Year: 2013
Mike’s Financial Pocket: 2013 Review and 2014 Preview
It’s been quite a year for the markets and the economy. I think that it is a useful exercise to recap some of the major stories this year, along with some general discussions on how these issues will impact America in 2014. 1. The fiscal cliff and tax reform: a (somewhat) decent start. We started …
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Christmas In Bevelton: A New Christmas Song Written By Kids
I attend Watermarke Church in Canton, GA. Watermarke is one of the Northpoint family of churches (Northpoint, Buckhead, Brownsbridge and Gwinnett Church being the other four) and I love it. Every Christmas, in addition to telling people about the birth of Christ, Northpoint will always doing something really fun at their Christmas service. This year, …
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Tolerance for Dummies: Vice Principal Fired For Violating Employment Contract
Another flash-point in the ongoing conflict between traditional Christian thought and an American public that is increasingly hostile to it, this time out of Seattle. A gay vice-principal and swim coach at a Catholic secondary school resigned after his employer, the Archdiocese of Seattle, learned that he had married his same-sex partner. This was a …
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Merry Christmas! “Home Alone: The Song”
For those in the infamous “millennial” age bracket, no Christmas movie session is complete without watching Home Alone. The 1990 film — written by John Hughes, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Macaulay Culkin — follows a bratty and inventive kid who gets forgotten by his family on Christmas. A pair of robbers try to pilfer …
The Army You Have: Brain Damage
It started innocently enough. Executive Editor of PFoL, Amy Otto, tweeted the following regarding Obamacare: How can people believe such nonsense? pic.twitter.com/jclR3onmW1 — Amy Otto (@CAAmyO) December 11, 2013 This prompted a bunch of replies, most notably from California based musician Gary Eaton: @CAAmyO @JayCaruso Orange Sunshine? Purple Microdot? Multiple concussions? — Gary Eaton (@garysteveneaton) …
PFoL’s 2013 Person of the Year: The Forgotten American
“As soon as A observes something which seems to him to be wrong, from which X is suffering, A talks it over with B, and A and B then propose to get a law passed to remedy the evil and help X. Their law always proposes to determine … what A, B, and C shall …
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29th Street – The Best Christmas Movie You’ve Never Seen
I have asked the question, “Did you see the movie 29th Street?” to quite a number of people and nearly every single time the answer has been, “No. What’s that?” The one time I asked and got an affirmative response was when I asked my Twitter friend, ACSpollen. Her reply was similar to an Elaine …
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A Record High: 72% of Americans Say Big Government is Nation’s Greatest Threat
On the very same day that the White House released the NSA review panel’s recommendations, Gallup published a poll showing nearly three-fourths of Americans stating that Big Government is the greatest threat to our country’s future. This is a record high for the ~50 years that the firm has been asking this question. Via Gallup: …
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White House Tries To Keep NSA Report Hidden
Now six months after Edward Snowden leaked the story to The Guardian, the White House released the 46 recommendations a review panel made regarding the NSA’s surveillance activities. The report was initially kept confidential, but outside pressure finally forced the administration’s hand. You can read the entire 308-page report here if you so desire. Make …