Gazette, the new five column WordPress Theme is now available and ready for download.

All the pages validate XHTML 1.0 transitional except the sitemap page. I have included it, but you will have to set it up according to the instructions here for creating a page template. Use the sitemap or don't use it, that is your choice.

Please keep in mind that it is still in a beta stage. The style.css does not validate yet, but I will work on that. It is fully functional as you can see here in it's public release form.

You can see the new style, and download the beta release at Gazette's New Site .

 Most of you probably have been wondering what I have been doing since my promise in March to begin writing more politically. So now you are able to see what I have been working on.

I have been learning some php, css, while adding that to my limited knowledge of html to create a new WordPress theme. It is a one of a kind. The only five column in existence that I am aware of, plus it is the only one that has my coding errors. It has been a wonderful experience creating my own theme, and some of you should try it.

I should give you some of the details of how a non-programmer manged to pull this off. I started out by using the excellent tutorial offered by Urban Giraffe,in which he pulls apart all of the files and (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

This is the sixty-third update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pastor Sprague has sent another update about the ongoing minstry of Trinity Church in the North Shore and New Orleans and hurricane relief.

Crack Pots for Jesus

What a difference eight months makes! Back in August, I was gearing up to re-launch our new ministry year with a full staff and a new building right on the horizon. The Elders had just unanimously approved my 70-page strategic plan. We were ready to roll. Oh, how the Trinity – the Father, Son and Holy Spirit – must have had fun with my plan of operating from strength. What a good chuckle they had over "Michael's plan". They decided they could do better! Exceedingly better! Included in the revised plan was their (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

This is the Democrat's idea of an energy plan.

In other words, they don't have one! So why would you vote for them in November?

(HT to Pat Cleary at Redstate .)

(Cartoon by Glenn McCoy at Slate .)