behavior simply because it’s the way God made them?


According to this report, having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women. (HT: The Evangelical Outpost)


Four Baylor alums are on Major League Baseball teams this year, including Jason Jennings and David Murphy of the Texas Rangers. (story) Now if this year’s team can pick up more wins . . .


Despite what you hear and read about evangelical realignment at the voting booth, Frank Newport, USA Today’s “Gallup Guru,” says there is little evidence that the traditional pattern of religious voting is fragmenting.

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