Due to my site being deleted by its previous hoster…archives from July to December are incomplete.
Archives have been restored as much as possible from Google.
Comments for these entries were irretrievable.
My apologies.

Missionary Doctors Killed
Three American doctors have been shot dead in Yemen. A fourth was wounded in the attack at a missionary-run hospital in the southern town of Jibla, Yemeni officials said.
The attacker - described as a suspected Islamist - was subsequently arrested.The lone attacker Ali Abdulrazzak al-Kamel entered the Baptist hospital and shot [...]

I check my logs. I’m a bit of a log sitter really. Noticed a visit from Dispatches from Outland who wondered if I’d seen this. Well. It’s not our fault we’re morally superior to the US. Dispatches from Outland also noticed the article notes we are more humble too.
I had to respond to [...]

I missed a Google article. I must be slipping.
Thanks to Country Keepers for the link.
Great Line
Tim Blair wonders if Australia just ruined the internet for everyone. Professor Glen Reynolds explains the Australian High Court Decision in The Australian
the High Court of Australia, yesterday ruled that anyone who publishes on the internet should be liable to [...]

I just don’t get it.
Jordon Cooper got flamed and ‘ceremoniously delinked’ because he links to Andrew Sullivan?
I guess I have to remember there are weaker ‘brothers and sisters’ in the blogosphere that are unable to handle strong political views on a person’s blog. Or perhaps someones declared sexual orientation. Or their religious orientation. [...]

CJOB Radio in Winnipeg held a “stupidist Canadian Comment” contest.
Jean Chretien won first and second. Dispatches has the details.
Canada - Tower of Babel
It is estimated that about 100 languages are now spoken in Canada, compared to 29 about 60 years ago.
English, French, Mandarin, Tamil, Pashto: Canadians speak to each other in a babel of [...]

Three little buttons have appeared at the bottom of the side bar today.
I’m not one that likes clutter. They are staying. I don’t consider those buttons clutter, I consider them accountability buttons. Just like the log is open for your perusal, as promised, so too is the accessability rating and technical excellence of Bene Diction [...]

A recent Barna survey shows that people outside the church have a low opinion of evangelicals.
The Barna survey asked respondents how they felt about evangelicals, born-again Christians, ministers, and other types of people. According to the survey, evangelicals came in tenth out of eleven, trailing lesbians and lawyers but beating out prostitutes.
Trailing lawyers?
“We may not [...]