Producer's Desk — June, 2008

• The Radical, Intellectual Roots of the Eugenics Movement - Malkin
  • Socialists made eugenics fashionable - National Post
• Israel on the Iran Brink
• Most Americans Believe in Higher Power, Poll Finds - Washington Post
  • The Pew study - Pew Forum on Religion

My latest post:

“My question for the critics of the war is this: What part of significant progress do you not understand?”

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My latest post at Casting Stones:

“As late as the early 1960’s, when Tim Russert was in his early teens, only 2.3 percent of white children and 24 percent of black children were born to single mothers. Now, approximately 28 percent of our nation’s children live in a household without their fathers, up from 14 percent in 1970. The vast majority of such boys and girls see their fathers less than once a month if at all. For such children, Father’s Day is more of an illusion than reality…”

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Another post at Casting Stones:

“When Americans approve physician-assisted suicide in terminal patients by a 50% to 44% margin, it is clear that the morally relative “quality of life” ethic has made substantial progress in changing the hearts and minds of Americans away from the “sanctity of life” ethic upon which our nation was founded—”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” “

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My latest post at Casting Stones:

“The debate over same-sex marriage is certain to heat up again over the summer and into the fall election season. Why?”

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The resolutions from the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention may be found here.

Americans hold contradictory opinions on the issue of homosexuality, including whether homosexual behavior is sinful. A similar percentage of Americans consider homosexual behavior sinful to those who do not, and neither view gains a majority, according to a new study by LifeWay Research. The study also found that Americans’ views of homosexuality impacts their openness to participation in a church…

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From the June 1, 2008 Washington Post:

EXCERPT: Iraq passed a turning point last fall when the U.S. counterinsurgency campaign launched in early 2007 produced a dramatic drop in violence and quelled the incipient sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites. Now, another tipping point may be near, one that sees the Iraqi government and army restoring order in almost all of the country, dispersing both rival militias and the Iranian-trained “special groups” that have used them as cover to wage war against Americans. It is — of course — too early to celebrate… Still, the rapidly improving conditions should allow U.S. commanders to make some welcome adjustments — and it ought to mandate an already-overdue rethinking by the “this-war-is-lost” caucus in Washington, including Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

Thanks to everyone who took the time to write Richard Land! Here are a few excerpts of your responses to Saturday’s broadcast:

Responses edited for brevity.

Steven from Missouri: “Dearest Richard, I am a disabled Veteran and I was on my way home last tonight from visiting my wife who is in the hospital for lung issues. I fully agree with your comments to the caller named Heather. She hasn’t a clue. War is not a pretty thing!! In fact if you ask anyone what they would prefer when it comes to war they in their sane minds would try to avoid it at any costs and as a last resort. I get a little tired of these armchair warriors… In my opinion we should’ve gone in and conquered Iraq… because I don’t believe that any Americans blood spilled on foreign soil should get a return on their investment (their lives). Thank you Richard I really do appreciate your ministry.”

Bruce from Alberta, Canada: I was going to phone in to your show today, May 31, and say that not all Canadians are liberals. Many, especially in the prairie provinces, are conservative. Canada has a Conservative government and Alberta has had provincial Conservative governments since 1971. I’d like all of America to know that we aren’t all a bunch of pinko nut-cases up here. I listen to your show because we have nothing like it here.

Ann: All is excellent but if you don’t have time for all of it, move slider in to 27:17 for Heather’s question. One of the best explanations for war that I have heard. Sadam killed 330,000 of his people, rape rooms, children’s prisons, son delivered a woman in pieces to her family…

Part 2:

“80% of Southern Baptist pastors say that they currently support and plan to vote for Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive 2008 Republican nominee for president. Conversely, only 1% expressed their intention to vote for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and 0% supported Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)…”

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