Great tactic actually. If history has told us anything about Kobe, it's that first comes the assault, then comes the ring.

"There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys."

AFA President Julio Grondona on Maradona: "The bad luck charm left the stadium and we won." He walked out just before Messi struck winner

Oh, get our of here with you "context" and "theological expertise" and "experience with this faith community." Don't you know it's more fun to be sarcastically dismissive?

I work in the restaurant at the Crowne Plaza hotel across the street from the convention center where the PCUSA general assembly is being held in Detroit. We are in an active labor dispute at my hotel and are fighting with our employers to gain union recognition. The PCUSA voting elders allowed me to speak on…

Also Presbyterian here at the assembly. The authoritative interpretation which takes effect immediately will allow pastors to perform marriages in places where it is legal. The change to the Directory for Worship, which requires the ratification of the presbyteries, will also allow pastors laboring in places where it…

There were actually two different actions. One would amend the Book of Order to redefine marriage as between two people, and that has a year to get ratified by the presbyteries before it goes into effect. The other was an Authoritative Interpretation that allows PCUSA pastors to officiate at same sex weddings in…