Je pleure, et je prie (I weep, and I pray)

You went out to a football match, a cafe', a concert on a Friday night. Went with friends to have a few drinks, maybe go clubbing later; or with family, to have a bite to eat, relax, enjoy a Fall evening. Perhaps to get lost in thrashing heavy metal. Through the night, your friends and families have rung …

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Ten Things that Happened While Everyone Was Talking About Starbuck’s Godless Red Cup

Aung Sung Suu Kyi's NLD party won in a landslide election in Myanmar. While she's prevented from assuming the post of President due to a discriminatory clause in the constitution, the NLD won the 75% of the vote not controlled by the military (which retains 25% of the seats constitutionally) and Suu Kyi can be …

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State Fair

Two veterans of the State Fair of Texas journeyed forth to its cousin in South Carolina. I imagine most fairs have many of the same things: animals, agriculture, and fried foods. Texas being Texas, it's all on a ginormous scale. Since one could comfortably fit about five South Carolinas inside Texas, the fair was naturally a …

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County Clerks and the Constitution

Ms. Kim Davis, County Clerk of Rowan County, KY, appealed to the Supreme Court asking them to stay a lower court's ruling that she do her job, claiming to do so impinges upon her First Amendment rights (SCOTUS declined to hear her case). It is the County Clerk's job to issue marriage licenses to county residents but, citing her Christian faith, …

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