Atheist soldier sues Army for ‘unconstitutional’ discrimination

Army Spc. Jeremy Hall was raised Baptist.

Like many Christians, he said grace before dinner and read the Bible before bed. Four years ago when he was deployed to Iraq, he packed his Bible so he would feel closer to God.

He served two tours of duty in Iraq and has a near perfect record. But somewhere between the tours, something changed. Hall, now 23, said he no longer believes in God, fate, luck or anything supernatural.

Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist.

His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk. Hall said his life was threatened by other troops and the military assigned a full-time bodyguard to protect him out of fear for his safety.

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Maghound

NEW YORK — Magazine buying may get an Internet-era makeover in September when Time Inc. launches Maghound, a service that promises to blend the convenience of subscriptions with the flexibility of newsstand sales.

Customers will pay a monthly fee for home delivery of the publications they want. But unlike with subscriptions, which typically run for fixed terms, users can go online and swap one title for another whenever they want.

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Hot Off The Presses

The new Dallas Observer hit newsstands today and I can’t find one copy after hitting four different places that usually has a surplus of the publication.  I bet a lot of Ticket listeners are grabbing them up to read about the Hardline fiasco – I hear Ryner holds nothing back and even states that his relationship with Greggo can not be repaired.

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Reoccurring Dream

I think this is the third time I had this dream, but I keep dreaming that I’m restoring my dad’s car.

No, it was not his beloved 1986 dark blue Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, which kind of looks like the one below.

But it was his 1983 Buick Skylark.  Imagine the car below but in white with a maroon interior.

As a kid, I didn’t have much respect for that Buick because it wasn’t “cool,” but over the years I guess I warmed up to it.  And as an adult, can appreciate why Dad kept it so long – it was functional and paid-off.  In a way, I kinda wish I was still driving it.  It was the car I passed my drivers test in back in 1991, the last year in which Texans had a DPS patrolman ride with you and grade your driving skills.   At the time, Mineral Wells only offered that driving test once or twice a week, but I remember Dad waking up extra early on my 16th birthday and taking me to Weatherford which offered the test everyday.  I didn’t really appreciate that act of kindness much back then, that 16 year old thought that was a right he was entitled to, but looking back at it now it certainly warms my heart.  Just for the record, I passed the parallel parking portion with flying colors.

Well, the dream has haunted me so much that I’ve started looking online for a 1983 white Buick Skylark, just for kicks, but who knows.  As you probably can guess, there isn’t much of a market for those cars.  I think I found price ranges from $500 to $3000, with one description saying it “runs like new, great AC.”

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