Did God have a wife? (The Week)
New York – Yes, says a leading theologian. And she may have been edited out of the Bible All the great religions of the world share the belief that there is but one solitary creator of the universe
Could the West’s anti-Gadhafi coalition fall apart? (The Week)
New York – Tensions are flaring as the U.S. and its allies debate who should take charge of the military mission in Libya Allied planes and warships continued to pummel Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with bombs and missiles on Thursday, but the coalition is showing signs of splintering.
For safer nuclear power plants, leave the ’70s era behind (The Christian Science Monitor)
There’s much to not like about nuclear power. In an ideal world people wouldn’t rely on it
It really is about regime change in Libya (The Week)
New York – Ignore the president’s hysterical critics. Obama’s aim is to topple Gadhafi — and he knows the stakes are high The commentary on the president’s course in Libya has been instinctively adversarial. Much of the press may be compensating for its cheerleading or supine acquiescence in the fraud of the Iraq War.
Why is the Tea Party silent on Libya? (The Week)
New York – Liberal critics are decrying the war on Moammar Gadhafi, but the right’s notoriously noisy grassroots movement has barely uttered a word. Why
Google Books: Shelved for good? (The Week)
New York – A judge rejects Google’s settlement with authors and publishers.
Evangelical shift on gays: Why ‘clobber scriptures’ are losing ground (The Christian Science Monitor)
Atlanta – In 1987, Jim Bakker’s sex scandal shocked the evangelical world. The husband of mascara-laden Tammy Faye was a super-televangelist with an average viewership numbering over 12 million and ministry contributions estimated at $1 million per week.
March Madness: By the numbers (The Week)
New York – The annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament is down to 16 teams. Does anyone in America still have a perfect bracket
Can Republican Scott Brown save Planned Parenthood? (The Week)
New York – The Massachusetts senator joins two GOP colleagues in opposing a House bid to strip federal funding from the family-planning group House Republicans’ hopes of stripping all federal funding from Planned Parenthood hit a big obstacle Tuesday, and his name is Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass). The junior senator from Massachusetts (and one-time Tea Party favorite) said the measure simply “goes too far.” Two other GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), had already voiced their opposition to the House plan
Anti-Iraq War Bush-Haters Squirm to Justify Libya (Larry Elder)
Creators Syndicate – “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation,” then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said in December 2007.
