1. I didn’t watch the whole debate. It was painful, but the fault wasn’t with the candidates. I liked both Pete’s and John’s comments. 2. The strangest thing is that nobody went after Romney much. Santorum had that monologue near the end, but that’s hardly going after . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Is it just me, or are the debates hosted by ABC more annoying and worthless than those hosted by most other news outlets? Though the CNBC debate was pretty bad too. 2. Romney on Griswold vs. Connecticut: I never saw any of the the National Lampoon’s Vacation . . . . Continue Reading »
At NRO, I just came across this fun game brought to you by John Pitney. It tracks Gingrich’s favorite words and phrases a la Bingo. Try it out with your friends and family. It could even be a drinking game. It’s Saturday night after all! If you take the drinking game seriously, you . . . . Continue Reading »
Clifford Orwin discusses here how liberal democracy is officially neutral towards all ways of life. Each individual is free to put into practice whatever worldview he subscribes to. Justice Kennedy confirms this view in Casey v. Planned Parenthood when he says an individual is free to . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, Virginia was beautiful yesterday, a sunny day getting things up to perhaps 64 degrees, but man, today I’m feeling it’s got just nothing on California, which my wife and I had just returned from. ALL of our Christmas vacation there was filled with sunny days, and the last one got . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete, watch this therapeutic video! The grumpy, unhappy, “we’re all doomed” Pete is starting to trouble me. Does he need Prozac, a spiritual uplift, or what? Maybe he needs a self-help expert! Who, better, than TV’s Reverend Governor Mike Huckabee? Maybe he can’t make . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my BIG THINK version. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s Mr. Carter. I really do have a real job, and so I have only time to quote Joe on the pretentiousness of the Porchers through his reporting on what he learned at their recent conference: For example, one professor (they were almost all professors) presented his localist bona fides by . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Pete is right that Rick’s strengths expose Romney’s weaknesses more than point to his actual nomination. 2. Rick is being branded a “compassionate conservatism,” meaning being a bit of a European Christian Democrat. But it’s not that clear how that distinguishes . . . . Continue Reading »
So a famous conservative who’s been positioned to know more about Rick than most of this sent me this very probing question and real analysis: Question: Who’s more electable against Obama? Romney or Santorum? The election is ultimately going to be about getting the economy moving again, . . . . Continue Reading »
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