Forwarded to me from my sister-in-law: The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford’s office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were there…

“Seventy percent of our budget comes in December, so we live by faith, or by hope,” the Rev. Jim Antal, president of the Massachusetts conference of the United Church of Christ, tells the Boston Globe’s Michael Paulson. 70%! I know that charities get a disproportionate share of their donations this month as well so everyone’s…

“I would not say the free market corrodes the moral character. I would say the decline of moral character in democratic society has corroded, and is still corroding, the system of the free market.” –French philosopher and author Bernard-Henri Lévy (Hat tip: Cathy Grossman) Alan Greenspan made a similar point recently. He argued that the…

The San Antonio News-Express reports: A speeding pickup rear-ended a woman’s sedan on the South Side on Friday morning and sheriff’s officials say the driver said it was Jesus’ will because the other motorist was not “driving like a Christian.” Full story here. Perhaps the “Honk If You Love Jesus” bumper stickers should be replaced…

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