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	<title>Jack&#039;s Pipe</title>
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	<description>Pondering life in light of God&#039;s endless glory.</description>
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		<title>Tattoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I hear kids talk about getting a tattoo, I like to tell them that they&#8217;ll fit right in in prison.
I don&#8217;t know if it encourages them to make a wiser decision, but it is amusing to poke fun at a dopey (and ugly) mutilation fad.
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		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2012/02/01/tattoo/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s all over&#8221; &#8211; the power of establishments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone else noticed the latest drumbeat in the Republican presidential primary?   All I&#8217;ve heard from the media for the last week or two is how it&#8217;s all over, Romney is sewing it up, Ron Paul can&#8217;t win the general election.   What is obviously going on here is a Republican establishment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/12/30/its-all-over-the-power-of-the-media/</link>
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		<title>Poor Jerry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If these allegations against Jerry Sandusky are true &#8212; and we need to remember how those Duke lacrosse players were falsely convicted by public opinion and cretins like Al Sharpton years ago &#8212; it is truly one of the most absurd stories I have ever heard.  A guy is caught on two separate occasions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/11/10/poor-jerry/</link>
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		<title>A Gang Member&#8217;s Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those articles that makes you think.
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		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/11/08/a-gang-members-story/</link>
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		<title>Experiencing history in New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I enjoyed a fine anniversary weekend in New York City.  Always interested in the reality of something versus how it&#8217;s reported in the media, I wandered down (wife in tow) to observe the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests.  
The protesters weren&#8217;t at Wall St.  Wall St. was partially closed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/10/19/a-weekend-with-the-protesters-in-new-york/</link>
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		<title>American &#8220;exceptionalism&#8221; and Scripture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the themes espoused by conservative pundits like Rush Limbaugh, perhaps the most damaging is this idea of American &#8220;exceptionalism.&#8221;  How can it possibly be squared with the Scripture?  It can&#8217;t.  When the Bible says that all men have fallen short of God&#8217;s glory, that includes Americans.  And it certainly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/08/22/american-exceptionalism-and-scripture/</link>
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		<title>Doctors and pastors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone else bristle at the idea of calling all PhD&#8217;s &#8220;doctors?&#8221;  It reeks of pretentious puffery.
For me, a doctor is a medical doctor.  I&#8217;ll call Ron Paul &#8220;Dr. Paul&#8221; because he is a an obstetrician.   I can&#8217;t call RC Sproul &#8220;Dr. Sproul.&#8221;  Plus, RC Sproul has a far more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/08/06/doctors-and-pastors/</link>
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		<title>80 million strong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner recently revealed that the government sends out 80 million checks a month. That&#8217;s a lotta dependency.  Add in spouses and others who are also dependent on those checks, and you have a lot of slaves on the government&#8217;s plantation.  Could a citizen 100 years ago have imagined such a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/07/27/80-million-strong/</link>
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		<title>The gay life&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is not so gay, says this incredible, searing article.  (ht: Baylyblog)
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		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/05/24/the-gay-life/</link>
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		<title>The death of an evil man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night was a festive atmosphere at the White House, as people celebrated Bin Laden&#8217;s death.  I even saw girls standing on shoulders, falling into arms as a cheerleader would at a college football game.  For some reason it reminded me not so much of the jingoism that accompanied the first gulf war [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/05/03/the-death-of-an-evil-man/</link>
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		<title>Clouds, misdirection, and euphemisms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I think both parties are part of the abortion problem rather than the solution since they both support the entire entitlement state that undergirds it, this just takes the cake.  Our evil emperor strikes again&#8230;
For more than an hour in an Oval Office meeting on April 7, House Speaker John Boehner had insisted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/04/10/its-only-fair-folks/</link>
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		<title>Leaving the promise-making business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just witnessed the budget charade.  
Not long ago, the Ryan plan was introduced with some fanfare.  It promises lots of cuts&#8230; over decades.  Few cuts of significance in the first year. When you hear someone say that they want to cut trillions over 10+ years, remember that budgets are redone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/04/09/leaving-the-promise-making-business/</link>
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		<title>Unions and state governments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some random thoughts as we watch the battles play out between public unions and government officials&#8230;

Why do so many people look upon policemen, firemen, and public school teachers as sacrosanct?  To use the latter example, public schools are an incredibly inefficient use of resources. If someone says &#8220;we can&#8217;t put a price on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/03/07/unions-and-state-governments/</link>
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		<title>You don&#8217;t know the whole story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. -Gandalf to Frodo in The Lord of the Rings
I was at the doctor the other day, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/02/06/you-dont-know-the-whole-story/</link>
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		<title>Random January thoughts on the economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What we really ought to ask the liberal, before we even begin addressing his agenda, is this: In what kind of society would he be a conservative?  -Joseph Sobran
A perceptive quote.  For most, the answer is &#8220;in whatever society I can keep getting whatever I&#8217;m currently getting, and I don&#8217;t care or I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2011/01/29/2333/</link>
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		<title>The most wonderful time of the year</title>
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All my heart this night rejoices
As I hear / Far and near / Sweetest angel voices.
&#8220;Christ is born,&#8221; their choirs are singing
Till the air / Everywhere / Now with joy is ringing.
I admit it, Christmas-time is my favorite time of the year. The wreaths are a closed loop, a reminder of eternity. Evergreens are lovely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/12/19/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>The thing that lends credibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hate public education, but I love college football on fall Saturdays.
When I was at OSU, I think it&#8217;s fair to say that most of the bureaucrats aka. &#8220;educators&#8221; there hated the football program. &#8220;Here we are providing enlightenment to young minds and, alas, our public face is a most distasteful, crass game with young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/11/18/the-thing-that-lends-credibility/</link>
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		<title>And He shall reign forever and ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This never happens when I&#8217;m at the mall.  A church we attended back in the 1990s would hire an orchestra some Christmas&#8217;s, and I remember noticing one of the cello players reading a paperback during the sermon.  I note this just because some of the singers here look like those kind of studious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/11/15/and-he-shall-reign-forever-and-ever/</link>
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		<title>Sobran on war</title>
		<description><![CDATA[War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness to unintended secondary results.
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		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/10/08/sobran-on-war/</link>
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		<title>Demotivational speaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few things are as demotivating as motivational speakers.   Today in Columbus, we had this event.  Among all the shining luminaries &#8212; Laura Bush!  Terry Bradshaw! Lola Heatherton and Dr. Tongue! &#8212; guess who was the keynote speaker?  Yes, the same former board member of Dallas Planned Parenthood who has so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/10/06/demotivational-speaking/</link>
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		<title>Joe Sobran, RIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The great columnist, Joe Sobran, has died at the age of 64. Sobran wrote for the National Review back when it was interesting, largely because of him. He&#8217;s in that handful of my greatest influences.  His syndicated column was popular in the 1980s, but that went away with some well-publicized (and very unfair, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/10/01/joe-sobran-rip/</link>
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		<title>Why libertarianism?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People are upset about the economy.  They&#8217;re grasping for alternatives to the current political class.  Someone recently noted that the great danger of the Tea Party is that it feels like a revolution to its members, but it doesn’t address any of the issues that really matter.  
This is true.  It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/09/23/why-libertarianism/</link>
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		<title>Yoga goes mainstream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the workouts I do, if I had to keep one it&#8217;d be the yoga.  I&#8217;ve found nothing better to improve strength, flexibility, posture, and especially balance.  It&#8217;s not fun to do, but you feel great afterward.  It&#8217;s good for your back.  It complements weight training and aerobics.  
Until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/09/13/yoga-goes-mainstream/</link>
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		<title>The powerful voice of Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will. -Proverbs 21:1
In his sermon this morning, our pastor noted that Mary responded to the Lord calling to her (John 11:29).  Then, soon after, Lazarus responded from the grave to the Lord&#8217;s call (John 11:43-44). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/08/15/2234/</link>
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		<title>Thinking about racism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For my entire lifetime, I have been hearing the word &#8220;racism.&#8221; For 25 years, phrases like &#8220;Dr. King&#8217;s dream&#8221; have been cues to either change the channel or prepare for a tiresome torrent of cliches. 
There has always been something tedious and artificial about discussions of racism.  The real problem is hatred and pride. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackspipe.com/2010/07/19/thinking-about-racism/</link>
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