But not because I expect a Romney win or anything. I’m just at peace with the situation. Either the aggregate of the polls in the swing states got the turnout model right or it didn’t. Either there is a hidden Romney vote (hardly anybody is going to call you a bigot . . . . Continue Reading »
So says Bob Dylan . Bob wouldn’t endorse the president, but he is willing to say he’s confident he’ll win big. The real reason for this post, of course, is to the psych Carl out with the headline. I’ve heard a few random things that may or may not be right. . . . . Continue Reading »
Me, our pesky “Petes” got me Nervous Man Nervous . . . . . Continue Reading »
Whatever the result tonight, one thing is certain: America’s embrace of drone attacks will go on unimpeded. Social conservatives have increasingly lined up to express reservations about the policy, with Princeton’s Robert P. George writing against President Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Rumor has it that the Church of England will soon announce the name of the new Archbishop of Canterbury—-and the U.K. bookmaker Ladbrokes suggests that it will be Justin Welby, the fifty-six-year-old Bishop of Durham . Bishop Welby would succeed current Archbishop Rowan Williams, who . . . . Continue Reading »
So to get your mind over the election, I thought I’d post more from my BYU talk on the Christian view of the family. This is in the form of a speculative draft, and so I welcome your comments and criticisms. St. Augustine ranks the personal satisfactions of the family, despite their . . . . Continue Reading »
Brandon Watson explains why the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact —-in which states assign their votes in the electoral college to whoever wins the most votes countrywide—- is sheer madhattery : The National Popular Vote idea . . . is not a national popular vote . It is, . . . . Continue Reading »
Jon A. Shields on abortion coverage at the New York Times : Nearly twenty years ago, the judicious James Davison Hunter noted that journalistic reporting on abortion is “remarkable for its superficiality” since it rarely explores the “deeper issues and implications of the abortion . . . . Continue Reading »
In a review of Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation , Archbishop Charles J. Chaput laments our current political alternatives: Elections are tough times for serious Catholics. If we believe in the encyclical tradition—from Rerum Novarum to Evangelium Vitae ; . . . . Continue Reading »
The term “exceptional” often becomes a dirty word when paired with a nation’s claim to it. It becomes an obscenity when the nation is the United States. A glimpse at the clock on the wall, however, suggests that it’s about a quarter past “enough is enough.” America is . . . . Continue Reading »
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