By Howie Rich Chariman, Americans for Limited Government We don’t name calendar years in America like they do in China, but if we did, it wouldn’t be hard to find a moniker for 2008. It was “The Year of the Bailout.” A.I.G, Bear Stearns, Chrysler, Citigroup, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Morgan Stanley, Indy Mac and [...]

  The Obama election was all about hope and change, you know. Did you know that even from The One, some terms and conditions apply?      From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

It’s getting tougher and tougher to sell the fantasy known as global warming.  A few years ago, when little was known about it, it wasn’t too hard.  Just get a few people in white coats and some letters after their name to pronounce vague but spectacular doom and you had society’s immediate attention.  Throw in [...]

By Maria Mackay Christian Today Reporter Tue, Jan. 06 2009 09:17 AM EST  As atheist ads hit London’s buses on Tuesday, one faith-based think tank says they will only get people thinking more about God. The ads by the British Humanist Association carry the slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your [...]

Do we have a little Jew-hating going on over at Southdacola?  By the post title “Jew the Plumber,” it appears l3wis doesn’t appreciate Joe the Plumber going to Israel to report on what’s going on over there.  Joe Wurzelbach aka Joe the Plumber is apparently going to the Middle East to do what the “mainstream” media finds [...]

  American Minute from William J. Federer Becoming the 13th President when Zachary Taylor died unexpectedly, he sent Commodore Perry to Japan and admitted California, which just began the Gold Rush, into the Union. This was Millard Fillmore, born JANUARY 7, 1800. When the Library of Congress caught fire, he formed a bucket brigade to [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Apostles of Tolerance, but they were back in the news last weekend. You’ve heard of the Apostles of Tolerance.  They are the homosexual activists and homosexual apologists who have for years preached tolerance to the rest of the world, specifically to Christians and others who understand [...]

You know, when I stuck my neck out several years ago and said, based primarily on the “smell test,” that the theory of anthropogenic global warming was full of hot air, I caught a lot of flack.  I still do, but it’s diminishing. That flack is diminishing because the nails upon which believers in this [...]

By Eric Young Christian Post Reporter Mon, Jan. 05 2009 06:17 PM EST A stream of European leaders converged in Israel Monday to push for a truce in the violence-plagued Gaza Strip while U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, from America, continued making phone calls to numerous foreign leaders in pursuit of a cease-fire agreement. [...]

By Jennifer Riley Christian Post Reporter Mon, Jan. 05 2009 01:48 PM EST A small, spontaneous act of kindness by a Chicago-area pastor has inspired the creation of the 365 Club – a Facebook group whose members are each committed to performing 365 acts of kindness in 2009. Since its founding last Friday, more than [...]

We don’t often think about the Secretary of State office of a given state to be that important or powerful.  Yet the Secretary of State usually oversees elections in the state, a duty which carries great responsibility. If laws are obeyed clearly and uniformly, still, the Secretary of State’s job means little power and political [...]

What are Caroline Kennedy’s chief qualifications to be a United States senator? Well, let’s look at the list…  From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

By S. Michael Craven Center for Christ & Culture   The holidays have ended and it is time once again to leave behind the festivities and fellowship so unique to this wonderful time of year. I confess that for me this is difficult. I love the Christmas season and everything about it—the weather, the carols, [...]

By Marie Jon’ Our country is facing a spiritual crossroads that could spell the end of traditional marriage and family life. Christianity is being encroached upon by those within the gay community. Many of these people are “part and parcel” of the same crowd who wish to remove God from the public arena because our [...]

If you’re interested in getting some information about what’s going on in Israel and Gaza–you know, beyond the Israel-bashing, “terrorists are victims” crap you get from the “mainstream” media–the Israeli Defense Force has now entered the Web 2.0 age. The have a blog called IDF Spokesperson where you can catch some of the latest updates [...]

Reprinted by permission of The Christian Post By Eric YoungChristian Post ReporterThu, Jan. 01 2009 07:15 PM ESTFocus on the Family got to work this week in explaining in detail why it pulled from its website an interview with a Mormon author. “We intended no insult,” expressed ministry spokesman Gary Schneeberger, in a statement. “[W]e [...]

BY STAR PARKERFOUNDER & PRESIDENTCOALITION ON URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION Last August I wrote a column critical of Rick Warren’s decision to host a presidential candidate forum at his Saddleback Church. My reasoning then was that America’s crisis is moral ambiguity. I argued that Pastor Warren would only contribute to this ambiguity by hosting candidates [...]

From today’s CitizenLink: On Dec. 9, 2007, teenage sisters Stephanie and Rachel Works were killed outside New Life Church in Colorado Springs. In their new book, “Gone in a Heartbeat,” David and Marie Works tell their story of love, loss and an enduring faith in God.

Well, the switch to the new Dakota Voice format and website flew like the proverbial rock. I had been testing the new site at the new location for several months now. Not a hitch. Working perfectly at that location right up to the minute the CNAME change for www.dakotavoice.com was supposed to switch over to [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer JANUARY 2nd is Betsy Ross Day. Born a day earlier, January 1, 1752, to a Quaker family in Philadelphia, she was 8th of 17 children. Apprenticed as a seamstress, she fell in love with upholsterer John Ross, son of an Episcopal rector at Christ Church and nephew of George [...]

Tomorrow sometime Dakota Voice will have a new look. Dr. Theo has been the inspiration for much of this change and has provided key advice at many stages of development. I’m moving DV completely off the Blogger platform and onto a content management system. There are a few drawbacks to this system, but the gains [...]

From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

I sometimes think that NASA is just another bloated federal bureaucracy run by politicians more interested in budgets than blastoffs, but this series of photos sent to me by a doctor friend who was once in charge of the astronaut recovery team still makes me swell with pride and awe. Click here for more photos.

American Minute from William J. Federer Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon Portland Chase, reported that September 1862, President Lincoln commented to his Cabinet after the Confederate Army lost the Battle of Antietam: “The time for the annunciation of the emancipation policy can no longer be delayed. Public sentiment will sustain it, many of my warmest [...]

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