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Let’s Not Reinstate the Death Penalty in Iowa

February 1, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Let’s Not Reinstate the Death Penalty in Iowa

Shane Vander Hart: While in principle, it is moral and just for the government to execute those convicted of heinous crimes, there are plenty of good reasons why Iowa should not reinstitute the death penalty after 52 years.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Anthony Bemino, Barbara Broffitt, Clel Baudler, David Zuckerman, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Exodus 21:24, FBI crime statistics, first-degree murder, George Woodworth, Glen Pierce, Greg Heartsill, Heather Evans, HSB 569, Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa House Public Safety Committee, Iowa Legislature, Justin Martin, Katherine Beckett, Marti Anderson, Matthew 5:38-46, Michael Radelet, Neil Alan Weiner, Nicole Finn, Richard Baldus, Romans 12:17-21, Romans 13:4, Scott Michael Green

Judicial Crisis Network Target Feinstein and Her Religious Litmus Test

September 15, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Judicial Crisis Network Target Feinstein and Her Religious Litmus Test

Judicial Crisis Network launches ad slamming “Religious Litmus Test” imposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) during her questioning of Amy Coney Barrett.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Al Franken, Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic Judges in Capital Cases, death penalty, Diane Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Judicial Crisis Network, Marquette Law Review, Senate Judiciary Committee

Dump the Death Penalty, but Fight for Taxpayer-Funded Abortions?

June 29, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Dump the Death Penalty, but Fight for Taxpayer-Funded Abortions?

Democrats advocate in their 2016 draft platform ending the death penalty for murders and forcing taxpayers to fund the murder of innocent, preborn babies.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Abortion, capital punishment, Constitution, death penalty, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, Democratic Platform Committee, due process, Hillary Clinton, Maya Harris, Supreme Court

An Evangelical Shift on Capital Punishment?

October 22, 2015 By Mark Tooley

An Evangelical Shift on Capital Punishment?

Will NAE adopt the habit of mainline Protestants to jettison traditional teachings by votes among select elites in vain pursuit of wider social approval?

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: capital punishment, death penalty, Institute of Religion and Democracy, National Association of Evangelicals

Ron Williamson, the Death Penalty, and Protections for the Innocent

February 13, 2011 By Brian Myers

Ron Williamson, the Death Penalty, and Protections for the Innocent

I recently listened to the audio version of John Grisham’s book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. It’s a story primarily about Ron Williamson, an ex-baseball star with developing mental issues who is convicted of a murder he did not commit. I was in the midst of one of my ordinary […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: capital punishment, death penalty, Dennis Fritz, John Grisham, Ron Williamson

Huckabee Says Document Leaks Are Treasonous, Calls for Execution of Government Leaker

November 30, 2010 By David Shedlock

Huckabee Says Document Leaks Are Treasonous, Calls for Execution of Government Leaker

Governor Mike Huckabee talked to reporters this weekend at the Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon Presidential Libraries in California while on a book tour for his new children’s book  Can’t Wait Till Christmas.  Among those reporters was KADY-TV* reporter Maria Sanchez.  Huckabee said: “Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason and I […]

Filed Under: California News & Politics Tagged With: death penalty, Mike Huckabee, Pentagon, Pete King, Treason, Wikileaks

Interview with Iowa Third Congressional Candidate – Jim Gibbons

February 12, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

Interview with Iowa Third Congressional Candidate – Jim Gibbons

I had the opportunity to sit down yesterday at Smokey Row with Jim Gibbons who is one of the gazillion (okay, seven) Republicans running to knock off Congressman Leonard Boswell in Iowa’s Third Congressional District.  Jim when he wrestled for Iowa State University (I’ll forgive the fact that he didn’t wrestle for my beloved Hawkeyes) […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: college wrestling, death panels, death penalty, Health Care Reform, Iowa 3rd Congressional District Race, Iowa Marriage Amendment, Iowa State Cyclones, Iran, Iraq, Jim Gibbons, Leonard Boswell, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Pro-life, same sex marriage, Tea Party, War on Terror

Twenty Items of Interest (v.7)

February 21, 2008 By Shane Vander Hart

1.  C. Michael Patton answers the question – What is Orthodoxy?.  He outlines what is considered to be Historical Christian Orthodoxy, Historic Protestant/Evangelicalism Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic Orthodoxy, and Eastern Orthodoxy.  This is an interesting post and it will help clarify for some of my readers when I mention historic Christian orthodoxy what that means.  Usually […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: anti-war radicals, Atonement, Barack Obama, death penalty, Dirty Politics, Hillary Clinton, humilty, hunger, irresponsible journalism, John McCain, Leadership, liberal theology, miracles, missle launch, moral relativism, Navy, New York Times, Obama abortion record, Personal Responsibility, poverty, prosperity gospel, Radical Islam, satellite, sharia law, social networking, theological orthodoxy

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