Kid Wisdom

"If people say one hundred and four, why don't they say thirty and four?"

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Overdog

Just when I was starting to warm up to the overdog Tiger Woods, the story broke, along with his SUV, of his serial infidelity. Now I don't want to root for Woods because I don't like him personally.

Many people, at least at Augusta, have no problem dichotomizing Tiger the golfer from Tiger the man. I do. Where is the line? Would we root for Jack the Ripper or Hitler if he could hit a clutch shot at the Masters?

Then again, we have no assurance that any of the other guys don't do exactly what Woods did ... or would if they could. Still, I feel golf as a gentlemen's game has lost something by all of this, and that's too bad. Tiger's no gentleman, and neither are we.

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Special Announcement: New Website Launched

Since October 2004 StanGuthrie.com has been parked on Blogger. Except for the last few weeks (when I was forced to give it a Blogspot address), there it has remained, basically unchanged. But times and needs change, and so must this website. This isn't the end, but a new beginning.

Today I'm excited to announce that StanGuthrie.com is moving to WordPress. While StanGuthrie.com remains the URL, the official name for the site is now Stan Guthrie Communications. This change reflects the broader mission of my business.

Since parting with Christianity Today last year, I have actively expanded my presence in book publishing as an author, coauthor, editor, podcaster, speaker, and literary agent. In addition, I continue to do journalism and public relations work.

The new StanGuthrie.com reflects this expanded mission. Besides remaining the home for my personal blog and Thought of the Day, the site is a one-stop shop of publishing news and information. StanGuthrie.com:

- more effectively promotes my business as a writer, editor, speaker, and agent;

- highlights my books;

- provides a live news feed on publishing and journalism;

- offers interesting facts and insights about publishing;

- allows you to hear (and in one case so far to see) podcasts, radio interviews, and some of my speeches; and

- serves as a gateway to tons of information about book publishing, journalism, and the Christian faith.

While the Stan Guthrie Communications site is unabashedly self-promotional, I believe it provides a real service to authors, publishers, and readers. You should expect to come away with something new after each time you visit.

And of course you will see why you should consider hiring me. The motto of the new site sums it up well (if I do say so myself):

Because Words Matter.

I will keep this current Blogger site up a while longer to ease the transition, but for new content, please go to StanGuthrie.com.

Thank you!

Nuclear Cowboy

Barack Obama has taken steps to dismantle the nuclear umbrella that has helped to keep this nation safe for decades. And what is his reward? Iran, which is building its own nuclear arsenal, is calling the anti-Bush a "cowboy." If all this weren't so dangerous, it'd be funny.

Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is Still Extremism

A man in Washington state has just been arrested for threatening the lives of senators who voted for Obamacare. Though the attempted takeover of one-sixth of the nation's economy against the popular will is maddeningly frustrating, the Democrats must be defeated at the polls, not in the streets. Those who espouse violence must be rejected.

Getting

Sometimes you can't get all you want. You have to take what you can get.

Census

Chicago Congressman Danny Davis-who recently urged Democratic power brokers to block a white candidate from winning the county board chairmanship-has just vowed to go to Chicagoans "in the alleys and under the viaducts" in order to return their census forms. This is presumably so the city that used to work can get its spot at the federal trough.

This is the party of compassion? Davis and friends apparently have no problem with people living this way as long as they get to control taxpayers' money. What they should do is attempt to help such people get out of the alleys and out from under the viaducts.