BuzzFeed responds to recent ribbing of Mitt Romney with a helpful primer on “garments,” the underclothes worn by Mormons: Though it’s common in Mormon-mocking rhetoric to use some variation on “magic Mormon undies” to describe the garment ( paging Bill Maher ), . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing for The New York Times, Ross Douthat’s mention of “liberal communitarians” sounds a little odd to my ears, but he is dead on in his analysis of the current situation in the US: Government and its Rivals. An excerpt:Liberals know that it takes a village; conservatives . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas Hibbs reviews the new film Young Adult : The new film Young Adult , the latest from the writer/director team of Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody of Juno fame, features Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, a writer of young adult fiction living in the Twin Cities who returns to the . . . . Continue Reading »
I have become increasingly convinced in recent years that the political Left isn’t concerned with liberty as much as power. Obamacare is a classic case in point. Mandate, after mandate, after mandate—and as I have said, using the regulatory power assumed by the Feds to reward . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . of fellow “liberal” Catholics upset with the HHS mandate for its quite un-liberal approach to conscientious objection. In a piece in today’s Washington Post , he writes: One of Barack Obama’s great attractions as a presidential candidate was his sensitivity to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Two of the three FL polls reporting today have Newt creeping closer. How could that be? Maybe Jim is right, he is Freddie. . . . . Continue Reading »
Actually, Gay Marriage Is Discriminatory Patrick Lee, Public Discourse HHS Mandate No Liberal Victory Ross Douthat, New York Times Rabbis Face Off Over Kosher Jesus Randy Boswell, National Post Germany Has Fastest Growing Jewish Population Ofer Adaret, Haaretz Time to Press for Vouchers Charles J. . . . . Continue Reading »
What’s going on with the Catholic left? Michael Sean Winters drew wide notice for his break with the Obama administration over its contraceptive and abortifacient mandate last week, and many eyebrows were raised when the fiercely liberal Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles began denouncing the . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Ceaser is right that we should consider the situation when looking at what a particular debating performance tells us about a candidate’s future debating ability. Herman Cain’s boomlet was built on his debate performances. A necessary condition of those performances was . . . . Continue Reading »
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