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10/8/2008 3:48 PM
Men work on the job more hours than women. Among full-time workers, men put in 8.2 hours, women work 7. ...
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By pkeditor on
9/22/2008 10:01 PM
 The Christian media is alive with anticipation over its latest infiltration of Hollywood, but it’s not just another cheesy church production. “Fireproof” is the third production of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga.
Their previous work (“Facing the Giants” in 2006 and the TV-to-video “Flywheel” in 2003) turned heads with tight writing and above-average performances by an amateur cast of church members.
The formula worked, and the Sherwood Pictures team only deviated a little by hiring an established name to the lead in “Fireproof ...
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By pkeditor on
9/8/2008 8:05 AM
Going into pro football season (a game that many guys just love to watch), there’s bad news and good news.
First, the bad news:
Fox Sports/Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock
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By pkeditor on
8/22/2008 9:17 AM
Who fills the "father void" in our lives? Often it's the chaplain, and especially so for athletes competing far from home and family connections.
The Washington Post noted that Chinese authorities banned chaplains from living in the Olympic village, and the athletes are not happy about it. The problem was highlighted when U.S. men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon's father-in-law was killed, and English speaking chaplains were hard to find.
Our friends at the National Center for Fathering have a link to a recent article on NCF CEO Carey Casey, who served as a chaplain at the 1988 Seoul Games.
Chaplains are becoming a more and more valuable asset in po ...
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By pkeditor on
8/21/2008 10:40 AM
NowPublic.com’s citizen journalist site posted this story on “Famous fathers and their famous children” at Beijing.
There are many, many more second and third generation Olympians, including gold-medal beach volleyballer Misty May-Treanor, whose dad Butch was on the 1968 U.S. Olympic indoor volleyball team.
College athletes (not-quite-Olympians) whose kids are competing in Beijing are legion, including American hurdler David Oliver, whos
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By pkeditor on
8/5/2008 11:21 AM
Now that the surge has been proclaimed a success, we don’t hear much about soldiers being sent overseas. My buddy is shipping out to Iraq this week.
My buddy had done his stint in the Army back in his twenties. But something stirred inside him after September 11. He’s 40-something now, a born fighter, and he just had to get back into the action. I’m thinking that he’s thinking, “Finally, a formidable foe, and a cause worth fighting for.”
Thankfully, he is a wise fighter, not naïve, not casual, but intense and focused. He moved up the ranks quickly, earning his sergeant’s stripes ahead of his younger reserve comrades. They know a ...
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By pkeditor on
7/8/2008 7:43 PM
It was sobering to see this BBC report on a 60-year old Indian beggar, who just jumped from the streets of Calcutta into middle class. After 44 years of begging, she saved up 87% of the average year's salary and deposited it (30,000 rupees = $692), qualifying for a credit card. That's discipline!
A decade ago, you may have heard about an 87 year old woman who made national headlines when she drew from her savings to donate a $150,000 scholarship to Southern Mississippi University. Her chosen profession – washerwoman, taking in the clothes of others, ...
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By pkeditor on
6/25/2008 9:59 AM
 Time Magazine reports that more men die in storms of most types. It’s true with the current floods in the Midwest this summer. Nine of the 12 fatalities so far are men.
Writer Amanda Ripley:
A study of U.S. thunderstorm-related deaths from 1994 to 2000 found that men were more than twice as likely to die than women. Of the 1,442 fatalities, 70% we ...
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By pkeditor on
6/18/2008 2:32 PM
Here’s a story that still has me thinking. Earlier this month, Hartford, CT police chief Daryl Roberts reported and released a video showing a hit and run event that left 78 year old Angel Torres paralyzed, lying in Park Street.
Because no witnesses appeared to respond to Mr. Torres’ injury, and because a former deputy mayor was also recently mugged in broad daylight, the Chief also declared that “the city no longer had a moral compass.” This reminds me of Good Samaritan story told by Jesus, recorded in Luke 10, but this time there is no hero.
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By pkeditor on
6/11/2008 5:16 PM
  
Leave it to Beaver has become iconic in contemporary American life for representing the idealized 1950s middle class, suburban American Family. It is common now to find, for example, blogs such as “Not June Cleaver” (Read More »
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