| Chris Satullo: Religious Right gives way to a new prophet
Jim Wallis is a prophet rapidly gaining honor in his own land. His new book, The Great Awakening, just hit the New York Times best-seller list. Jon Stewart fawns over him. On his book tour, Wallis speaks to large, rapt audiences, as he did last week at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill. Wallis, a founder of the Sojourners revival movement, seeks to be a prophet in the biblical sense - a man driven to proclaim the hard truths that God has branded on his heart to a skeptical people in a stubborn time. He's also not doing a bad job as a prophet in the popular sense - a guy who predicts what's going to happen. In his book Faith Works, published in 2001, Wallis argued that religious faith was not merely a private matter, but also an incomparable basis for social action - and predicted that more people of faith would enter the public square.
Tories demand Salmond quit as MP
On July 25, he took part in three votes on immigration, the machinery of government and home affairs. The other occasion was on November 19, when he voted in favour of the European Communities (Finance) Bill. The figures also show he missed a number of votes during the Holyrood election campaign. It is not the first time that Mr Salmond has been criticised over his decision to continue as both an MP and an MSP. The Liberal Democrats accused him of breaking a pre-election promise to accept only one salary. However, the First Minister later announced he would be donating the one-third of his Holyrood salary to which he is entitled as a so-called "dual mandate" politician to a special trust fund to help community projects in the north-east of Scotland.
Business column: The irresistibly sweet holiday treat
Are you at the office right now, sneaking a peak at this column, and thinking what to buy your sweetie for Valentine's Day? That's an easy one. Chocolate! As a self-proclaimed chocoholic, I thought it would be appropriate and timely to do a little research into my favorite food. I cannot live without it. I watch my weight, eat well, stay as fit as possible, and while treadmilling away for at least 45 minutes several times a week, I munch on a handful of dark chocolate-covered dried cherries (made with Belgian chocolate) from Trader Joe's. (Yes, you should find the time in your busy schedules for exercise, but that's another column!) It kind of counteracts the calories I am burning, but who cares? Those dark chocolate dried cherries are a shear delight, and when the heck are they opening up a Trader Joe's in the Hudson Valley anyway? The nearest ones are in Paramus, N.J., or Hartsdale.
Beagle Among Four Group Winners at Westminster
His handler says Uno "was his merry little hound self" last night. The dog barked and bayed, nipped at a sign, tried to grab his leash and took a flying leap at a piece of filet mignon. A standard poodle, a Sealyham terrier and an Australian shepherd also locked up spots in the final ring. Two more group winners will be chosen tonight before the final competition.
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Updated: February 14, 2008, 2:57 am
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Stroke Increase And Obesity Linked Among Middle-Aged Women
Middle-aged women's waists aren't the only thing that increased in the last decade. So did their chance of stroke. In a new study reported at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2008, rising obesity rates have been linked to more strokes among women aged 35 to 54.
A previous analysis of stroke prevalence rates in the United States from 1999 to 2004 revealed that women in their midlife years were more than twice as likely as men of similar age to report having had a stroke, said Amytis Towfighi, M.D., an assistant professor in the Neurology Department at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Ca.
To determine if this was a new phenomenon and to explore the potential contributions of vascular risk factors to stroke prevalence rates, researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Surveys 1988 - 1994 (NHANES III) and 1999 - 2004.
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