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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Sundry Dinner

by Tom Goodman




47 Comedians Confess the Jokes That Crack Them Up Every Time


"Thou shalt commit adultery." This 17th century "Sinner's Bible" with the misprinted Commandment is now up for auction


Favorite American accent for Brits? Southern, of course.


Do you think you're a good person? You're probably 'morally overconfident.'


“'Train up a child.' Rarely is a proverb so often quoted and so often misunderstood. It has become the slogan of parenting seminars. It gets referenced as a surefire promise – a divine reward for our toil and sweat as parents. Young parents latch onto the proverb with the hope that their training will ensure the faithfulness of their children. Older parents feel the proverb’s implicit judgment, weary from watching a child or two depart from 'the way,' and wondering whether their children’s disobedience points backward to their own failure in 'training.'" Trevin Wax explains how people misunderstand this parenting proverb--and what we need to get out of it.


America has had 2 Democratic presidents who were Baptist, but the first Baptist president was  Republican Warren G. Harding. Timothy George recaps his controversial life.


"Right now, for every dollar that the federal government spends on medical research through the National Institutes of Health, 15 cents goes to HIV/ AIDS, 10 cents goes to cancer, 2 cents go to heart disease and less than one penny goes to all mental illnesses combined" (HuffPo)


Planned Parenthood’s problems go far beyond whether it sells organs



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