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Veritas football routs Cair Paravel in weather-shortened game

Great job guys!

October 15, 2012 at 2:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Veritas volleyball wins Paravel title

Awesome!

October 15, 2012 at 2:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Journal-World seeks your scary stories

I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me. I turned to my side and the mouth below the eyes asked, "Wanna hear a scary story?"
"Uh, I dunno know?" A scary story from a stranger sounded kind of, well, scary, but the eyes above the mouth were friendly enough. I was already sucked into this unknown scary story from an unknown stranger.
"I have to tell you that a lot of the men and women who first told this story were killed because of it," the stranger said.
"So, uh, what about the ones who listen to the story? What happens to them?"
"That depends."
"There was a man who claimed to be God. He did scary things like talk to the devil and turn water into wine. He talked about eating flesh and drinking blood. That really scared people. So they ripped his flesh with whips and nailed him to crossed pieces of wood. What was really scary was that the sky became really dark when he died."
"It gets scarier," the stranger said.
"I want to hear the end."
"Well it really hasn't ended yet, but I will tell you the rest of the story," replied the stranger.
"The man came out of his grave. He had a gaping wound in his side. There were holes in his hands and his feet. He would just appear places, smiling, and telling new scary stories about fire and death. Two creatures came down from the sky and took the guy away in a cloud."
"Sounds to me like you are just making things up as you go," I said.
"Well, let me finish and you decide." The stranger looked serious.
"When that man was tortured and killed his friends kind of went underground. They denied they had ever hung out with the guy. But when he walked out of his tomb his friends went public. Suddenly the story of that man's life was being repeated. The story was still scary to some people so they began capturing his friends soaking them in tar and burning them as lamps." The stranger's voice was trailing off.
"Seriously?" I asked. "Why would those people keep repeating those scary stories?"
"Well, people die for what they believe to be true all the time."
"I know. But who dies for a story they know is made-up?"
"That may be the scariest part of the story. No one does that. They gained nothing and lost everything because of their story about a dead man walking and talking. Sometimes their scary story gets a bit twisted, but the original version of it has never changed. Remember that guy claimed to be God. They say he should be worshipped!"
"God? A walking zombie?" Unable to get a read on my emotions, "You said the story really isn't over?"
The stranger lifted his eyebrows, "The end may be the scariest part of the story. That guy said he was going to come back wearing a robe dipped in blood with a sword coming out of his mouth."
I looked up. The stranger was gone.
It's kind of scary, but I ever since that dark afternoon, the days have been brighter and I have kept looking up. My eyes are open.

October 5, 2012 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Clinton Lake resort discussions resurface

Will they also expand area for recreational boating? On nice days there are boats on top of each other trying to tube and ski- very, very difficult to ski. Resort? Very bad idea!

September 6, 2012 at 9:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: Can I give blood any day without waiting for a blood drive?

Blood drive this Wednesday 9/5/12 at Christ Community Church, 1100 Kasold, Lawrence. Walk-ins accepted, but to schedule an appointment go www.savealife.org. Sponsor code for the location is CHRISTCOLW. 3:30PM-6:00PM. Or go to www.ccclawrence.org for more information.

September 4, 2012 at 2:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Western Civilization class may no longer be required at KU

Fine with me. Western Civ at KU was actually designed to systematically dismantle and deny any and all positive aspects of Christianity. It has really been effective, but it was rarely taught with any degree of historical integrity. Actually, I am kind of surprised it will no longer be required... But great news as far as I am concerned. Could have been an excellent course, but with a bias of political correctness guiding content and discussions it left students out on a limb without a trunk to support or explain a lot of history.

September 4, 2012 at 6:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Double Take: When teachers bully

There is also a lot of "world view bullying." While those who embrace Christianity are often accused of idea bullying, I think this kind of intellectual bullying, done under the guise of "education," comes far more often from those who embrace secular world views.

August 27, 2012 at 6:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Do you think Rep. Kevin Yoder's skinny-dipping incident distracts from more important issues?

What a dummy... seriously... what a dummy....
But we have had been led by a lot of dummies doing worse things... sometimes in the Sea of Galilee, sometimes in the oval office...

August 21, 2012 at 6:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Regents size up for-profit rivals

Education is a business. People purchase a product. When given choices most parents and post-secondary student will choose the educational product that can most effectively deliver the the education that matches their goals. Many of the for-profit colleges and tech schools offer degrees that government not-for-profits do not offer. The interesting truth is that both President Bardo and Regents Chairman McKechnie are correct. Many atttending for-profit colleges could not meet the enrollment requirement of KS Board of Regents schools. And as McKechnie points out that is public K-12 school's problem. But the solution will not be more dollars poured into K-12 public schools. Opening the door for K-12 school choice opportunities is one option for parents. Competition can drive improvement in public K-12 education. So could performance based salary increases for teachers. K-12 public school tenure continues to hinder the advance of an improved public K-12 educational product. I find it interesting, but not surprising to read that for-profit schools benefit from tax dollars. Could they be successful with tax dollars? But all not-for-profits benefits from tax dollars, if only for the road infrastructure that brings their students to them. But I also think it to be a bit disingenuous to refer to most public universities as not-for-proft. Beside tax dollars, millions and millions of dollars pour into universites from private enterprise in the form of research grants and endowments. And don't let anyone tell you that major university athletic programs basketball and football programs are not designed as for-profit enterprises. Athletic administrators and coaches make millions on the backs of student athletes. Harkin D-Iowa has a pro-socialist world-view. Successful private enterprise is disturbing to him.

August 20, 2012 at 7:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Police respond to gunshots at former chief’s house

Surely someone with some authority in city government is going to call for a second look at this. With so many creditability issues floating around the LPD I suggest a second look. Something else to seriously consider- we may need an outsider to come in and run the LPD. It appears personal relationships are clouding sound judgement. A new police facility won't repair poor leadership.

August 14, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

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