The latest Iowa poll shows Pawlenty behind Romney, Bachmann and Cain. As A.B. Stoddard points out, Pawlenty is even running behind the corpse of Newt Gingrich’s political aspirations. The early polls are lousy predictors of who will win in the end, but those same polls can give . . . . Continue Reading »
Gay Marriage Law Won’t Stop The Legal Fights , The Wall Street Journal (Ashby Jones) Several States Forbid Abortion After 20 Weeks , The New York Times (Erik Eckholm) Judge Explains 150 Year Sentence for Madoff , The New York Times (Benjamin Weiser) Gay Marriage Foes Target N.Y. Senators Who . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s supposed to be, as I explain, Obama’s “hidden advantage.” . He won’t have any primary opposition that might weaken him. There’s a lot to say, but it is true that nobody doubts that Obama is a real Progressive, just as nobody doubted that Reagan is a real . . . . Continue Reading »
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Many of my friends have been disappointed with the response to the NY marriage vote at some conservative outlets, and I can hardly blame them. It’s difficult to imagine a similar response if one of the other legs of the conservative “stool” suffered such a setback. That said, . . . . Continue Reading »
Got Some Truth! Emphasis on the some. Being against Carter in 1980 was an easy step. A number of rockers got the political jitters towards the end of the 70s—Bowie famously suggested, under whatever mix of drugs I know not, that Britain might need a fascist strongman, and even Paul Weller, as . . . . Continue Reading »
At Christianity Today , Chris Norton reports on the reactions to the release of a document on the ethics of Christian evangelism. Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct is the first such document to receive a unanimous endorsement from the World Evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . that John Lennon ended up being a sort-of Republican who was all for Reagan. And that he even knew how silly the lyrics were to his signature song. That’s evolution we can believe in? . . . . Continue Reading »
Can a person be both a Muslim and a Christian? For most of us, the answer is obviously “no.” But Yale Divinity School theologian Miroslav Volf argues in his new book Allah: A Christian Response that it is possible. Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile, a former follower of Islam, responds to . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama’s Position on Gay Marriage Faces New Test , The New York Times (Sheryl Gay Stohlberg) Let Freedom Ring: The Muslim Call for Religious Freedom Public Discourse (Abdullah Saeed) Technology, Free Speech and Children , The New York Times (Emily Bazelon) Must N.Y. Business Say ‘I . . . . Continue Reading »
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