Elsewhere, I rejected the contention by Michelle Goldberg and others that evangelical leaders such as Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry are significantly influenced by the aims of the tiny Christian Reconstructionism movement. I tried to make the point that CR has a negligible political . . . . Continue Reading »
Talk of Paul Ryan maybe running for President seems to be all over Fox News today. Here are my thoughts: Con: 1. Ryan’s original Roadmap proposal has huge political problems on the taxation side. He seems to have proposed a middle-class tax increase with sharp tax cuts for . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Well I’m sorry that I won’t have Pawlenty to kick around anymore, but he ran a campaign that deserved to run aground. 2. I’m looking forward to Peter’s treatment of Perry, at least partly because it will help relieve me of having to form my own opinion . . . . Continue Reading »
So Pawlenty, after focusing his efforts on Iowa, got less than half as many votes as either Ron Paul or (the WINNER) Michele ‘Tip of the Spear’ Bachmann at the Ames Straw Poll. As Yoda would say, “How embarrassing.” If Pawlenty continues with his campaign, . . . . Continue Reading »
Too bad it is being buried in a Ta-Nehisi Coates comment thread (and Coates is very much worth reading himself), but this blog comment by Yoni Appelbaum (who writes as Cynic) is a brilliant critique of a certain kind of smug and shallow Bachmann-despising journalism. Here is a taste: . . . . Continue Reading »
One common misconception in the same-sex marriage debate is the idea that the traditional legal definition of marriage is a violation of equal rights. Since this is an extremely emotionally charged accusation, it’s difficult to get past it into a real discussion of the issue.Here’s the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan Lizza’s profile of Bachmann is designed to produce guffaws from the New Yorker’s readership, but I was impressed by the discipline and focus of Bachmann’s campaign. They know that the public cares more about the economy and government spending than which Founder fought . . . . Continue Reading »
Behold, the fruit of class warfare rhetoric. This is what happens when you teach that “rich people” became rich at your expense and they owe you their property. The end of respect for private property and a person’s right to have what he’s earned is the end of . . . . Continue Reading »
Gayle recently spoke with D. Michael Lindsay, sociologist, newly appointed president of Gordon College, and author of multiple books, including Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. Lindsay spearheaded a study of former White House Fellows (an elite . . . . Continue Reading »
Seth Mandel highlights a Bloomberg story about Romney’s time as a turnaround artist at Bain Capital. Mandel makes a really smart point that Romney’s career as a businessman has hidden political dangers. Romney made a lot of money by taking over, managing, and then selling . . . . Continue Reading »
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