Steve’s Columns
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UK’s Top Ten Christmas Carols — Any Surprises?
The United Kingdom’s Premier Christian Radio recently sponsored a survey to identify favorite Christmas carols. The results? Some predictable, some…
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Thoughts on Gladiator on a Snowy, December Afternoon
My family had fifteen or so large trees — including a few, hundred-foot pines — cut down around our home…
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Give a Listen: Some Off-Beat Christmas Musical Recommends
Something lighter for the season … All things being equal, the Christmas time-of-year is my favorite stretch on the calendar — which…
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Ouch! One Week Later: Lessons from Virginia’s Elections, Pt. 1
One week removed from Virginia’s latest political contests the lessons are piling up like shady pay-offs into a Terry McAuliffe…
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The Devil in the Headlines. And the World. Literally
Seems like we’ve been in quite the devil of a season, lately — and I don’t say that because of…
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BOOM! ClashDaily.com Rebukes Megyn Kelly for Falsely Accusing Joe-The-Plumber of Racism.
Megyn Kelly — I eagerly await your apology, retraction, whatever you want to call it, regarding the libelous insinuations you…
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Breaking Bad — Because Humanity is Badly Broken
A little over a week ago, more than ten million people sat under a mesmerizing humdinger of a theology lesson…
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Outrage! Assassination Attempt on Issa, Panetta, etc. Anyone Out There Care?
A just-published report indicates, their Islamist blood-lust apparently unslaked by the slaughter of four Americans in last year’s Libyan consulate assault, more…
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World War Z: Helpful Lessons Courtesy of Brad Pitt Versus the Zombies
When it comes to contemporary zombie-mania? Sorry, not a fan. Standard-issue undead TV or film is normally heavy on splashy,…
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Syria Strike? No! Aggressive National Defense? Yes!
Let me make myself clear, upfront: I oppose military action in Syria. I start with that unvarnished assertion because ,…
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How Else Do You Spell ‘Diana Nyad’? I.N.S.P.I.R.A.T.I.O.N.
The announcement came over the radio about lunchtime on Labor Day. For a fleeting moment, I thought I’d misheard the details: Champion…
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A Priest, Some Prayer — and A&E’s Risky Move? Not.
So far, my wife and I have greatly enjoyed A&E’s crime drama Longmire. Set to wrap-up its sophomore season, the…
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At Long Last: an Accounting? Clinton and Weiner Deserve Each Other
That saying about clouds and silver linings? Anthony “Carlos Danger” Weiner’s latest pornographic flap proves it’s not just a platitude.…
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A Constitutional, Conservative Yank Applauds the Royal Birth
Odd thing: witnessing so many of my (presumably) pro-family, pro-life brethren contemptuously jeering the birth of a baby. Seems like,…
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White House Attacked! Olympus Has Fallen vs. White House Down
This spring/summer, in a bit of what I suppose is cinematic serendipity, Hollywood released two major films with White-House-Under-Siege themes.…
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Hey, Secularists: Our Founders Respected Christianity — Get Over It
This Independence Day weekend, let’s envision millions of Americans hazarding a peek at the actual history of their nation —…
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Conservative Biggies Shrug/Squirm at High Court’s Gay Marriage Hokum
For those puzzling over why sensible people have lost the “marriage” issue to the homosexual bullies: I just listened to…
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Good News/Bad News: We Invent Iron Man — But Other Stuff, Too
With some smug satisfaction, I admit I was a serious fan of Iron Man before it was cool to be…
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Quoting Clint Eastwood This Memorial Day
This Memorial Day I’m thinking a bit about Clint Eastwood. No, not because he’s had a hand in a respectable…
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Post Boston Bombing, Barney ‘Frank’ly Speaks — and Does Us All a Favor
For that teeny-weeny faction of sentient conservatives tempted to romanticize the now-expired congressional tenure of Barney Frank, I have some…
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… But He Sure Was a Fine Movie Critic
Okay, I’d suspected just-deceased Roger Ebert — iconic, Chicago Sun Times film-critic/tv personality — skewed left in his politics. It wasn’t until the…