From the Pew Forum’s report “‘Nones’ on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation” (PDF), released this morning:In the last five years alone, the [religiously] unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S. adults. Their . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I don’t know how to write a book, but if I were to write a book on the 2012 primary season, it would argue something like this: Critics of the Republican “base” considered Republicans to be invincibly ignorant, easily manipulated yokels and many of the candidates for the . . . . Continue Reading »
To complete our series on Jean Bethke Elshtain’s First Things articles before tonight’s Erasmus Lecture , we’d like to highlight this two-part discussion of proselytization and religious tolerance from our November 2002 issue. (Paul J. Griffiths wrote the first part . . . . Continue Reading »
Or how should we describe Mitt Romney foreign-policy wise? Is he a neo-con? A neo-neo-con? Honestly, I don’t know. I think Peter’s “Mender not an Ender” is the perfect description of the candidate domestically, “Blast from the Past , Mormon Version” is the . . . . Continue Reading »
Very quickly: Three new polls on RCP. All say it’s a tie. The Gallup is most encouraging in showing a Romney trend. Romney is also up to 235 on the no-ties electoral college board. He’s escaped from the McCain box and is on the march. But it’s clearer than ever he can’t win . . . . Continue Reading »
From Men and Wives by Ivy Compton-Burnett: “Well, my Harriet. Well, my dear, I heard you talking in a way that reminded me of our youth. I said to myself, ‘Why, there is my Harriet chattering like a girl!’ This is a brave morning for you.” “Godfrey,” said . . . . Continue Reading »
Buzz Bissinger, a life long Democrat, has decided to publicly explain why he’s supporting Romney this year (h/t Mollie Hemingway ). He says that the president’s poor debate performance, as well as some nagging doubts about the efficacy of his policies past and proposed, have led him to . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the things I like to keep in mind is Ross Douthat’s observation that “There are multiple rights and lefts, and multiple middles as well.” One thing sort of irked about the observations that Romney had gone to the center in his debate with Obama. There was some truth to that . . . . Continue Reading »
Over the past several days we’ve revisited some of Jean Bethke Elshtain’s many fine contributions to First Things . One of her more personal articles is this 1991 reflection on the time a child-rearing expert visited her high school—-and what that experience revealed about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my effort to answer Jim’s happiness question. . . . . Continue Reading »
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