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October 2008

October 28, 2008

Obama’s Constitutional Theory

Obama supporters think it wrong--an example of "negative campaigning"--to draw attention to this 2001 radio...

October 28, 2008

Conservative Civil War

The conservative movement has come apart, with all sides blaming each other for Obama's ascendancy...

October 27, 2008

Conservatives for Obama

Some well-known conservatives, such as Christopher Buckley and Ken Adelman, have jumped on the Barack...

October 27, 2008

Postmodern conservatism

First Things, the magazine, has a fascinating article on conservative champion Russell Kirk, who would...

October 24, 2008

The emerging religion

Now there are votive candles that one can burn as a prayer to Saint Obama:...

October 23, 2008

The coming liberal utopia

Though some polls show the race tightening, many liberals are expecting a Reaganesque landslide and...

October 22, 2008

When taxpayers become a minority

There is so much more to Barack Obama's tax plan than the soundbite version that...

October 20, 2008

Preaching politics

The definitive answer to why pastors should not endorse candidates from the pulpit was given...

October 20, 2008

Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

It takes a lot of character to defy your critics by walking into their midst....

October 20, 2008

How pro-abortion is Obama?

Robert George is one of the giants of contemporary thought, an ethicist and political theorist...

October 17, 2008

Third party candidates?

The floor is open for consideration of alternative candidates to the big two. Some of...

October 17, 2008

Comic relief

Both John McCain and Barack Obama attended the Al Smith dinner, a traditional gathering of...

October 17, 2008

Obama’s tax cuts

From Obama's 95% Illusion:It depends on what the meaning of 'tax cut' is: Mr. Obama...

October 16, 2008

Thoughts from the last debate

I think John McCain did MUCH, MUCH better in this debate. Finally, he distinguished himself...

October 16, 2008

Radicals think Obama is a radical

Victor Davis Hanson quotes left-wing journalist Ben Wallace-Wells, writing in "The Rolling Stone" in 2007:...

October 15, 2008

The vocation of voter

More good stuff from Uwe Siemon-Netto, who has a provocative article in the "Lutheran Witness"...

October 15, 2008

Debate scorecard

Use this space to comment on tonight's final debate. Is McCain doomed? Did Obama put...

October 10, 2008

Evidence of Obama’s radicalism

Now I know something of what I was looking for: documentary evidence that Barack Obama...

October 10, 2008

Obama and Bernadine Dohrn

More notorious than Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers is his wife, Bernadine Dohrn. Shouldn't the...

October 09, 2008

An Obama presidency

What do you think an Obama presidency will--or would--be like? Keep in mind that the...

October 09, 2008

Obama and Saul Alinsky

The Barack Obama campaign is organizing "Camp Obamas" to train young activists to work for...

October 08, 2008

Conclusion from the debate

Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. He came across in...

October 08, 2008

Barack Obama’s school days

Details about Barack Obama's days at Columbia and the radical friends he had there are...

October 07, 2008

The debate

If you want to comment on the presidential candidate debate while it's hot on your...

October 07, 2008

What I look for in candidates

I don't evaluate candidates on how well they spew out facts and statistics. That's a...

October 07, 2008

Obama as an undergraduate

When Obama says that he was only 8 years old when Bill Ayers and his...

October 06, 2008

“Obama is my Jesus”

Smith college student Maggie Mertens gives her personal testimony in "I Will Follow Him": Obama...

October 03, 2008

A short break from politics

This blog is famed for the cordiality of its discourse, a reputation somewhat marred with...

October 02, 2008

The Vice-Presidential debate

So what did you think?

October 02, 2008

The Age of Obama

Gwen Ifill, who is moderating the Vice Presidential Debate, is the author of a pro-Obama...