Some of you might have noticed this, but I thought it appropriate to point out on Evangel that First Things has produced its first video, The Creed: What Christians Profess, and Why It Ought to Matter. It is a documentary about the Nicene Creed. I stumbled on this because I was looking for . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s what this guy says. Santorum will take votes away from Newt. The irony might be the highest of the high points of Rick’s performance was completely discrediting Mitt on health care. My own view: I”m not at all sure they’ll be a Santorum surge in FL. If there is, . . . . Continue Reading »
Analysis of any State of the Union speech can be an almost-endless (and pointless) game of parsing, especially since so much of the annual address often consists of recycled material. One interesting hook in President Obama’s speech this week, though, involved his recommendation for how best . . . . Continue Reading »
So I hustled to my computer to beat Pete to debate posting, only to find out he’s already been here three times. My headline is an apology for my earlier “Is Romney Finished?” I follow the Republican establishment in consistently overreacting. Listen, Santorum won the debate . . . . Continue Reading »
that with every debate the questions just seem to get worse and worse. Zero questions on Medicare. Who-knows-how-long on moon colonies. Why should your wife be the best First Lady? What job would you give Marco Rubio (it wasn’t phrased that way but . . . )? . . . . Continue Reading »
Santorum has hooked Romney good on Romneycare and the similarities between Obamacare and Romneycare. It is devastating. This is what the whole debate should be like. . . . . Continue Reading »
Winner: Romney. He is killing Gingrich out there. Loser: Gingrich. This is a bully beatdown. Loser: People who want Mitch Daniels to run for President. Winner: Mitch Daniels. He gets to live a normal and hopefully happy life not running for President. Loser: . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Lawler is right that, in this race, the prevent defense is for losers. Romney needs to go at Gingrich precisely and relentlessly. If Romney’s attacks are poorly phrased, Gingrich will try to exploit any ambiguity to try to wriggle free. If Romney’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Here we ago again. A study has apparently shown that prejudice comes from low intelligence and social conservatism. (Surprise!) From the LiveScience story:There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to . . . . Continue Reading »
Newt Gingrich brought the audience to its feet with his comeback to CNN’s John King in the last of the South Carolina debates. Francis Beckwith thinks that Gingrich should have said something a bit different: The Speaker is, of course, correct that “every person in here knows . . . . Continue Reading »
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