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Daily Archives: July 25, 2012
Newt Gingrich’s To Save America 7: Welfare Reform, Health Care
I have two items for my write-up today on Newt Gingrich’s To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine. 1. I actually liked Newt’s discussion about welfare reform. Newt refers to a proposal by Peter Ferrara, who was in the White … Continue reading
Sherman Hemsley; Christian Bale in Aurora
1. As many of you know, Sherman Hemsley has passed away. I was watching on the news yesterday about how he was a trailblazer when it came to African-Americans in television. That’s certainly cool, but, to be honest, I liked … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Deaths, Movies, Television
Tagged Current Events, entertainment
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Divine King; Slavery in Antiquity
I started Helmut Koester’s History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age. I have two items. 1. In my last reading, Koester talked in a couple of places about the concept of a divine king. According to Koester, Alexander the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Greco-Roman, History, Religion
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