I read two articles yesterday about how little the Left and Right listen to each other. One is thoughtful, by Yuval Levin in The Weekly Standard , ” The Real Debate “, Each party is pulled into this debate by what it sees as the deeply misguided views of the other. Democrats . . . . Continue Reading »
Someone might say that the FIRST problem with Romney’s campaign is that he doesn’t seem to care about his most fervent supporters. Because he’s not trumpeting their issues, he’s creating the impression that those key issues are unimportant or unreal. As Carl says, genuinely . . . . Continue Reading »
Dear Fellow Christian who Continues to Toy with Voting for the Democratic Party, I wish I could honestly say that this fellow, a black church leader whose video is highlighted in this Big Government post , was essentially wrong. But, alas, he isn’t. (Yes, his use of the Bible to back a . . . . Continue Reading »
It is still close enough that Romney could win. The Romney team hasn’t given up yet. We’ll know when the Romney team has given up. It will be when anonymous Romney staffers start leaking to liberal-leaning news outlets that Romney is losing because of the Tea . . . . Continue Reading »
In the same Wilson Quarterly issue I linked to last week , First Things’ own Wilfred M. McClay reflects on what the perennially relevant Alexis de Tocqueville can teach us today , especially on the subject of education. McClay reviews the genesis of Democracy . . . . Continue Reading »
Pursuant to my brief post on the defeat of M-312, one commenter (David Nickol) observes that the motion was, if I may so paraphrase, ill-considered: M312 would have set up a committee in parliament to answer the following questions: (i) what medical evidence exists to demonstrate that a child is or . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter J. Leithart on restoring theology as the queen of the sciences : While I’m at it, I’d like to get rid of another copulative. The founders of the modern world kept theology at bay by subdividing theology’s little ghetto. Divide and marginalize has been modernity’s strategy . . . . Continue Reading »
For This Employer, Faith Is No Hobby Gerald Russello, National Catholic Register Stop Whining About Relativism—Take on the Experts Peter Lawler, Big Think Emergency Contraception Won’t Decrease Teen Pregnancies Greg Pfundstein, Public Discourse Bring Back Blasphemy Laws? James Bowman, . . . . Continue Reading »
So this afternoon at 530 I’m giving a talk to the Tocqueville Society (the really big givers) of the Atlanta United Way. It’s at the Druid Hills Country Club and you’re invited to come (I just found out). You don’t have to instantly become a big giver. Here’s something . . . . Continue Reading »
I basically agree with Ramesh Ponnuru. I think Romney is behind. I don’t think that Gallup and Fox News have joined the vast media conspiracy to demoralize Republican voters and I don’t think that they misplaced their calendars and still think it is 2008. But I don’t think Romney . . . . Continue Reading »
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