Some wise words for fathers

Does my presence as a father really make a difference in my son's life?  "What a boy can use, and too often doesn't have, are the heart of his father and the fellowship of men. A boy needs at least one man who pays attention to him, spends time with him, and admires him. A boy needs a role model, a man whom he can regard as a mentor." Dennis and Barbara Rainey, Familylife.com; Via Point of View

Atheists and Their Fathers  "How does one become an atheist? Does a person's relationship with his earthly father affect his relationship with his heavenly Father? These are some of the questions we will explore in this article as we talk about the book Faith of the Fatherless by Paul Vitz."  Kerby Anderson, Probe Ministries

Fathers: The Greatest Influence  "...they have bought into modern cultural caricatures along with [radically] feminist psychology and its label of "hunter-gatherer" and thus assume this to be their primary and sometimes only contribution to the family. As a result too many men, including professing Christian men, express their role as "father" exclusively in terms of financial provider. The fact is children are not looking for financial provision; they are looking for love, guidance and a role model for what it means to be a man."


newyorker.com



Obama’s Full-Court Press on Israel

Netanyahu and Obama; back in the day

Pajamas Media  "Note also that Obama’s talk of “swaps” in no way mitigates the gravely anti-Israeli nature of that position, since it means that even for retaining a sacred site like the Western Wall — which is over the 1967 lines — Israel would have to give up something in return. Again, this is the Fatah and Hamas view: that Israel has no inherent right to any of the land that is supposed to be in dispute.
"Some say Netanyahu shouldn’t be fazed by the latest pressures since, with Congress opposed to Obama’s tack, they’re more bark than bite. Whether or not Congress can really contain Obama at this point, to think of what he could do in an unfettered second term is chilling." Emphasis added.

This economy is ready for the shovel

Gary Varvel; worldmag.com/

Tax dollars for La Raza skyrocket after Obama appoints one of its leaders to White House post

Washington Examiner  "The inter-governmental affairs job is among the most powerful in a presidential administration in terms of its occupant being able to direct or influence the awarding of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants in aid and contracts.
"Here's how Judicial Watch describes the significance of the Munoz appointment:"

Ignored by the mainstream media, Judicial Watch covered the appointment because the president issued a special “ethics waiver*” to bring Muñoz aboard since it violated his own lobbyist ban. At the pro illegal immigration NCLR, Muñoz supervised all legislative and advocacy activities on the state and local levels and she was heavily involved in the congressional immigration battles that took place in the George W. Bush Administration.

*More Obawaivers.

Related JW article from 2006:   And this post  from Kevin Jackson at The Black Sphere.