On Kirk Cameron and “Tolerance”

John Stonestreet with The Point—a Christian podcast—discusses the recent situation involving Kirk Cameron stating his “convictions about homosexual behavior and same-sex marriage in an interview with Pierce Morgan on CNN”. For doing this, Rosie O’Donnell Roseanne Barr called Cameron “an accomplice to murder”. Absurd? We think so. Listen to Stonestreet’s one-minute podcast here, where he gives an excellent assessment of what’s really going on.

The Arkansas Lottery: Do Debit Cards Lead to Online Ticket Sales?

There’s been a lot of talk about the Arkansas Lottery changing the way it sells lottery tickets. Most recently, the new lottery director has been kicking around the idea of letting people purchase lottery tickets via debit card, which he told KTHV is “essentially electronic cash.” So why is that a big deal? Well, let me explain.

Arkansas law currently states that lottery tickets may only be sold for cash—no “deferred” payment, like check or credit cards. Here’s the problem: That little clause in the law is the only thing standing between the lottery and online ticket sales.

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