A Nail In His Place

Both sides in the federal trial over same-sex marriage have now rested, and the nation awaits the decision of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. Nevertheless, the judge’s decision will not put the matter to rest, no matter his ruling. Both sides have pledged, if they lose, to appeal his ruling all the way to the Supreme Court. To that Michael Lindenberger of Time Magazine adds: “What’s equally clear now, after nearly three weeks of evidence, is that no matter what happens, the debate over gay marriage will never again be the same.”

The Rest of the Story:   Mere Moral Opprobrium? Far More than Marriage Is on Trial

Obama to Freeze Spending

No, He does not.  Dr. Albert Mohler provides an excellent commentary on the matter, with links at the end on where you can send help. -jw

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The images steaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno.  The scale of the calamity is unprecedented.  In may ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist.  The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as subterranean plates shifted about six miles under the surface of the earth, along a fault line that had threatened trouble for centuries.  But no one saw a quake of this magnitude coming.

The Rest of the Story:   Does God Hate Haiti? – AlbertMohler.com.

By Ellen Nakashima, Steven Mufson and John Pomfret
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Google said Tuesday that it may pull out of China because of a sophisticated computer network attack originating there and targeting its e-mail service and corporate infrastructure, a threat that could rattle U.S.-China relations, as well as China’s business community.

The company said it has evidence to suggest that “a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists,” but it said that at least 20 other large companies, including finance, media and chemical firms, have been the targets of similar attacks.

Google said it discovered the attack in December.  “It’s clear that this attack was so pervasive and so essential to the core of Google’s intellectual property that only in such a situation would they contemplate pulling the plug on their entire business model in China,” said James Mulvenon, a China cyber expert with Defense Group Inc.

Congressional sources said the other companies include Adobe and possibly Northrop Grumman and Dow Chemical.  Industry sources said the attacks were even broader, affecting 34 firms.  The hackers directed the attacks on the companies through

The Rest of the Story:  Google threatens to leave China.

Albert Mohler
January 12, 2010

The human species is inherently and resolutely religious.  The Bible and the Christian tradition affirm this truth, even as we know that the religious impulse can so easily transform itself into idolatry.  Even the most cursory of world cultures will indicate the religious fervor that characterizes humanity.  The only observers who seem shocked by this universal phenomenon are the secularists and the prophets of secularization theory who were absolutely certain that religious faith and religious fervor would disappear in the modern world.  Needless to say, it hasn’t turned out that way.

The Rest of the Story:  Thinking Green-The New Religion-AlbertMohler.com.