#A prayer to remember the spirit of Christmas

#A prayer to remember the spirit of Christmas

“#A prayer to remember the spirit of Christmas” From the Gospel According to Luke,Chapter 2, Verses 1 through 20: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)…

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#Read the classic poem ‘The Night Before Christmas’

#Read the classic poem ‘The Night Before Christmas’

“#Read the classic poem ‘The Night Before Christmas’” Clement Clark Moore was born in New York City in 1779 and, long before his death 84 years later, established a reputation as a scholar. A noted lecturer and writer, he also generously supported theological education. Yet his life would merit little more than a footnote in…

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#Biden finally praises Operation Warp Speed

#Biden finally praises Operation Warp Speed

“#Biden finally praises Operation Warp Speed” President-elect Joe Biden finally offered some words of praise for President Trump’s record-breaking Operation Warp Speed. Better late than never, we guess. After getting his own jab Monday, Biden acknowledged the Trump administration’s hard work on vaccine development, specifically crediting Operation Warp Speed with “getting this off the ground.”…

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#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC

#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC

“#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC” What New York’s schoolchildren really need now, Mayor Bill de Blasio told the city on Monday, is . . . a mental-health quiz and more social workers. Yes, the mayor is tripling down on his wife’s ThriveNYC initiative, with an all-new, ill-defined focus on counseling for students…

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#This COVID relief bill is why Congress is hated

#This COVID relief bill is why Congress is hated

“#This COVID relief bill is why Congress is hated” Public approval of Congress sank to just 15 percent in the latest Gallup poll, but lawmakers are determined to find out how low they can go. That’s one explanation, at least, for all the unrelated junk they tossed into the massive pandemic-relief/government-funding bill. The public fury…

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#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary

#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary

“#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary” Libertarian: Cruz’s Lame Asylum-Ban Logic Sen. Ted Cruz offered a “weak” rationale for his surprise move to block a bill to grant “political asylum to residents of Hong Kong fleeing China’s increasingly oppressive rule,” notes Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy: a claim that it would make…

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#.2 billion only keeps the MTA on life support

#$4.2 billion only keeps the MTA on life support

“#$4.2 billion only keeps the MTA on life support” Congress finally reached a relief-bill deal that will send a much-needed $4.2 billion to the MTA. Kudos to Sen. Chuck Schumer for getting it done — and for warning that it’s not nearly enough. The aid should let the agency avoid — for now — major…

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#Russia’s SolarWinds attack calls for a new ‘reset’

#Russia’s SolarWinds attack calls for a new ‘reset’

“#Russia’s SolarWinds attack calls for a new ‘reset’” President-elect Joe Biden’s first big test is already clear, a month before he takes office: what to do about to a vast cyberattack almost surely waged by Russia. This was no run-of-the-mill hack. A key starting point seems to be “backdoor” malware that infected a flawed product…

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