Here’s a fun but discouraging site: PolitiFact.com, which analyzes the statements and speeches and ads run by the presidential candidates to figure out who’s stretching the truth the most. The current breakdown is as follows: ———— McCain Campaign Barely True Claims: 11Hardly True Claims: 8Outright Lies: 3Total fabrications so far? 22 ———— Obama Campaign Barely…

You don’t read my blog for political commentary — of that I’m pretty certain — but this has been a pretty political week, so I’m gonna cover Sarah Palin for a second. My opinion of her has whiplashed at least three times over the last six days. Friday, August 29: Her candidacy is announced. Wow,…

Just to follow-up on last week’s post, here’s the video and transcript of Don Miller’s prayer at the Democratic National Convention. When Cameron Strang graciously backed out from giving the prayer, Don stepped in. Because, in his words, “Somebody calls you and asks you to pray, you do.” I recognize that not everyone’s the biggest…

If you didn’t know, RELEVANT founder Cameron Strang got invited to give the opening invocation from the main stage at the Democratic National Convention. Yep, the national TV broadcast. The DNC is looking to reach out to faith-minded young voters, and because Obama’s campaign has been in touch with RELEVANT a few times, they thought…

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