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2012-01-02T05:45:02-05:00

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Virginia’s Republican loyalty oath

Last updated on: January 2, 2012 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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First, Virginia prevents everybody except Romney and Paul from appearing on the Republican primary ballot. And now this: In order to cast their ballots in the GOP nominating contest, Virginians will have to sign a form that says, “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for president,” according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which first reported the move. On Wednesday, the state Board of Elections approved the pledge form, as well as signs... Read more

2012-01-01T05:30:50-05:00

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We have become barren

Last updated on: January 1, 2012 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Mark Steyn, connecting the birth of John the Baptist to the West’s current demographic and economic woes: Of the four gospels, only two bother with the tale of Christ’s birth, and only Luke begins with the tale of two pregnancies. Zacharias is surprised by his impending paternity — “for I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years.” Nonetheless, an aged, barren woman conceives and, in the sixth month of Elisabeth’s pregnancy, the angel visits her cousin... Read more

2011-12-30T06:05:30-05:00

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Happy New Year!

Last updated on: December 30, 2011 at 6:05 am By Gene Veith

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January is named after the Roman deity Janus, the god of thresholds. He had two faces, one that looked back and one that looked forward. So that’s what we do on New Year’s. We look back on the year that has passed and we look forward to the year ahead. Whether your 2011 was a year of trials or thanksgivings or both and whatever 2012 will hold for you, I hope that you will know the promise of Psalm 31:15: ... Read more

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2011-12-30T06:00:01-05:00

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Last year’s predictions & contest results

Last updated on: December 30, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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A New Year’s custom on this blog is to have readers predict what will happen in the year ahead. That’s not particularly unique. But what is unique is our other custom: To review those predictions at the end of the year and actually check how everyone did. Whoever has the most impressive prediction wins universal acclaim and bragging rights for the whole year. I urge you all to read Your predictions for 2011 | Cranach: The Blog of Veith. You... Read more

2011-12-30T05:55:19-05:00

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Your predictions for 2012

Last updated on: December 30, 2011 at 5:55 am By Gene Veith

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Now it’s time for you to predict what will happen in 2012! See the accompanying post that looks back on last year’s predictions for how the contest works. Don’t worry. We are not enforcing the Deuteronomy 18:22 rule. Anyway, we aren’t asking for prophecy, just predictions. The more specific the prediction the more remarkable it will be if it comes true, and the more likely you will be a winner. (Highly generalized prediction: “Politics will continue to be polarizing as... Read more

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2011-12-30T05:30:23-05:00

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What history was made in 2011?

Last updated on: December 30, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Here are the top news stories of 2011 according to the Associated Press: 1. Bin Laden’s death 2. Disasters in Japan 3. The Arab Spring 4. EU fiscal crisis 5. U.S. economy 6. Penn State scandal 7. Gadhafi’s fall 8. U.S. Congress 9. Occupy protests 10. Congresswoman Giffords shooting Other contenders: the death of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, Hurricane Irene, tornados in he Midwest and Southeastern U.S., the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy I think we... Read more

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Ron Paul’s baggage

Last updated on: December 29, 2011 at 8:51 am By Gene Veith

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As a Virginian, my only choices in the Republican primary are Mitt Romney and Ron Paul–the other candidates having failed to get on the ballot–so I am studying these candidates closely. There would be a certain coolness factor in voting for Paul. But I’ve got to figure out what I think about his newsletters of a couple of decades ago, with their racist and anti-semitic vibe, as well as his associations with the off-the-wall right. I know some of you... Read more

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2011-12-29T08:33:46-05:00

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Good news on the crime rate

Last updated on: December 29, 2011 at 8:33 am By Gene Veith

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Not everything in our society is going from bad to worse. Over the last decade, we have seen a dramatic drop in the crime rate, and it keeps getting better. Charles Lane gives some details: The most important social trend of the past 20 years is as positive as it is underappreciated: the United States’ plunging crime rate. Between 1991 and 2010, the homicide rate in the United States fell 51 percent, from 9.8 per 100,000 residents to 4.8 per... Read more

2011-12-29T05:00:08-05:00

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Football as the collision of Hobbes & Locke

Last updated on: December 29, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Gerard Baker of England has become a convert to American football. He explains why: In its energy and complexity, football captures the spirit of America better than any other cultural creation on this continent, and I don’t mean because it features long breaks in which advertisers get to sell beer and treatments for erectile dysfunction. It sits at the intersection of pioneering aggression and impossibly complex strategic planning. It is a collision of Hobbes and Locke; violent, primal force tempered... Read more

2011-12-28T05:55:39-05:00

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What’s wrong with Santorum?

Last updated on: December 28, 2011 at 5:55 am By Gene Veith

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Nothing, as far as I can see, from a conservative point of view. He is under no suspicion of being a closet liberal. He is a devout Christian, a Catholic but one who seem evangelical. He agrees with the social conservative agenda. He has been a champion of the pro-life cause. He has no skeletons in his closet, as far as I know. He is also intelligent and articulate. And yet Christian conservatives–who have been floundering for a candidate–have not... Read more

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