I think that’s about the best speech that Romney can give and by far the best I’ve seenfrom Romney . He found the range on the whole “fairness” thing. It also comes across pretty authentic-seeming. You can believe that Romney believes his . . . . Continue Reading »
Gadamer (p. 317) cites this example from Tolstoy to illustrate the difference between the meaning of a great event and the question of whether the great event went according to plan: “Tolstoy’s celebrated description of the council of war before the battle - in which all the strategic . . . . Continue Reading »
or smart, public spirited guys disagree. Mitch Daniels says that Romney ought to “ . . . Spend the precious time and dollars explaining what’s at stake and a constructive program to make life better. And as I say, look at everything through the lens of folks who have yet to . . . . Continue Reading »
Martyrs are almost by definition in positions of weakness. But the early accounts of Christian martyrs show that martyrdom tended to overturn the balance of power. Two examples from Eusebius illustrate the point. One story begins with a domestic conflict. A Christian wife married to a philandering . . . . Continue Reading »
So I was listening to the 1:00 PM NPR show and the host said that he had a source in the Obama White House who told him that they expect to lose a 5-4 ruling (presumably that means at least the striking down of the individual mandate), but that they expect to use the ruling to rally the public to . . . . Continue Reading »
when he writes “ if pressure could be put on Bush to nix Harriet Miers in lieu of Samuel Alito, then I suspect that, if circumstance opened the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice, similar effective pressure could be put on Romney from conservatives.” Romney might . . . . Continue Reading »
speech to the NRA today. The stuff on four more years of Obama meaning forty more years of an Obama Supreme Court was pretty good for his intended audience, though I think that a focus on specific issues would help Romney more with both right-leaning and swing-voters. If any of the five . . . . Continue Reading »
1. If Romney is “doomed” (in the sense that he will lose regardless of whatever strategy he employs or whatever gaffes he does or doesn’t make), then it will be because the public perceived the economy to be improving enough that the marginal voters(s) decided that Obama is . . . . Continue Reading »
or learn to live with him anyway. There was this moment, just before Michigan, when it seemed possible to avert a Romney nomination. That doesn’t mean that we would have gotten a Santorum nomination. If Santorum had won Michigan, it is possible that Romney’s’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Eric Enlow of the Handong University Law School in South Korea sent along these thoughts in response to my musings on Psalm 87, posted here a few weeks ago. The remainder of this post is from Eric. Your interpretation of Psalm 87 as reflecting a hidden ancient history reminds me of Amos 9, which . . . . Continue Reading »
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