1. It won’t change anything. Gingrich had the crowd with him and some memorable answers, and Santorum, although tough and quirkily authentic, didn’t shine enough. Romney was rated very low on the authenticity-meter by the tweeters and Pete, but he just wasn’t bad enough. Paul won . . . . Continue Reading »
So far I’m pretty horrified. The low point was when Santorum asked Romney if Romney believed that felons who had completed their sentence should be allowed to vote. Romney froze and tried to change the subject since apparently Romney didn’t know what he was supposed to . . . . Continue Reading »
Decadence strikes a beat, into your heart it will seep—to paraphrase a rock classic. But now, that term has reached a new low in the Netherlands as two men “promoted organ donation” (???) by appearing on a television program purporting to eat tiny pieces of each . . . . Continue Reading »
R.R. Reno on the Wall Street Journal ’s libertarian blinders : I have long suspected that free-market libertarians aren’t all that different from postmodern relativists who insist that human beings have no natural end, no normative patterns for life. Some recent editorials in the Wall . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Andrew Busch makes a modest but strong defense of Santorum’s virtues. Santorum was a leader on welfare reform. He has been good on entitlement reform (probably the most important fiscal issue of the next decade) for a long time. Even the prescription drug benefit . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s striking how much we continue to argue over Martin Luther King’s legacy. Long after his death, and despite his own mixed success in using his prestige to battle poverty and oppose the Vietnam War, Dr. King continues to be enlisted in every new political struggle, especially the . . . . Continue Reading »
In his column today On the Square , Professor Reno considers a recent editorial from the Wall Street Journal and concludes that he can detect “a fundamental agreement between free market libertarians and postmodern relativists” because free-market libertarianism “denies . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
1. It’s amazing how few blogs are saying MLK stuff today. So I thought about talking about the great and effective promotion of “direct action” directed against “white moderates” who knew, being Americans, what was right but (like most of us most of the time) preferred . . . . Continue Reading »
So if you are lonely and wish to meet a girl, and sorry girls I can only speak for males, there are certain songs that could guide you in your endeavor. I only speak from the perspective of masculine failure, so you can take this whole piece as a guide to avoid. I mention songs because I am not as . . . . Continue Reading »
MLK’s Philosophical Legacy Justin Dyer and Kevin Stuart, Public Discourse Natural Rights and Civil Rights William Allen, Witherspoon Institute Public Health Benefits of Pro-Life Laws Michael J. New, National Review The Foundations of Modern Tyranny David Theroux, The Beacon What Makes Norman . . . . Continue Reading »
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