January 28, 2011
The world today is not a nice place for Christians.
Christians in the Middle East are targeted for bombings and other violence. Brothers and sisters in East Asia also are under persecution. According to the organization Voice of the Martyrs, “More Christians are in prison or under detention in China than in any other country.”
January 27, 2011
By Chris Johnson
Tuesday night, President Obama gave his second State of the Union Address focusing in part on returning to the prosperity that our innovations in the past have brought us.
He reminisced on some of the products and ideas that America has developed which have changed lives around the world.
“We are the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices; the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook. In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives. It’s how we make a living.”
He also looked back to the inspiration for innovation that Russia’s Sputnik project resulted in. Sputnik was the first object launched into space from earth, a small satellite the size of a basketball. Russia’s accomplishment of sending the satellite into space is what sparked the creation of NASA and resulted in the planting of the American flag on the moon. (Continue Reading…)
January 25, 2011
Entering its tenth season, a TV show known for being family-friendly has added a very family-unfriendly personality to its lineup.
American Idol has had a shakeup in its panel of judges as several of the judges who have been with the show for past seasons have quit the program leaving the producers with the problem of finding their replacements.
One of the new judges, Steven Tyler of the band Aerosmith, has a past which makes one wonder how he could have been selected for a prominent place in TV show with a reputation for being acceptable for all ages.
