After having read Irving Kristol’s The Neoconservative Persuasion and read/listened to some comments on him here and here , some reoccurring themes in his work came up which might of interest to Pomo Con readers: 1) Culture: Our own James Poulos describes Kristol as “A secular . . . . Continue Reading »
“Christianity isn’t a list of rules, it’s a relationship” is how the cliché goes and I’ve never been very fond of it. While I agree that Christianity is about the transformative power of the gospel in the real lives of God’s children and not about keeping . . . . Continue Reading »
Tobacco use has never been a temptation for me and I certainly would not advise anyone else to take up the habit. However, it seems there is a relationship between widespread availability of Bibles and cigarette use unknown to most of us. J. Mark Bertrand reports on the connection: Smoke ‘Em . . . . Continue Reading »
The assisted suicide movement teaches people how to commit suicide by self starvation. To be clear, I am not talking about when people stop eating as a natural part of the natural dying process. That isn’t suicide. But rather, refusing food and water, not because one can’t . . . . Continue Reading »
The first round of Perry vetting hasn’t laid a glove on Perry’s appeal to right-of-center voters. According to Public Policy Polling, Perry is in an incredibly strong position. He is the plurality first choice for GOP voters in a three way race against Bachmann and . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of days ago at NRO , the estimable Michael Barone ruminated on the subject of same-sex marriage. He casually professed himself in favor of this revolution in the institution of marriage—giving an extremely bad reason that suggests he has not thought a great deal about . . . . Continue Reading »
Jonathan Chait writes that Perry has made the Bachmann campaign obselete. Peter Lawler picked up on it first. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Yuval Levin makes the case for the current Republican field about as well as it is going to be made. There is also a lot that is unsaid but still communicated about some Republican presidential candidates from this cycle and the last. I’m not there yet. There are too many . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher wonders , “Does the secular left realize it has a civility and tolerance problem too?” It deeply annoys liberals to hear conservative Christians complain about how persecuted they are. They’re right, in a strictly limited way. It’s always unattractive to see . . . . Continue Reading »
Perry is standing tall among Republicans, with a double-digit lead over Romney and a lead in Iowa. Romney’s position is even weaker than it first appears. The Bachmann and Palin supporters, after all, aren’t going to swing over to Mitt. It’s Rick’s race to lose. Meanwhile, . . . . Continue Reading »
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