Last weekend The Toronto Star ran investigative articles on Paul Melnichuk and The Prayer Palace, an independent church in Toronto.
The articles mentioned Melnichuk’s real estate in Florida and a church he bought there for 750 thousand dollars.
The Bradenton Herald in Florida followed through with an article. They received no co-operation from the Melnichuck family.
When the reporter [...]

The Los Angeles Times looks at a continuing trend of bloggers who post for money.
The bloggers who take assignments from the likes of PayPerPost, ReviewMe, Loud Launch and SponsoredReviews.com call the hubbub overblown. They say the services provide a way to make a profit or keep their blogs going. Technorati, a search engine that tracks [...]

Like Samson pulling down the temple on himself as well as the Philistines, social conservatives aren’t afraid of bringing down the whole Republican Party. Back in 1996, when moderate conservative Sen. Bob Dole carried the GOP presidential banner, many Christian-right voters didn’t bother to vote, and Dole was handily defeated. Unless the GOP heeds the [...]

She started when she was four. She is eleven now and says:
I want my art to draw people’s attention to God, and I want my poetry to keep people’s attention to God.
 
 
 

The Change
 
Acrylic on canvas, Age 11 (2006) 30 ” x 40

Each falling leaf is a feeling that you want to listen to.
It has [...]

A dust up between political bloggers and anti semitic comments has resulted in the New Democratic Party leadership stepping in.
Jason Cherniak, who was a blog co-chair for Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s campaign, has a copy of a letter written by NDP President Anne McGrath to Ed Morgan of The Canadian Jewish Congress, and cc’d to Gerry Weinstein, President of [...]

achievable ends looks at a Toronto sucessful church with a lavish style.
So does a Ship-of-Fools Mystery Worshipper.

Dennis the Peasant reviews Steven H. Graham’s first book; Eat What You Want and Die Like A Man.
I’m still laughing.
 

Information on Steve Graham’s (Hog on Ice) just released second book;The Good, The Spam, And The Ugly.

Ms. Ann Coulter:
You stole the show.
 Congratulations.
Senator Margeret Chase Smith (1897-1995) has something to say to you and your fans. June 1, 1950.
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism:
            The right to criticize;
            The right [...]