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2011-12-20T07:50:39-05:00

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Why Ann Coulter supports Romney

Last updated on: December 20, 2011 at 7:50 am By Gene Veith

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There are all kinds of questions about whether Romney, or Gingrich, or Perry, or whoever, is a true conservative. Surely Ann Coulter is a true conservative, yea, a bona fide right winger to a fault. She is supporting Romney. She says, “of the available candidates, Romney is by far the most conservative, tied with Michele Bachmann.” Most importantly, she says, he is the only one who can beat Barack Obama. Here is her case for Romney: There may be... Read more

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2011-12-20T07:49:44-05:00

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A bad year for dictators

Last updated on: December 20, 2011 at 7:49 am By Gene Veith

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The North Korean “dear leader” Kim Jong-Il is dead. His son, twenty-something Kim Jong-Un, has been named his successor. The military is running a missile-test, as if to warn the world to stay back. 2011: A bad year for dictators. Gaddafi overthrown and killed. Mubarak thrown out. Hassad and Putin facing unrest. And now this. What do you think will happen now? Will North Korea take the chance to join with its prosperous relatives in the South, or keep the... Read more

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2011-12-19T06:00:23-05:00

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The weekly holidays

Last updated on: December 19, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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What I don’t understand is why the militant secularists are expending so much energy to remove Christmas from the cultural calendar while ignoring Christianity’s more immediate influence on the patterns of everyday life: the weekly calendar. Government workers, students in public schools, and many other employees get Sunday off. That is a direct influence of the Christian religion. Observance of the “Lord’s Day” used to manifest itself in all kinds of so-called “blue laws” mandating the closing of businesses on... Read more

2011-12-19T05:45:01-05:00

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Ron Paul, uniter

Last updated on: December 19, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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American politics is polarized. Our government is in a state of paralysis. Conservatives, liberals, and moderates are at each other’s throats. National unity is no more. And yet, I see a presidential candidate who might be able to bring the country together: Ron Paul. He has the support of the Tea Party dissidents on the right who yearn for a more limited, more constitutional government. But he also has significant support from the Occupy Wall Street dissidents on the... Read more

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2011-12-19T05:30:40-05:00

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The death of Christians’ favorite atheist

Last updated on: December 19, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Christopher Hitchens, one of the “new atheists,” has died of cancer at age 62. An iconoclast skeptical not only about religion but about conventional liberalism, Hitchens won wide respect, including that of many Christians who debated him. One of his sparring partners, Doug Wilson, has written a good account of the man and his unbelief for Christianity Today (which also links to their written debates): Christopher Hitchens Has Died, Doug Wilson Reflects | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction.... Read more

2011-12-16T06:00:31-05:00

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The Iraq war is over

Last updated on: December 16, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Yesterday the war in Iraq officially came to an end. The American flag in Baghdad was taken down, a somber ceremony was held (with no representation from the Iraqi government), and peace was declared. The war lasted 9 years, with 4,500 Americans giving their lives. So it’s over. Where is the jubilation? Where is the celebration in Times Square? The Washington Post put the story on p.3. We conquered the country and overthrew Saddam Hussein. Doesn’t that count as a... Read more

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2011-12-16T05:45:26-05:00

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The ex-Lutheran Republican primary

Last updated on: December 16, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Newt Gingrich grew up Lutheran! So did Ron Paul. So did Michele Bachmann. And Jon Huntsman, though a Mormon, went to a Lutheran school in Los Angeles. That Paul and Bachmann used to be Lutherans is common knowledge, but I did not know about Gingrich. (The article, below, says that he grew up in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, which has three ELCA congregations, not that that body existed back then. Paul also was raised in a non-LCMS congregation, as I recall, but... Read more

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2011-12-16T05:30:32-05:00

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Tattoo regrets

Last updated on: December 16, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Despite the current economic doldrums, a new business is booming: the tattoo removal industry. Emily Wax reports: She arrives quietly, coming in from the rain after work. She lies down on her stomach atop a sleek, white reclining chair. She lifts her shirt and tugs down her jeans slightly. It’s enough to unveil a large pink flower tattoo with fat, webby green leaves, which she’s here to have lasered off her lower back. She wants to become a mother... Read more

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2011-12-15T06:00:12-05:00

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Whose job is it to keep Christ in Christmas–and in sermons?

Last updated on: December 15, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Issues, Etc. host Todd Wilkens has posted a provocative point on his Facebook page on the perennial “keep Christ in Christmas” controversies. Since I’m one of the ten or eleven Americans not on Facebook, I’m indebted to my friend Michael O’Connor for showing it to me and for asking Todd for permission to post it here: I don’t expect the culture to keep Christ in Christmas; that’s the church’s responsibility. Besides, the “Christ” of culture bears no resemblance to the Christ... Read more

2011-12-15T05:42:04-05:00

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TIME’s Person of the Year: The Protester

Last updated on: December 15, 2011 at 5:42 am By Gene Veith

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Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2011 is, once again, not a person but the personification of a category: The Protester. By which is meant the protesters in Egypt, the Middle East, Europe, Russia, and America. That is to say, Occupy Wall Street. Strangely, the Tea Party protesters do not count. See TIME’s Person of the Year 2011 – TIME. A fitting choice, or not? Who would YOU nominate for person of the year? Read more

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