"Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don't throw them at me."

Wafa Sultan, an Arab-American Psychologist, in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV on February 21

the Pearl

Sometimes I feel like a merchant of fine pearls, who upon finding one pearl of great value, sold everything he had, and bought it... and has been trying to slowly reacquire everything he sold ever since.

Meanwhile, In Paris

Yahoo! News: French Police Subdue Riots Over Jobs Law

He is not silent. The reason we have the answer is because the infinite-personal God, the full Trinitarian God, has not been silent. He has told us who He is. Couch your concept of inspiration and revelation in these terms, and you will see how it cuts down into the warp and woof of modern thinking. He is not silent. That is the reason we know. It is because He has spoken. What has He told us? Has He told us only about other things? No, He has told us truth about Himself -- and because He has told us truth about Himself -- that He is the infinite-personal, triune God -- we have the answer to existence.

-Francis A. Schaeffer, He Is There and He Is Not Silent

In Defense of Bonds(?)

It was brought to my attention today (via sports radio) that a few months ago some French journalists wrote with "conclusive proof" that Lance Armstrong used steroids to help him capture his seven Tour de France wins. Most Americans (including the sober one) found this report incredulous. Bitter French who hate Armstrong, who is a sports hero.
Now two San Francisco Cronicle reporters have produced "proof" that Barry Bonds was juiced while he pursued both Mark McGwire's single season record and Hank Aaron's career record of home runs. Is it fair to assume Bonds is guilty based on hearsay when Armstrong was given the benefit of the doubt? No. So, I will no longer refer to Bonds as a juiced jerk. Instead I will simply think of him as a jerk who probably did but may not have done steroids. He deserves that much.