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Wednesday August 6, 2008

SCC on Larry King
Steven Curtis Chapman will appear on CNN’s “Larry King Live” on Thursday, August 7 at 9pm Eastern Time. Denny Burk has the scoop. He also has video of Chapman on Good Morning America.


Chick-fil-A Shows Grace
“Chick-fil-A restaurant founder S. Truett Cathy has decided not to press charges against two girls who caused $30,000 worth of damage to his home.”


Watching TBN
Michael Mckinley of the IX Marks blog recorded and watched a morning’s worth of TBN and makes some wry observations.


McCain Fights Back
Love him or hate him, you’ve got to admit that McCain had a great moment a couple of days ago. Speaking at a motorcycle rally, “As you may know, not long ago a couple hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent. I’ll take the roar of 50,000 Harleys any day,”


Skeel on Solzhenitsyn
David Skeel has a short but powerful post on Solzhenitsyn.


Sleepless in America
“Whether we are chemically stimulating because we do not get enough sleep, or whether the caffeine itself is depriving us of precious rest, we are also sleeping less than ever before. Americans get an average of six and a half hours of sleep a night, a 25 percent drop since the early 1900s.”


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