The Social History of the Fairy Tale Max Ross, Open Letters Monthly Brothers, We Should Stink Thabiti Anyabwile, Desiring God Chekhov’s Enlightenment Gary Saul Morson, The New Criterion We Need More Death Edmund Mitchell, Ignitum Today The Lonely Legacy of My Single Lifestyle Claudia Connell, . . . . Continue Reading »
That Henry Olsen article linked by Pete is the most penetrating account of the election’s likely outcome I’ve seen. Olsen ends up agreeing with the RCP no-tie number (and more or less Nate Silver’s number) for Obama—303 electoral votes. He also explains what we already knew: . . . . Continue Reading »
Depressing from Henry Olsen. It becomes only slightly less depressing if Romney pulls out a narrow win. Update: I do think that Olsen is a teensy bit too pessimistic. My totally unscientific, gut instinct, just-talking-to-people sense is that Scott Brown will win tomorrow. . . . . Continue Reading »
Part of my probably excessive sense of civic duty is the compulsion to work as a judge at the polls during heavy elections. This year, I will be a presiding judge in a local precinct. The wonderful lady who used to do this job is old and ill. Only a fool signs up for a grueling . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Romney will win by a landslide - in the demographic America of 1980. I don’t know what happens in the country we’re actually living in. My guess is a narrow Obama win but I wouldn’t bet my own money on it. 2. Ross Douthat wrote a terrific (and fair!) appreciation of Romney. . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to CJ for giving us the link to the Bessette/Pitney textbook prediction. Basically: A narrow Obama victory both popular and electoral, with the not-that-good possibility of a Romney PA victory tipping the balance the other way. I won’t, of course, be making any predictions myself. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Front Porch Republic election symposium touches on a topic I wrote about last week: our exaggerated view of the importance of elections. The editors write: We often take voting to be the measure of the citizen. Belonging to and participation in public life are the defining features of . . . . Continue Reading »
So Flagg Taylor of RICOCHET fame writes in response to my dissing of his very pro-Romney election prediction: I love that I am now lumped in with Mr. Barone. The only way most of these state polls can be accurate is if the electorate looks like it did in 2008. I’m betting more like 2010. And . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Ryan is making headlines in the campaign’s closing hours by saying that President Obama’s policies pose a threat to Judeo-Christian civilization. Ned Resnikoff reports : Two days before the election, Paul Ryan made an urgent appeal to evangelical supporters, claiming that President . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on democracy and the gospel of Christ : Christianity’s relationship toward democracy has always been complex, and sometimes fearful, because certain democracies have been anything but Christian. The most notorious example is the French Revolution, where “the sovereign . . . . Continue Reading »
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