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May 2013

May 13, 2013

What is a nation?

As college classes, including my own, conclude for the Summer, I will reveal an academic...

May 13, 2013

IRS targeted conservatives

The IRS targeted conservative organizations--and admits it! And is now apologizing for it! Investigations are...

May 10, 2013

Camouflage

As an example of how government spending mushrooms due to unnecessary duplication, bureaucratic turf protection,...

May 10, 2013

Benghazi whistleblowers

Three diplomats on the scene in Libya when Islamists killed the American ambassador and torched...

May 08, 2013

Gay marriage and state tyranny

English theologian John Milbank gives a different argument against gay marriage. He says it will...

May 08, 2013

The Immodest Republic

My colleague Mark Mitchell has co-edited a new book entitled The Culture of Immodesty in...

May 06, 2013

Military will allow evangelism but not proselytizing

Responding to the uproar about the prospect for court martials for evangelism that we blogged...

May 06, 2013

Benching sports metaphors

Figures of speech are not just ornamentation. They can shape the way we think about...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Obama: “God bless” Planned Parenthood

Rev. Michael Schuermann calls out the president for confusing his office and for taking God's...

April 26, 2013

Leaks in the federal budget

Feds spend at least $890,000 on fees for empty accounts - The Washington Post. (Every...

April 23, 2013

Assessment for government programs

In my field of higher education, the big idea is assessment. Accreditors are requiring that...

April 12, 2013

“We are all Thatcherites now”

Fareed Zakaria gives an overview of how the recently-deceased Margaret Thatcher changed the world's economies:...

April 10, 2013

A new economic boom?

The U.S economy is still in the doldrums. But former general and CIA director David...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

The new isolationism

The Obama administration is throwing America's weight around less and less on the world scene,...

March 15, 2013

The militia part of the Second Amendment

The Washington Post has a front page story saying that the Second Amendment had always...

March 13, 2013

Secular prayer

Most legislative bodies in this country begin with a prayer, whether by an official chaplain...

March 12, 2013

The state as our therapist

Schools are doing their part against guns by punishing children for playing. George Will recounts...

March 12, 2013

Big business vs. free enterprise

Ezra Klein tells about young conservative think-tanker Derek Khanna, who wrote at his bosses' behest...

March 11, 2013

American factions are coming together over drones

It has been said that America is polarized politically, but now an issue has emerged...

March 08, 2013

The drone filibuster

Attorney General Eric Holder said that drones could be used against American citizens on American...

March 06, 2013

America’s enemy list update

Hugo Chavez, the Marxist anti-American president of Venezuela, has died of cancer. Meanwhile, nuclear-armed North...

March 04, 2013

When the worst case is that nothing bad happens

Charles Krauthammer is another candidate for best sequester commentary: “The worst-case scenario for us,” a...

March 01, 2013

Watergate journalist vs. Obama

President Obama and his administration have picked a fight with the legendary reporter who broke...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Best commentary on the sequester issue

From Peter Wehner: In the Great Sequestration Debate, here’s what we know: (a) The president...

February 28, 2013

Federal money for airports without planes

As the federal government howls over the impending spending cuts that go into effect tomorrow,...

February 27, 2013

Why conspiracy theories are unlikely

Many on the left just know that the Christian right is scheming with big corporations...

February 27, 2013

Chuck Hagel confirmed as Secretary of Defense

The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as our new Secretary of Defense. Though Hagel, a former...

February 26, 2013

Friday’s spending cut apocalypse

We are facing another financial deadline in Washington in three days. Not a fiscal cliff,...

February 25, 2013

Society has little defense

Not too long ago, both liberals and conservatives were oriented to some kind of common...

February 20, 2013

Unchecked righteousness

Charles Lane of the Washington Post comments on the electric car fiasco, discussing the multiple...