Rabe Ramblings

Hey, it's been a while. What're ya gonna do? Life gets busy sometimes. In the meantime, here are some interesting things I've...

There is a natural and proper tendency, following someone's death, to speak words of grace and admiration. Even if the deceased was an ...

Doug Wilson ably dissects the liberal jokers who justify abortion by claiming the body's freedom from government interference on the on...

I came across an interesting story earlier today. A 9-year-old Florida boy at summer camp discovered an unusual rock on July 31st. He too...

[I never do this, but with the passing of John Hughes yesterday, it seemed appropriate to re-post some thoughts I had on him back in 2006 . ...

Well, it turns out the the "Cash for Clunkers" program is a huge hit , and why shouldn't it be? People know a sucker when the...

Doug Wilson has a little something here to make just about everyone uncomfortable. Tough but necessary words: ...Christians who live in sub...

I just want to make sure I have this straight. NFL player Michael Vick, who was convicted of organizing dog fights, was released today afte...

I'm not generally one to complain about media attention for dead celebrities. In fact, I've frequently been know to even defend it...

Despite the recent spate of celebrity deaths, the remaining members of my old "I Can't Believe They're Still Alive" list h...

CNN.com's current headline is, "Pop Star's Family Wants Answers, Says Jesse Jackson." For a minute, I thought, "Huh?...

Obviously, there's not much left to be said nearly 24 hours into the media maelstrom surrounding the sad-but-not-entirely-unpredictable ...

Like in that movie "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind," I'm starting to wish all collective memory of Gov. Mark Sanford coul...

Sometime around the age of 30, it seemed as if someone had pressed the "double-speed" button on the remote control of my life. I ...

For any of you who are into that kind of thing (and I'm still trying to figure it out myself), I'm now on Twitter @johnrabe. The go...

From NPR News , with my emphasis added: [Justice David Souter] generally votes with [John Paul] Stevens and the two justices who were appoin...

So I see Arlen Specter came out as a Democrat today. I haven't been this shocked since Clay Aiken announced he was gay.

Okay, so help me understand this. There's a massive controversy over a beauty contestant, Carrie Prejean, who responded to a judge'...

Doug Wilson has a timely reminder for self-proclaimed conservatives on tax day: A good half of the American populace pays virtually no tax ...

What a lousy day. In the last five minutes checking the news sites, I've discovered that former Major League phenom Mark "The Bird...