So Yuval agrees with me that the Republicans, at present, don’t have the MANDATE to stop Obamacare, especially through stopping the government. Here are his most controversial words, in my opinion. I present them for your consideration: The shutdown itself is not a catastrophe, though it . . . . Continue Reading »
I think Beinart’s article should be read in light of this College Republican report on the attitudes of young voters. Young voters are more ideologically ambivalent than Beinart lets on. A larger fraction of young voters have “conservative” positions on major issues than . . . . Continue Reading »
John D. Carlson talks about just war in today’s On the Square ; a just war, he argues, is not separate from the idea of punishment: The United States and many other nations have forgotten if not deliberately abandoned the idea of using military force to punish—just as Americans and many . . . . Continue Reading »
Calvinists get a bad rap, but how many of the critics really understand him? James R. Rogers points out how few of us read the Institutes or bother to think seriously about Calvin in today’s On the Square . Instead, we rely on easy stereotypes: Some of the answer certainly derives from . . . . Continue Reading »
I missed this few-weeks-old big Peter Beinart piece, The Rise of the New New Left , the first time around, and am linking it here mainly to see what y’all think about it. Its most interesting aspects are a general “yes” to the above question, and an effort to present Bill de . . . . Continue Reading »
Germain Grisez on Pope Francis’ Interview Patrick Brennan, Mirror of Justice The Barbarism of Reason John Gray, New Statesman The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics Kevin Mulligan, Times Literary Supplement Legislative Prayer and Judicial Review Rick Garnett, SCOTUS Blog Marxists in Queens Buzz . . . . Continue Reading »
So to advance the “conversation,” sometime we have to move a comment from the thread to separate post. That’s most likely to happen when someone agrees with ME. Listen to the wisdom of djf: Unfortunately, instead of painting a picture for ordinary voters of what’s going to . . . . Continue Reading »
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