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Questions to ask yourselves before you marry

A few days ago, I ran across an article from the NYT that presented 15 questions couples should ask themselves before they get married. The number’s not important, but the questions are. Thankfully Ligia and I discussed most of these questions, and others, before we tied the knot, but I hear many couples forgo this [...]

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People’s obsession with new things

There I was, at a stop sign, when a truck carrying new cars passed by me, and it hit me (an idea, that is)! Not only did those cars have plastic foil on the body of the cars, but they had it on the wheels as well! You know, you’ve seen the white plastic wrap [...]

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ComeAcross Podcast 11

Download ComeAcross Podcast 11
Summary: Book review, “Mister Ed and Me”, by Alan Young with Bill Burt — ComeAcross Photos (photos.raoulpop.com) is up and running — Congress to make social networking sites inaccessible to minors — Recipe: croissants with butter, sour cream and cinnamon — In France, politicians still listen to reason — Part [...]

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The coming conflict between same-sex marriage and religious liberty

Maggie Gallagher of The Weekly Standard wrote a great piece on the upcoming/potential conflict between the same-sex marriage movement and religious liberty. It’s long, but it’s definitely worth reading in its entirety.
It all boils down to this: neither side is willing to budge from its position. The religious conservatives are bent on defending their position, [...]

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Eight brides for eight sailors

Eight U.S. sailors at a Florida naval station fraudulently married Polish and Romanian women in order to collect extra housing allowances. They also collected money from the women to seal the deal, so to speak. The women then used the sham marriages to apply for residency in the States. Authorities are now investigating the matter, [...]

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