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September 2008

September 08, 2008

From Alaska’s First Dude

Great quote from Todd Palin, the husband of the G.O.P. vice presidential candidate: If I...

September 05, 2008

Convention bounce?

Many of us, myself included, were less than enthusiastic about the candidacy of John McCain....

September 05, 2008

Why the vitriol?

Friends, dear readers, fellow Cranachers, let us restore the high level of discourse and welcoming...

September 05, 2008

McCain’s speech

My class ran late last night, so I missed a big part of John McCain's...

September 04, 2008

Hurricane Sarah blows away the convention

(Credit to the Drudge Report for that metaphor.) Well, I think Sarah Palin can take...

September 03, 2008

Backlash

One thing that really bothers me about the Democratic attacks on Sarah Palin is the...

September 03, 2008

Sarah Palin as Supermom

Some of you expressed concern that Sarah Palin is neglecting her family by pursuing a...

September 03, 2008

Highlights of the GOP convention

I was finally able to stay up to watch one of the conventions. The highlight...

September 02, 2008

Politics of personal–and family–destruction

In a culture that does not much believe in reason, politics sets aside the old...

September 02, 2008

Cranach & Sarah Palin

You might recall we began our Vice Presidential theme on this blog way back on...

September 02, 2008

Hurricane

Were any of you affected by Hurricane Gustav? It looks like we are going through...

August 2008

August 29, 2008

You make the announcement & do the commentary

We're hitting the road today and will be gone for the whole labor day weekend....

August 29, 2008

A classicist take on Obama

Victor Davis Hansen, riffing on Obama's prop of a classical temple for his big speech,...

August 29, 2008

The oration from the temple

So what did you think about Barack Obama's speech? This take sees two different--and clashing--motifs:...

August 28, 2008

Biden’s plagiarisms

This is not from a conservative screed but "Slate Magazine": The wacky plagiarisms of Joe...

August 28, 2008

The Clintonistas & Obamaites in Denver

Maureen Dowd is most definitely not a water carrier for the Republicans, so her account...

August 27, 2008

The interfaith liturgy

Mollie Z. Hemingway, reporting on the Democratic convention's interfaith service, usefully sums up the liturgy,...

August 26, 2008

Democrats begin with syncretistic worship

The Democrats began their convention with an interfaith service: At the first official event Sunday...

August 25, 2008

What to watch for at the Democratic Convention

Will you watch the political conventions? They used to be working groups, passing resolutions, forming...

August 25, 2008

The problems with Biden

The challenges Barack Obama will find in campaigning with his vice-presidential pick are detailed here....

August 23, 2008

Vice President Biden?

So, Barack Obama has picked Senator Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. Thoughts?...

August 21, 2008

Now McCain is ahead

The latest Reuters/Zogby poll now has McCain leading Obama by 5 percentage points, reversing Obama's...

August 20, 2008

Is this any way to pick a Vice President?

It appears that both candidates will be announcing their vice presidential choices very soon. Perhaps...

August 19, 2008

Above my pay grade

When Rick Warren asked Barack Obama when a baby is entitled to human rights (a...

August 19, 2008

Hope for McCain

Michael Gerson says that John McCain's performance at Saddleback may be a turning point for...

August 18, 2008

From Jerry Falwell to Rick Warren

Jerry Falwell has passed away. Now Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and author of "The Purpose...

August 18, 2008

The Saddleback confessions

Rick Warren's inquisition of the candidates elicited some interesting answers. In his answers, Obama described...

August 15, 2008

Why it’s hard to get excited about McCain

In an interview with the Weekly Standard, McCain Won't Rule Out Pro-choice Running Mate: IN...

August 14, 2008

Democratic platform wooing pro-lifers

Terry Mattingly at Get Religion discusses Democratic efforts to woo Catholics and Evangelicals by making...

August 13, 2008

Tyranny as art

George Will, in an insightful column on Russia's invasion of Georgia, Russia's Power Play, makes...