The Romeike family, about whose case I previously posted , has lost its latest round in the federal courts . In a unanimous ruling , the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Obama Administration’s contention that the Romeikes are not victims of persecution. The question is not . . . . Continue Reading »
The Difference Between Evangelization and Proselytization Michael Avramovich, Mere Comments Freedom of the Church Without Romance Paul Horwitz, Prawfsblawg Julian Barnes and the Work of Grief Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary Supplement What Is the Point of Political Philosophy? Alex Worsnip, . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s his piece from the CRB now available on Real Clear Politics. Read the whole thing, especially for its Bloomian characterization of Bowdoin’s openness, and its wonderful paragraph on the banning of the alcohol-free dorm, but make sure you study the second sentence here. Maybe we . . . . Continue Reading »
I share Carl’s frustration and outrage of course. It is at least as much the insult of the defenses offered by the IRS as the offenses themselves. So the new guidelines were needed to deal with a flood of applicants even though they were instituted before any spike in applications. So if they . . . . Continue Reading »
A report in last week’s Telegraph suggests that British Christianity is declining more rapidly than previously understood. Initial reports about the 2011 census showed the number of people in England and Wales who describe themselves as Christians had fallen by 10 percent . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s tough to comment on the various interconnected scandals. The main reason is it’s so tough to keep up. The MSM media experts are having the same problem: Still, very few Democrats are in complete denial about how bad this might be. If I were to combine several little lectures I . . . . Continue Reading »
Picking up from my nightmare post below, proceeding into the daylight of what’s come to light so far, I would say that . . . . . . even a glance at the most reassuringly-framed wire-service newspaper stories about Friday’s hearing on the IRS scandal must leave one seriously appalled. . . . . Continue Reading »
A tremor was felt rumbling through the land . . . . . . fitful dreams interrupted, of mobs and protests, shrill cries, a yellow flag is waved in great swoops, festooned with the sign of the black pistol, there are other flags, secret meetings, solemn pledges, stockpiled cans and legal briefs, . . . . Continue Reading »
that Obama partisans at the IRS avoided fights with prominent and well-funded conservative groups but waged an extended campaign of harassment against conservative community organizers? . . . . Continue Reading »
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