This and that, on St. Paddy's day

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* 15 Delightful Facts About Saint Patrick’s Day -- "As you might expect, Saint Patrick’s Day is a huge deal in his old stomping grounds. It’s a national holiday in both Ireland and Northern Ireland."
* Christian conservatives should be Christians first and conservatives second -- "Our faith is inherently suspect of all political ideologies — conservatism included"
* St. Patrick: Reclaiming the Great Missionary -- "As a teenager Patrick was kidnapped, taken from his home in southern Britain, and sold into slavery on the island of Ireland."
* The Intellectual Snobbery of Conspicuous Atheism -- "Watson assumes that because a group of smart, respected, insightful people thought and felt their way out of believing in God, everyone else should, too."
* Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps 'on the edge of death' -- "Late Saturday, estranged son Nathan Phelps said on Facebook that his father is 'on the edge of death at Midland Hospice house in Topeka, Kansas'."
* What the Bible Says About Money -- "He explained to me how there is actually a 'Biblical Money Code' woven into Scripture."