Below, Peter links to his pro-pro-family tax policy Big Think piece. What’s fair, he says, about tax incentives for child-raising can be summarized thusly: some will contribute to the American future by having more children, others will do so by paying more taxes. And over at . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend who is an ardent patriot of Cincinnati sent along this wonderful tidbit from American Catholic history: The Institutum Divi Thomae was founded in 1935 by Dr. George Sperti and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The institute was a graduate school for scientific research. Dr. Sperti served as . . . . Continue Reading »
On Sunday, NPR ran a feature purporting to offer a definitive analysis of the ongoing battle for religious liberty (lately the “War on Religion”) against recent government mandates. While it’s encouraging to see issues like the HHS contraception mandate and the rights . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s pretty obvious why. The people, like me, who believed that THE TEA PARTY energy would make this time different were probably wrong. THE TEA PARTY will make no real difference at all. But most interesting is a comment in the link’s thread. Romney is like Dole in exactly this way: . . . . Continue Reading »
No Evidence Seniors Are Anti-Gay Byron Johnson, Public Discourse The Problem With Compassionate Conservatism Samuel Gregg, National Review Online It’s Not Right-Wing Social Engineering Ross Douthat, New York Times Agrarian Hypocrisy & the Evils of Distributism Mark Mitchell, Front Porch . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete is right that Gingrich is hanging tough. The main problem remains South Carolina: He and Santorum split the non-Romney vote. Then it appears the same thing happens again in Florida. I think neither Newt nor Rick can really have a future without a win by Florida. So it appears that Romney is . . . . Continue Reading »
I really hope Peter is right that I’m wrong about Gingrich’s chances for a comeback. But . . . Gingrich had a mostly attractive performance on Saturday (especially when he went after the moderators - who deserved his scorn this time), and he nailed Romney on Sunday. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Rose and a Prayer , an ecumenical Christian organization aiding and counseling young women with crisis pregnancies in an attempt to curb abortion rates in Wilmington, DE, is now in the midst of a Christmas campaign, encouraging donors to accomplish what is “by far the most cost-effective way . . . . Continue Reading »
Apologies for the lack of Rock Songbook posts lately . . . I’ve been in vacation and family mode, now replaced with beginning of semester mode. So here’s a link to the other great conservative commentator on popular music, Scott Johnson of Powerline, talking today about Joan Baez . . . . . Continue Reading »
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