Steve- I am no friend of the left, and IM has called them promoters of tyranny from the first day I published. But I don’t automatically call Ellen Goodman a liar because I disagree with her politics. From all I know, she is an established and respected journalist. The Boston Globe, her home paper, has quite a reputation for fact checking its columnists. Ask Mike Barnacle. And besides, I don’t see any reason to attack the messenger in this instance. Sure, her analysis is from the left, but what she is describing is going on. I know lots of these kinds of people in public schools here in KY. My point is- assuming the basic factual truthfulness of the problem (allowing for an exaggeration factor)- advocates of Abstinence Education owe it to all of us to keep explicit Christianity out of the public school arena and to do what they promised with these programs.

I agree that NASA has become a management mess. I am echoing Brother Mcfarland’s basic sentiment. I think the great quest would be worth it.

In talking with a lot of letter writers about the Vine’s article, I pointed out that marriage at age 13 or 14 has been part of mountain culture for years. My point was that Vines’ characterization of Mohammed as a pedophile was an ignorant claim.

When the SBC did a similar resolution several years ago- with a specific apology to African Americans- a lot of SBs went ballistic, but I thought it was appropriate and removed at least one frequent rhetorical stone that was frequently hurled at us.