I think that Peter Lawler’s thoughts about how conservatives should deal with Ron Paul (and more specifically with the phenomenon of Ron Paul’s support) are deeply interesting and important. They touch on how conservative need to deal with people in general who . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The current primary-dominated system for selecting presidential candidates has its flaws, but I don’t see us going back to a system in which a conclave of party leaders choose the nominee. A party leader-dominated process like the convention would have spared us some of the . . . . Continue Reading »
In his The Just War Revisited (Current Issues in Theology) , Oliver O’Donovan distinguishes between collateral damage and indiscrimination (a violation of just war criteria) by pointing to the intention. How can intention be determined? He offers this analysis: “One can test the . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m tired so I’ll keep it quick. I was listening to Ed Rollins predict that Ron Paul will win Iowa. Since Rollins ran the campaign of the last Republican to win the Iowa Caucuses I’m not inclined to disagree. But . . . the right-of-center media environment has . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Ways of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures, 2003 , Oliver O’Donovan suggests that the notion of world government is conceptually contradictory: “World government is an abstract idea: the government of a people with no internal relations of mutual recognition. A people with no . . . . Continue Reading »
Like Peter says below, Gingrich’s support is falling fast. PPP now has him at third and he is closer to being in sixth place than first. According to Insider Advantage, Gingrich has fallen to fourth behind Rick Perry, but that poll hasn’t gotten much play so maybe there is a . . . . Continue Reading »
In his recent Republic of Grace , Charles Mathewes describes the widely known but still startling demographic crisis of Europe: “By midcentury, including immigration, Europe’s population is projected to be 13 percent smaller, with the working age population declining by 27 percent, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd ( The Politics of Secularism in International Relations ) notes the role that Islam plays in Western views of its own secular order: “More than any other single religious or political tradition, Islam represents the ‘nonsecular’ in European and American . . . . Continue Reading »
Anatolios ( Retrieving Nicaea ) admits that “we should not leap to the conclusion that a trinitarian theology based on ontological subordinationism, with Father and Son relating within a hierarchy of will and obedience, will necessarily lead to a monarchical political theology.” Yet, . . . . Continue Reading »
Sorry I’m late getting to it, but work and family . . . 1. Gingrich’s response on Freddie Mac was weak. That thing about how he only worked with people who shared his values is begging to be made into an ad. Just the same, the other candidates left points on the floor . . . . Continue Reading »
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