Category: Commentary
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Pastor doesn’t tip. Applebee’s server fired for posting receipt photo
“I give God 10 percent. Why do you get 18” These were the words written on a receipt at a St. Louis area Applebee’s by pastor, Alois Bell. A server at the restaurant posted a picture of the receipt online and was fired after the photo went viral and the pastor complaied. Bell has expressed…
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Ohio State – Miami: 10 years later
It’s probably the best BCS bowl game ever played. It might be the best game of the last decade. For football fans, it should even rank among the best games of all time. For me, it is THE greatest game ever. And it will always be the greatest. No game will ever compare. No game…
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Review: Les Miserables
When I was 11, I saw Les Miserables on Broadway. I was mesmerized by it. I thought that Les Miz was the most wonderful thing I had ever seen. Over the years, I’ve always enjoyed the musical and have listened to a number of different recordings and seen multiple film adaptations of the book. Until…
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Jesus in Les Miserables
Caught. Jean Valjean had stolen silver from the Bishop and the local authorities had caught him red handed. On his own merits, there was nothing Valjean could do to rectify the situation. He didn’t have the money to pay for it. He was guilty. But then something amazing happened. The Bishop tells the officers that…
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Why gun restrictions are not the solution
How can we prevent more violence? How can we stop bad people from going on killing sprees? We can’t. That’s the stark reality. We can blame society, we can blame guns, violent video games, how parents raise children, how the media sensationalizes these massacres, or a host of other factors. But there isn’t one reason…
Josh Benner 