Producer's Desk — May, 2008

Video from C-SPAN: Commissioners talk to reporters and answer questions of their 2008 recommendations to the State Department on concerns for religious treatment and tolerance of religious minorities in various parts of the world.

“Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, or belief, simply does not exist in North Korea.” - Richard Land

Watch the press conference…

My latest post at Casting Stones:

“Today, May 1, was the 20th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer authorized by Congress and President Reagan. I had the great privilege of attending the National Day of Prayer Observance in the East Room of the White House. As I left the White House and made my way to a press conference in Senator Russell Park (across the street from the Russell Senate office building) to protest the manifold human rights abuses perpetrated by China and North Korea, I could not help but express my heartfelt gratitude to God for the blessing of having been born in this great country…”

Read the complete post…

“Abstinence education is effective at delaying sexual initiation and reducing the levels of early sexual activity, according to two studies presented April 22 at the National Press Club in Washington.”

Continue…

My latest post at Casting Stones:

“One NFL Hall of Fame football player, who now works full-time with a Christian ministry to the incarcerated, has said that for years now he has been asking all the prisoners with whom he is in contact, “Would those of you who had a good relationship with your father please raise you hand?”

The Hall of Famer said he has been asking that question for several years and he is still waiting for the first prisoner’s hand to go up…”

Read the full post at Casting Stones…

Part 2 of Richard’s interview with Ben Stein is now online.

(Originally broadcast on the FaithandFamily.com radio broadcast.)

“I could be wrong, I’m often wrong, but it seems to me we’ve just been fed a lot of horse poopy…” - Ben Stein

Transcript after the break or in PDF (178 KB)

• Baptist Press reports on this interview.

Part 1 of Richard’s interview with Ben Stein is now online.

(Originally broadcast on the FaithandFamily.com radio broadcast.)

“Well, it is not just Darwinian… it is Neo-Darwinism, because Darwin himself, he was an open-minded, broad-minded guy. He was a genius. There are no two ways about that.

He got a lot of things wrong and he was a stupendously racist guy, but he was in the category of very, very smart people.

Today’s followers of Darwin, they’re little dictators.” - Ben Stein

Transcript after the break or in PDF (183 KB)

My latest post at Casting Stones:

I was getting very sleepy as I drove across middle Tennessee the other day, so I stopped to get some coffee at a Waffle House in a rural area.

As I sipped my coffee, I eavesdropped on a conversation among some male blue-collar workers who were raising their cholesterol levels while solving the world’s problems. Sen. Obama’s clinging comments came up and one middle-aged man in bib overalls and work boots said, “I hate to say it, but he sounds like just another limousine liberal to me!”

Does this “cling-gate” story have a shelf life—Yep!

Read the complete post at Casting Stones…

April 17 and 18:

Richard Land interviews Ben Stein on Ben’s new film Expelled!

The broadcast will air on For Faith & Family on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Expelled! opens in theaters on Friday April 18, 2008.

My latest post at Casting Stones:

In his new book, Gross National Happiness, Dr. Brooks finds that “conservatives” are happier than “liberals.” In fact, Dr. Brooks’ research shows that conservatives have been happier than liberals for nearly four decades. Why?

Dr. Brooks’ research reveals that conservatives are more likely to be married and go to religious services on a weekly basis (twice as likely in both cases).

Conservatives are also more likely to have children, and more of them, than liberals. Dr. Brooks found parents are significantly happier than non-parents.

Read my complete commentary…

On April 12, 2007, Richard Land appeared on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report