It amazes me how our culture can be at two extremes at the same time. The best of everything technologically, for example, while at the same time the worst of everything when it comes to things like morality.
Maybe it is a natural fusion of my degree in Public Relations and my training in the Bible.
What kinds of things (we'll call these 'Trends:) do you pick up on from these popular and seemingly random news headlines from the past week?
- Now 'under God' dropped from Gettysburg Address!
- Hospital trust rejects Bible ban - National - West Sussex County Times
- FOXNews.com - Report Clears Obama Administration Over Role in Kenya Election, as Congressman Objects
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- Courts may be critical in 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' battle | McClatchy
- Science writer Fred Pearce calls for head of Patchy the UN's climate change boss | Mail Online
- Europe Terror Warning: US State Department Warns Of Attack And Britons Urged To Be Vigilant | World News | Sky News
- SAS officers warn that Britain is unprepared for a Mumbai-style attack - Telegraph
- Al-Qaida Plans: Bin Laden Said to Have Financed European Terror Plot - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
- First look at Ground Zero mosque - NYPOST.com
- Art sellers or Mossad spies? - Israel News, Ynetnews
- Phone app that tracks planes 'is aid to terrorists armed with missiles' | Mail Online
- Ads by Aiona allies invoke biblical theme | NewsOK.com
- NewsDaily: Big crowd gathers for liberal rally in Washington
- Iran says it has beaten Stuxnet worm | Mail Online
- Are civil rights pseudo constitutional rights?
- FOXNews.com - Centerpiece of Health Overhaul Not Living Up to Expectations
- Stewart Resonds to Sanchez Sacking - ABC News
- High School Student Wears KKK Robe For History Lesson - News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh
- Singapore Math Adopted in More U.S. Schools - NYTimes.com
- 20 kidnapped in Mexican resort city of Acapulco - Washington Times
- Palestinian Leaders Urge End to Talks With Israel - NYTimes.com
- Mofaz: Army crushed suicide terrorism in 2nd intifada - Israel News, Ynetnews
- timesofmalta.com - Is it alien or human?
- At last! An end to the elf 'n' safety madness as meddling officials face fines if they ban events | Mail Online
- Boulder revises 'rules of decorum' for council meetings - Boulder Daily Camera
- Yahoo!
- Potent cancer fighter lies in Keys algae beds - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
- British schools where girls must wear the Islamic veil - Telegraph
- U.S. coast at risk as tsunami warning system falters | McClatchy
- Boulder police conducting additional interviews in JonBenet Ramsey case - Boulder Daily Camera
- Child molester James Toward, 80, ordered to leave country after his release » TCPalm.com
- Officials: Man almost chews off brother's ear
- Carjacker Who Couldn't Drive Stick Sentenced - Local News - W. Palm Beach, FL - News - msnbc.com
- Employee Tells Drive-Through Customer To Call 911 - News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh
- FOXNews.com - Transgender Sex Shop Exec Reportedly Labeled 'Conservative' in San Francisco Race
- Family sues ME office after discovering son's brain was removed - NYPOST.com
- Druids recognized as religion for first time in UK - Yahoo! News
- Florida man trying to shoo skunk accidentally shoots himself in face
- 21 Volcanoes Across Country Ready to Erupt | The Jakarta Globe
- Despite some legal hassles, Delray Beach drum circles refuse to break rhythm
- Delta Sky Magazine rejects ad telling passengers how to avoid baggage fees
- Target begins selling Apple's iPad in stores - Business - Retail - msnbc.com
- FOXBusiness.com - China's Wen offers to buy Greek debt
- BofA suspends foreclosures in 23 states - Yahoo! News
- New Yorkers hit with nearly 5% state tax on clothing and shoes - NYPOST.com
- Most Germans see Muslims as a burden - The Local
- Bringing biblical ethics to the workplace - KansasCity.com
- How much does it cost to make a penny? - Yahoo! Answers
- Madonna dresses her children in their Sunday best... while she and her eldest go casual on family day out | Mail Online
- Space gloves are rough on astronaut fingernails - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com
- UFOs and the Bible: Close Encounters of the Sacred Kind
- NewsDaily: Whale snot, bat sex win 2010 IgNobel spoof prizes
- Brain Teasers and Optical Illusions - Brain Teasers - Yahoo! Games
- Long-lost footage of Apollo 11 moon landing to be screened - Telegraph
- Mapping Ancient Germania: Berlin Researchers Crack the Ptolemy Code - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
- NewsDaily: You can grunt your way to tennis win, study says
- Shrimp in Pain: 'Dancing' Seafood Off the Menu at California Sushi Restaurant
- Get Ready for Zero-Gravity Fun in Russian Space Hotel
- Mission to search for alien life in outer atmosphere - Telegraph
- FOXNews.com - Odds of Life on Nearby Planet '100 Percent,' Astronomer Says
- New Planet: A Breakthrough in the Search for Life? | The Atlantic Wire
- Alien life certain to exist on Earth-like planet, scientists say - Telegraph
- Mapping Ancient Germania: Berlin Researchers Crack the Ptolemy Code - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
- Ancient Egypt's pyramids: Norwegian researcher unlocks construction secrets
- Visit To An Asteroid -- Planetary Scientists To Find Out Composition, Structure Of Asteroids
- NewsDaily: Early humans lived in PNG highlands 50,000 years ago
- Knot in the ribbon at the edge of the solar system 'unties'
- Satellite Reveals Surprising Cosmic 'Weather' At Edge Of Solar System
- Dinosaurs significantly taller than previously thought, research suggests
- Prosthetic Bones -- Orthopedic Oncologists Give Children Artificial Bones That Can Grow With Patient
- Species accumulate on Earth at slower rates than in the past, computational biologists say
- Preparing For A Walk On The Moon -- Astronomers Discover That The Earth's Magnetotail Charges The Surface Of The Moon
- How the Moon gets its exosphere
- IBEX finds surprising changes at solar boundary
- Vatican astronomer would baptize space aliens, but only if they asked | Holy Post | National Post
- Your Bailout Money is Going Where? To Whom? Know You Should Be Pissed Off...Watch This!
- Insiders Report: War on Illegal Pornography 9/9/10 | Pink Cross Foundation
- http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3964117,00.html
- U.N. raises white flag in battle with guess who ...
- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slams 'foreign interference' in immigration lawsuit - Scott Wong - POLITICO.com
- Family fears own government; won't return to home
- New strategy for officer testing Obama's eligibility
- My Way News - O'Donnell said China plotting to take over US
- Church's top 3 festivals more tied to Augustus than Jesus
- Tempers flare in SF after house allowed to burn; fire chief hit on NWTNTODAY.COM
- Hungary clears up after toxic spill, rivers at risk | Reuters
- Boca Raton man charged with hate crime for alleged aggravated battery on man he thought was gay
- Seeking Booty, Archaeologists Dive to Blackbeard's Pirate Ship - FoxNews.com
- APNewsBreak: Connecticut will revamp prison library policy over books with graphic violence - latimes.com
- Congress looks at laws that criminalize non-criminal behavior - Nation - MiamiHerald.com
- Snakebite Orlando: Rhode Island man in ICU after being bitten by poisonous snake at Orlando's J.W. Marriott - OrlandoSentinel.com
- Black widow spiders make seasonal visit to San Diego school - latimes.com
- Human embryos' odds of survival can be predicted
- Russia unveils plan to ban public smoking by 2015 - Yahoo! News
- Blondes-only resort planned for the Maldives - Travel - News - msnbc.com
- Halloween Costumes: Sexy Sesame Street Costumes a Hit This Halloween - CNBC
- ‘Toasted Skin Syndrome’ Warning For Laptop Users « CBS New York- News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY
- Middle Class Slams Brakes on Spending - WSJ.com
- Cop Allegedly Trashes Million-Dollar Home | NBC San Diego
- Consumer loan delinquencies up slightly - Business - Personal finance - msnbc.com
- My Way News - China calls for more Asian clout in global economy
- Global employment crisis will stir social unrest, warns UN agency - Telegraph
- Report: Verizon to Pay $90M in Customer Refunds - EconWatch - CBS News
- Why business school is a waste of time and money - Oct. 4, 2010
- My Way News - Govt sues 3 biggest credit cards, settles with 2
- Obama's euthanizing of 4th Amendment
- Rick Warren and the Muslim Brotherhood
- WND.com - Video - Blame 'gays' for anorexic models
- Is 'gay' agenda to blame for teen suicides?
- The abortion nurse's daughter
- What to tell idiot politicians
- Congress can't repeal laws of economics
- The doctor, the president and the birth certificate
- American Thinker: Obama's Pumpkin
- University of Chicago prof joins Hamas-linked group to absolve religion of Islamist attackers from actions
- Terror group makes jihad children's game
- Campbell's Soup catering to Islam
- 'Growing Islamization' feared by Hindus
- Obama's top security adviser steps down - Washington Times
- Expect more "Executive Orders to Come" Obama reshapes administration for a fresh strategy - latimes.com
- Obama ignores plea for cross restoration
- BofA halts foreclosures in 50 states - Yahoo! Finance
- Government spending rises 9% - Washington Times
- 72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people - Business - Economy at a Crossroads - msnbc.com
- Dozens fall ill at Obama rally in Md. - wtop.com
- Church college teaches sex-in-dorm etiquette
- Israel on war alert
- Global warming theory in chaos: Increased solar activity may COOL Earth | Mail Online
- Freedom-of-Speech Camp Mum on Chief Scientist's Firing - Inside Israel - Israel News - Israel National News
- War in Northern Mexico Claims Another American Innocent Life
- Southern Baptist leader nixes yoga for Christians - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com
- 'Bad for business': Christian meteorologist looses job over after-hours ministry
- Very thin women weighing 25 pounds under group's norm earn average $15,572 a year more
- Under the U.S. Supreme Court: 'Obama's war on Arizona' - UPI.com
- Sources say smackdown of Obama by Supreme Court may be inevitable - National conservative | Examiner.com
- Judge’s ruling on ObamaCare renders Constitution irrelevant - National conservative | Examiner.com
- GOP's Brady: 'By every measurement in the economy the stimulus has been a failure'
- Hey, give us exemption from Obamacare, too!
- Pence: Odds are on Supreme Court striking down healthcare reform - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
- Army officer's supporters warn of 'greatest fraud ever'
- Text Messaging Prevents Coerced Abortion at Planned Parenthood
- Angle: Muslim law taking hold in parts of US - Yahoo! News
- FBI allegedly caught using GPS to spy on student - CNN.com
- CNN Poll: Was Bush better president than Obama? – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
- In spiked Vanity Fair piece, Jewish leaders worry about Obama - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
- Satellite images reveal: Hezbollah training in Syria missile base - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- Google Maps
- Arab League endorses Palestinian decision to halt peace talks - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- IDF will use attack dogs in future flotilla interceptions
- Settler leader runs over stone-throwers - Israel News, Ynetnews
- World Net Daily Player
- US Contractors Hired Iranian Spies, Taliban, Warlords To Guard US Troops In Afghanistan - ABC News
- Dutch deliver banned nuclear equipment to Iranian group
- Security and Defense: Nuclear worming
- Germany to end 'nuclear sharing' with US - The Local
- Mexican governor: Gay marriage 'grosses me out' - Americas AP - MiamiHerald.com
- China voices fury over Nobel Peace Prize for 'criminal' - Telegraph
- Japanese Recycling Weakens China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold | Oil Price.com
- U.S. Losing Control of Bombs to China Neodymium Monopoly - Video - Bloomberg
- Midnight grocery runs part of the new reality - Business - U.S. business - msnbc.com
- MBA Interns Land Job Offers - BusinessWeek
- busted-online-click-to-save-scams: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
- Airlines fined: Airline's $39 fare for $44 reaps fine as Obama penalties climb - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
- New York proposes ban on low-income Americans using food stamps to buy sugary drinks | Mail Online
- State of the Art - A Simple Swipe on the iPhone, and You’re Paid - NYTimes.com
- Feds: Just 8 touches of tainted 'Shrek' glass hazard for kids
- Cubans Flock To Evangelism To Fill Spiritual Vacuum : NPR
- In Broward County, father of groom sues bride's dad after couple splits
- LaHood Weighs Urging Ban on All Driver Phone Use in Cars - Bloomberg
- How Many 2-Yr-Olds Have Online ID? 92 Percent - ABC News
- Rabbi: Why evangelical Christians give millions to Israel – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
- God and grapes - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- Bionic Exoskeleton That Lets Paraplegics Walk Unveiled - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
- Cynthia Lennon Reflects On Life With John : NPR
- Marilyn and Her Monsters | Vanity Fair
- Time to boycott Mexico?
- Where the pastors are fearless
- I am a criminal
- Good news about good news
- The barrenness of busyness
- The Green War on Children | FrontPage Magazine
- Tidbits of tyranny
- A Light in Oslo by Guy Sorman, City Journal 8 October 2010
- State snatches baby when dad accused of being 'Oath Keeper'
- India's New Identification Efforts Aimed at the Poor | News | English
- Churches Find Empty Pews at Sunday Evening Services on EthicsDaily.com
- Babylonian, dead for millennia, now online - Yahoo! News
- Sarkozy jilts U.S. in vision of new world order
- Square Personal Credit Card Reader Will Change Everything - Mary Kate Cary (usnews.com)
- ROGER KOSKELA | Spirituality Gaining; How About Religion? » Kitsap Sun
- Bacteria are able to extend psuedo-legs and walk upright, creating deadly biofilms as they go
- Campaign gets Bibles to children ... in school!
- Leftist group advising Homeland Security ops
- Federal agencies raid Christian ministry
- Revelations from Kent State audio tape prompt congressional inquiry | cleveland.com
- US physics professor: 'Global warming is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life' – Telegraph Blogs
- Support: Israel Trains To Live With SCUD
- Abbas may circumvent Israel, ask U.S. to recognize Palestinian state - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- Nasrallah ahead of Ahmadinejad visit: Iran money helped rebuild Lebanon - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- 'Al-Aqsa' being built for Ahmadinejad - Israel News, Ynetnews
- Does penalty match crime? Little fire proves explosive years later for Rochester contract worker at shipyard - Fosters
- Teenager jailed for refusing to give police his computer password | Mail Online
- Rape victim blamed for falling asleep on couch, County Court hears | Herald Sun
- Children's art is fire risk, say inspectors - Telegraph
- Sharia law being used in Germany in Muslims' domestic disputes - The Local
- Italy next European country to ban burka after government recommendation | Mail Online
- From mortgage to morality: A new crisis? - chicagotribune.com
- Pastors Question Francis Chan's Decision to Leave Megachurch | Christianpost.com
- Europe's Sat Nav Albatross: EU Expects Galileo Project Costs to Explode - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
- Jewish couple booted from cruise after allegedly fighting back at anti-Semitic jibe - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- U.S. Republican leader criticizes candidate for Nazi uniform - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- Israeli film wins grand experimental award at Berkeley festival - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
- The demonization of Fox News
- Smarter Than You Think - Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - Lord of the Internet Rings - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - Facebook Politicians Are Not Your Friends - NYTimes.com
- habits-that-will-make-you-broke: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
- Ex-Gay Christian Ministry Pulls Support for Annual 'Day of Truth' | Christianpost.com
- Facebook | Videos from Save Jerusalem and Israel: Muslim Policeman in Britain doesn't have to protect a Jew
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