Word: warrens
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...Evangelical named Joel Kilpatrick, 35. His five-year-old site, a kind of Christian version of the satirical newspaper the Onion, is now recognized as a healthy supplement in an irony-poor culture. Even Zondervan grudgingly admits that the Bible item was "in the spirit of legitimate satire." Rick Warren (WARREN TO BUY SAINTS, BUILD PURPOSE-DRIVEN FIELD) e-mails Lark items to his flock and says, "If you can't laugh at yourself, you have a pride problem. These guys are the best...
That said, it's worth recalling the contempt with which the Bush Administration viewed Bill Clinton's failed efforts to mediate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To Bush's team, Clinton's desperate pursuit of a deal--his first-term Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, visited Israel 35 times--was a waste of presidential prestige. It smacked of utopian arrogance, as if Americans thought we could make a messy world behave the way we wanted...
...President since Chester A. Arthur has entered the White House without a pet. Warren Harding campaigned with his Airedale Terrier, “Laddie Boy,” and gave the mutt his own chair at cabinet meetings. The Scottish Terrier “Fala” belonging to Franklin D. Roosevelt ’04 had his own Secret Service moniker and became an election issue in 1944 when FDR allegedly sent a destroyer to the Sandwich Islands to retrieve the dog after leaving it behind there. Calvin Coolidge once remarked that “any man who does...
...feel when it came out that Paris Hilton-who had helped you in the Vote or Die Campaign-did not actually vote in the 2004 election? -Taylor Warren, Greenville, S.C.I wasn't really surprised, because it takes steps. Her taking the time to be involved and put on the t-shirt was a step. That t-shirt will go down as one of the biggest political statements in history. If we don't vote this year, we are going to keep on dying. Some people have ideas like let's stay there for a hundred years, but sometimes...
...reason he and Clinton have empowered Evangelicals within their own campaigns. Instead of avoiding Catholic voters, they've initiated new discussions about abortion. Instead of silencing pro-life supporters, they've encouraged Democrats to show tolerance and respect. And they're both on a first-name basis with Rick Warren...