According to Jay Cost , Obama is following LBJ’s winning strategy: The 1964 election is particularly important to understanding the 2012 campaign. I have argued in the past that, bereft of popular legislative achievements, a sound economy, or a manageable deficit, President Obama is left . . . . Continue Reading »
Sikhs Stand Apart, Intentionally David Mason, Washington Post Love and Gratitude for the Sisters Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Gospel in the Digital Age Orwell: Tory Anarchist? John P. Rossi, Weekly Standard Now Muslims Can Be Hyphenated Americans, Too! Mollie Hemingway, GetReligion Attending a Dominican . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I can’t say who would be best for Romney’s Veep pick, but Pete has persuaded me about the problems a Ryan pick would pose. But then on the other hand, I think Romney needs to go bold, and Ryan would be bold. Unfortunately such boldness would bog the campaign down to defending . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a minority view (as usual), that off label prescribing can be dangerous, and should be deemed unethical. Off label prescribing is when a drug approved for prescribing for Malady A, is then prescribed for Malady B—even though it may not have been properly tested as a proper . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, we notice that Pete’s contributions are being taken quite seriously on the ELECTION CENTRAL blog. Not only that, one of the threaders gave us two more comparisons: Why 1980 and 2004? How could anyone compare Obama to Carter and Bush? A better pair of years are 1992 and 1996. In . . . . Continue Reading »
Some thoughts, 1. Do we have any idea what he thinks about any domestic policy matter? 2. The norms of campaigns have developed in such a way that national candidates have to comment on a wide variety of issues and have a finely tuned sense of the dynamics of national-level popular and . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning brought polling about the possibility of Gen. David Petraeus as VP. Now I see a story on Drudge Report that tells us the president is predicting the pick. I’m a fan, but hate to see what the press would do the man and his family for pity’s sake. . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on Jesus’ challenge to “stand and deliver” : Jesus is the divine teacher, and a good teacher finds the way to bring out the very best in students—not to simply teach them rote memorization (although that has its place) but to make them “deliver of . . . . Continue Reading »
How do I know? Facebook told me. This is my opportunity to pay a little tribute to my fellow blogger. Below, Pete writes a post that he begins with “I don’t have the mental energy . . . ” and then he proceeds to prove that even when he doesn’t have his . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Juergensmeyer is a distinguished sociologist of religion, but if this piece is an example of his reasoning, I don’t for the life of me know why. Here’s the core of the argument: It is fair to call [Wisconsin mass murderer Wade Michael] Page a Christian terrorist since the evidence . . . . Continue Reading »
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