The free download of the month at ChristianAudio.com is Brother Lawrence, Practicing the Presence of God.
You don’t realize how many journalists you like until they die. I liked Tim Russert and I liked Tony Snow. I don’t think there’s anyone else I really like.
A month ago my dad helped me connect an antenna to our TV. Last night I watched a (fuzzy) hour of the All-Star game with my kids. Actually, most of it was the pre-game show. In any case, I was a bit chagrined to be watching it with them. The baseball was fine, but the commercials, yikes. My boys like to ask me about words they don’t know yet, and some of the ones they use, I’m not ready to explain (link for the ultra-curious out there; see side effects; I’ll stop doing this when my boys find out where my blog is).
There’s a column in the JPost about the destruction of Iraq’s nuclear facilities in light of the possible Israeli strike on Iran. Interesting reading.
In some ways, Plano is like Israel. Fortunately, they’re not yet doing full body searches when you enter a store or restaurant.
On the other hand, Plano was just ranked #1 place to build personal wealth by Salary.com. That would mean more to me if I had a job. Apparently Forbes.com recently ranked our county as the 14th best place in the country to raise a family. I don’t think I would disagree, knowing what I do.
I grew up watching Russert and Snow – I am equally sad! They are partially responsible for my early interest in politics and government and helped me have an interest in the world beyond Countryside, IL. Thanks to my parents for our Sunday morning tradition of “God, politics and donuts.” Aka: church, political roundtables and Entenmen’s chocolate frosted donuts!! Ah…good family memories and the paths they help chart! Amen!
What about David Dolan?
He’s not a journalist, I don’t really know him, I don’t read or listen to him, and what I hear students say about his lectures is always wrong (Syria still hasn’t attacked Israel…).
Point taken. Yeah, he’s no longer a journalist (he was at one time with CBS) and just does freelance stuff now (I have SkyAngel IPTV service and his stuff is on there sometime … with a staunchly pro-Israel bias).
I know you don’t have cable, but if you ever do get it, Fox News is the way to go usually. Tony Snow worked there and they have several good guys (and gals) on their news team. And, even their liberals are pretty good. I say their Fair and Balanced enough for me.
Otherwise, CNN is my second choice. I really don’t like MSNBC too much other than Joe Scarborough. He really belongs on Fox, which makes me wonder how sweet of deal MSNBC offered him.
Speaking of cable, you might want to check out SkyAngel. It’s $15 a month for “Christian” only channels (TV and Radio) and $25 for both “Christian” and “family-friendly” secular programming. I say “Christian” because there is stuff from TBN and 3-4 Catholic-based channels, plus one that is owned by the SDA Church. It’s not too bad. I use it to listen to Grace To You and wish they had the NRB channel, so I could watch GTY. It’s not too bad of a service really, but you need high-speed Internet to get it.