| Chelsea Asked About Monica | | From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum
Campaigning in Indianapolis for her mother, Chelsea Clinton had a quick retort when asked a question she had never had before. When a male student asked her if her mother's credibility had been hurt during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Clinton quickly responded."Wow, you're the first person actually that's ever asked me that question, in the, maybe 70 college campuses that I've been to," Clinton bitterly said at Butler University. "And I don't think that's any of your business." http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/25/807581.aspxI saw the clip on TV several times since last night and I must say I believe Chelsea handled it very well and with class. Apparently the majority of the students gathered to see her agreed as they erupted into applause. The student who asked the question, Evan Strange, is a Clinton supported who says he was surprised by the rebuke. "I'm a supporter of Hillary. I love Hillary," Strange said Wednesday on CBS' "The Early Show." "He said he asked the question because his friends 'always bring up that scandal. It's not something I asked to cause trouble but to show those... | |
| | Removing the blinkers of blind faith | | The following is an article published in the New Scientist with the title "Christian faith in the other good book". I found it quite interesting in the way that it seems to reconcile believers with the facts of evolution, and also shows that you can have faith without being a blind sheep taking the so-called 'holy' texts at face value. So here goes:Flocks of the Christian faithful in the US will this Sunday hold special services celebrating Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The idea is to stand up to creationism, which claims the biblical account of creation is literally true, and which is increasingly being promoted under the guise of "intelligent design". Proponents of ID say the universe is so complex it must have been created by some unnamed designer.Support for "Evolution Sunday" has grown 13 per cent to 530 congregations this year, from the 467 that celebrated the inaugural event last year. Organisers see it as increasing proof that Christians are comfortable with evolution."For far too long, strident voices, in the name of Christianity, have been claiming that people must choose between religion and modern science," says Michael Zimmerman, founder of... | |
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