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September 2013

September 12, 2013

Colorado throws out anti-gun lawmakers

Citizens of Colorado voted for the right to smoke marijuana, but they have also voted...

September 12, 2013

Collective bargaining through government power

Labor unions have been having a hard time of it. So union activists have announced...

September 06, 2013

It’s looking bad for Obama’s war vote

Pretty much what I predicted is unfolding in Congress. The growing consensus among both conservatives...

September 05, 2013

Our military as “Al-Qaeda’s Air Force”

Quote of the week: “We should be focused on defending the United States of America....

September 04, 2013

Only 29% of Americans want to attack Syria

According to two public opinion polls, very few Americans support the notion of attacking Syria. ...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Lacking any sense of proportion

Mark Steyn tells about a dad who asked his 15-year-old son to hold his beer...

August 21, 2013

From Moral Majority to Prophetic Minority

Russell Moore--identified as one of those mythical "Lutheran Baptists"--is the new spokesman for the Southern...

August 21, 2013

Wikileaks, Rand Paul, and abortion

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is championing Edward Snowden and his NSA revelations, says that...

August 20, 2013

The two paths for Democrats

We talked about the two paths for Republicans. Apparently there are also two paths opening...

August 19, 2013

The Chris Christie path vs. the Rand Paul path

Washington Post political columnist Chris Cillizza has written an interesting column saying that the Republican...

August 15, 2013

Letting churches endorse candidates?

A commission is recommending to Congress that churches and other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations be allowed...

August 07, 2013

The religious spectrum of liberals and conservatives

E. J. Dionne is a liberal columnist who is also a faithful Catholic. He has...

August 06, 2013

Socially conservative but economically liberal

Luke Foster notes a new breed of Christian political activists. They are social conservatives--pro-life, pro-traditional...

August 05, 2013

Shifting from family values to religious freedom

McKay Coppins notes a change in the message of Republicans and social conservatives in particular. ...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

How the Democrats used FaceBook

The Washington Post is publishing excerpts from its reporter Dan Balz's book on the last...

July 26, 2013

Why today’s political ideologies are pretty much the same

James Kalb has published an article that explains (1) why Democrats and Republicans (also Libertarians,...

July 08, 2013

Talk politics

Are the Republicans doomed? Are the Democrats cracking up? Are any potential presidential candidates from...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

How Gallup blew the presidential election polling

On the eve of the last election, the venerable polling firm Gallup predicted that Mitt...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Why relativism leads to totalitarianism

I'd like to spin off from our reflection a comment Lars Walker made, as we...

May 23, 2013

IRS official takes the 5th

Lois Lerner, the IRS officer who first disclosed that the agency had been targeting conservative...

May 21, 2013

IRS also targeted religious groups

It wasn't just Tea Party groups that the IRS harassed, delayed, and audited. Some religious...

May 16, 2013

Rand Paul courts Christian conservatives

Sen. Rand Paul is presenting himself as a "libertarian Republican" rather than a "libertarian," and...

May 13, 2013

IRS targeted conservatives

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

May 08, 2013

The Immodest Republic

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

May 08, 2013

Mark Sanford elected to Congress

Ex-South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who left in disgrace after a sex scandal, has been...

May 06, 2013

Benching sports metaphors

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

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Lutheran libertarians

I keep running into conservative, confessional Lutherans (including on this blog) who, in their political...

April 24, 2013

Repercussions of the Boston bombings

I suspect that the Boston Marathon bombings may complicate the two big issues facing Congress...

April 18, 2013

“The long march through the institutions”

In the course of an article about the Roman Catholic organization Communion and Liberation, a...

April 15, 2013

“Everything in our hearts and minds should be fixed”

As you have probably heard, Rick Warren's 27-year-old son committed suicide. That's about the saddest...