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2010-11-16T05:30:01-05:00

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End of the welfare state?

Last updated on: November 16, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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England’s coalition government is getting tough on welfare. As are other European nations: Britain announced the most radical overhaul in decades Thursday to its once-generous welfare system, pledging harsh penalties for those who refuse jobs and community work service for the unemployed in return for benefit checks. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith unveiled sharp changes to the country’s cradle-to-grave social safety net, which was first introduced after World War II to better protect newborns, families, the jobless and... Read more

2010-11-16T05:02:33-05:00

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Tolkien vs. the Beatles

Last updated on: November 16, 2010 at 5:02 am By Gene Veith

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Imagine: Once upon a time, the Fab Four—having slain the pop charts—decided to set their sights on the Dark Lord Sauron by making a Lord of the Rings feature, starring themselves. One man dared stand in their way: J.R.R. Tolkien. According to Peter Jackson, who knows a little something about making Lord of the Rings movies, John Lennon was the Beatle most keen on LOTR back in the ’60s—and he wanted to play Gollum, while Paul McCartney would play Frodo,... Read more

2010-11-15T06:00:47-05:00

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The ideological crisis of liberalism?

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Although many states are hurting financially, the states with the biggest financial problems are the “blue states” like California and New York whose Democratic state legislatures with their liberal policies have brought them to the verge of ruin. Michael Gerson describes the problem and suggests that they point to a crisis in liberalism: Most significantly, the blue-state financial misery continues and deepens the ideological crisis of American liberalism. Few politicians in traditionally liberal states now speak about the expanding promise... Read more

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2010-11-15T05:45:13-05:00

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Generation X is disillusioned

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Generation X is disillusioned, we are told, traumatized over there being a war, the failure of our efforts to stamp out drugs, our educational woes, and the possibility that America is not as exceptional as they had been taught. I had thought Generation X was supposed to already be cynical. Why did you have illusions in the first place? But nevermind that. Welcome to adulthood, my friends. Join the disillusionment of us Baby Boomers. Generation Y will join us in... Read more

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2010-11-15T05:15:38-05:00

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Drone proliferation

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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During the early part of the Iraq war, someone had the idea of installing a Hellfire missile on a surveillance drone. Thus inventing one of the most formidable weapons ever, which can kill an enemy with no risk to the person wielding the weapon. Now other countries, such as Saudi Arabia, want them and are trying to buy them from U.S. companies. Read this: David Ignatius – Dazzling new weapons require new rules for war. Can or should anything be... Read more

2010-11-12T06:00:03-05:00

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How Christianity conquered pagan culture

Last updated on: November 12, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Michael Craven recounts how Christianity won a culture war: The Roman world was brutal and generally indifferent to suffering. Sympathy and mercy were weaknesses, virtues anathema to those of Rome. The ancient world was both decadent and cruel. The practice of infanticide, for example, was widespread and legal throughout the Greek and Roman world during the early days of Christianity. In fact, abortion, infanticide, and child sacrifice were extremely common throughout the ancient world. Cicero (106-43 BC), writing in the... Read more

2010-11-12T05:30:10-05:00

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A plan to cut the deficit

Last updated on: November 12, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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It is said that Americans want the government to cut spending while also wanting the government to spend more for them. We will now see how serious the demands to cut the deficit are. The bipartisan commission appointed by the president to suggest how to trim government spending and get the budget into balance is working on the problem. The two chairmen have released a report on their suggestions. (This is not the final report of the commission.) The two... Read more

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2010-11-11T06:00:31-05:00

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The Vocation of Military Service

Last updated on: November 11, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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In honor of Veterans’ Day and to salute those who served in the military, I would like to hear from those of you who are veterans. How did military service impact your life? What did it do for your character, personality, beliefs, etc.? Those of you who have been in combat, did you come out of that traumatized or stronger or a bit of both or what? (All of this has to do with the military as vocation.) Read more

2010-11-11T05:30:44-05:00

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Christian persecution intensifies in Iraq

Last updated on: November 11, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Islamic militants in Iraq have turned their attention to their Christian neighbors, declaring that Christians are legitimate targets and bombing Christian neighborhoods. This follows a recent assault on a church during the worship service that killed more than 40. From the BBC: A series of bomb and mortar attacks targeting Christian areas has killed at least five people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Six districts with strong Christian majorities were hit – more than 30 people have been injured. The... Read more

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2010-11-10T06:00:45-05:00

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Is there a "mere Christianity"?

Last updated on: November 10, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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David Mills, editor of First Things, takes issue with the C. S. Lewis and his notion of “mere Christianity”; that is, that Christians of all traditions are in agreement on certain key teachings and that this constitutes a common orthodoxy for all Christians. David is a Catholic, so of course he can’t accept that. Here is part of his argument: The problem is that image of the house with the rooms, illustrating what Lewis meant by “mere Christianity.” It appears... Read more

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