Vallejo Times Herald - Associated Press
The White House on Friday criticized former Education Secretary William Bennett for remarks linking the crime rate and the abortion of black babies.
“The president believes the comments were not appropriate,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
Bennett, on his radio show, “Morning in America,” was answering a caller’s question when […]

David quotes an interesting take from Glenn Reynolds:
The third possibility is that men aren’t so much underrepresented in college as women are overrepresented. This is plausible. There probably are too many people going to college in general, and it may be that men — more likely to choose, or at least consider, high-paying but unfeminine […]

[retro] evangelical: Review: Collision: David Crowder
Most Christian praise song writers seem to compose songs by writing their favorite 52 Christian words down on cards (bless, name, fame, praise, heart, lamb) and shuffling the cards, then dealing out a new song. Crowder will have none of that. God’s love is “indelible.” He calls the Lord an […]

Compelling interview with Rob Bell in the Dallas Morning News.
Central to orthodox, historic Christian faith has been an awareness that God acts in history redemptively, through people, to redeem the institutions they create and the society around them. God is about being a father to the fatherless, is about the oppressed, those who have been […]

Why am I so disappointed in the performance of President Bush and the Republican Congress?
George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending bill. When Congress serves up a big slab of fat, crackling pork, Mr. Bush responds with one big question: Got any barbecue sauce?
Source: Peggy Noonan

Presidential adviser Gergen to chair Elon law school’s advisory board - 2005-09-16
The Elon University School of Law has selected David Gergen as the chairman of its advisory board. Gergen has served as an adviser to four U.S. presidents and is currently the director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School […]

This from NOLA.com is a punch to the gut.
Arkansas National Guardsman Mikel Brooks stepped through the food service entrance of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Monday, flipped on the light at the end of his machine gun, and started pointing out bodies.
“Don’t step in that blood - it’s contaminated,” he said. “That one with […]