This afternoon Dr. Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote the following on his Twitter account:
Language watch: NPR bans “pro-life,” now will refer to “abortion rights opponents.” So now “rights” trump “life.” http://ow.ly/1rZIq
Pro-choice is now “abortion rights supporter(s)/advocates.” Pro-life is now “abortion rights opponents.” While it is acceptable to use the term “anti-abortion” it is not acceptable to use the term “pro-abortion rights.” Mohler is absolutely correct in asserting that now, according to taxpayer-funded National Public Radio, rights trump life. However, there is something far more insidious about what this new vocabulary represents. Continue reading
George Shinn brought the expansion Charlotte Hornets to town and enjoyed a pretty nice honeymoon of about ten years before his habit of not paying for good players, coupled with his public extramarital exploits, with the cherry on top of demands for a new arena (the latter being the only excusable negative) made him “public enemy #1″ in the Queen City. Shinn and co-owner Ray Woolridge (who became the public face of the ownership as things went downhill) took their team and the Hornets name to New Orleans in 2002, leaving behind an ash heap of burned (and very angry) fans. 
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