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2012-01-09T15:29:46-04:00

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Five Hot Links: Sketchy Cheeseburgers, Teblo-viation, and Hollywood Pedophilia

Last updated on: January 9, 2012 at 3:29 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

1. Dead Accident Victim to be Sued for Flying Body Parts. I think that pretty much covers it. 2. A California nutritionist conducted an experiment by placing a McDonald’s cheeseburger out in the open for a full year. What happened? Nothing. Adriana Velez has a funny reaction: The bun got a little stale but otherwise it’s pretty much the same. No mold, no maggots, it even kind of smells the same. Melanie’s take on the experiment is, “Obviously it makes me... Read more

2012-01-08T20:48:27-04:00

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Comparing Christmas Speeches: Queen Elizabeth, President Obama, and Ronald Reagan

Last updated on: January 8, 2012 at 8:48 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

Sometimes I wish we belonged to the British Commonwealth. Watching this video was one of those times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEp_3Spc1g From there, on The Royal Channel on Facebook (how fantastic is that?), one can see Queen Elizabeth’s first Christmas broadcast, from 1957. It’s fascinating, and worth your time. All of this led me to want to compare President Obama. Putting all potential cynical comments aside, I have to applaud him for a nice speech at the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. Here’s the relevant... Read more

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2012-01-08T19:51:31-04:00

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“War on Christmas” Post-mortem: Do Christians Have a Persecution Complex?

Last updated on: January 8, 2012 at 7:51 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

Like megachurches, homeschooling, and Tim Tebow, “Merry Christmas” has become a religio-cultural Rorschach test. If you prefer that department stores greet you with a “Merry Christmas,” or at least wish they didn’t feel compelled to adopt the anodyne “Happy Holidays,” chances are good you’re a conservative Christian of some stripe. If, on the other hand, you prefer to talk about how ridiculous it is that anyone should care how a department store greets them, or if you prefer to mock... Read more

2012-01-04T19:41:52-04:00

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On Mitt’s Mormonism, Are Evangelicals Witnessing Christ?

Last updated on: January 4, 2012 at 7:41 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

Many socially conservative evangelicals in Iowa, concerned about the prospect of a Romney presidency, and encouraged by organizations like The Family Leader and the Iowa Family Policy Center, coalesced at the last possible moment behind Rick Santorum. Even if it was not the “landslide” for Santorum that the Family Leader’s Bob Vander Plaats had predicted, it was a clear indication of the discomfort many social conservatives feel when it comes to Mitt Romney. Santorum had, for months, drawn support beneath 5%... Read more

2012-01-01T00:58:53-04:00

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An Open Letter to the Romney Skeptics

Last updated on: January 1, 2012 at 12:58 am By Timothy Dalrymple

Dear Mitt Romney skeptics, and especially my fellow evangelicals, Do you remember how it felt when the economy began to implode in those anxious, waning months of 2008? We were coming down to the wire in the election contest, and the candidates we had to choose between were Barack Obama and John McCain. Given the choices, of course, I supported McCain. I still think he would have made a far better President than Obama has proven to be. But as... Read more

Election 2012

Mitt Romney

2011-12-31T18:30:19-04:00

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Don’t Fall For “Myth Romney”

Last updated on: December 31, 2011 at 6:30 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

This morning I sat down to write a letter to the Mitt skeptics, especially my fellow evangelicals. Yet it proved a nettlesome task. There are so many misconceptions about Mitt, the field is so littered with attacks and misinformation, that one has to clear the field of the falsehoods before one can forge ahead and show Mitt Romney as he actually is. So I’ll publish the open letter tomorrow. For today, let’s distinguish between Myth Romney and Mitt Romney. Myth... Read more

Election 2012

Mitt Romney

2011-12-24T11:37:13-04:00

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Guest Post: Ravi Zacharias on “Evicting the Sacred” at Christmas

Last updated on: December 24, 2011 at 11:37 am By Timothy Dalrymple

I’d like to feature more guest posts at Philosophical Fragments, and here on the eve of Christmas I get to start that off with a bang. Chuck Colson has called Dr. Zacharias “the great evangelist of our time.” He’s the founder and CEO of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries; he has preached the gospel and lectured on apologetics before millions of listeners around the world; he hosts the radio programs Let My People Think and Just Thinking, and he’s visiting professor... Read more

2011-12-23T15:06:26-04:00

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WAR HORSE: The Best Film About a Horse That Does More Than Run in Circles?

Last updated on: December 23, 2011 at 3:06 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

In War Horse, a sweeping epic that follows an extraordinary stallion from rural England across a mortar-strewn Europe in the midst of the Great War, Steven Spielberg reminds us once again why we love to go to the movies. While other films are filled with dehumanizing special effects and desperately hip editorial gimmickry, Spielberg delivers a grand story expertly told by a master of the craft. For all that, however, it was not quite the masterpiece I wanted it to be. Lovers of... Read more

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2011-12-22T17:46:03-04:00

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Bush Hatred Prevails Over Obama Love

Last updated on: December 22, 2011 at 5:46 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

A presidency that began with such hope and optimism, and such astronomical approval and support, may well end in the utter collapse of the modern liberal program. I’m sure that sounds like an overstatement, and perhaps it is. 2012 will be no cakewalk for Republicans, and they’re fully capable of bungling the opportunity history has given them. But if Obama is defeated, then it will be one of the most stunning turnarounds in the history of modern politics. Consider: George... Read more

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2011-12-21T16:01:03-04:00

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The Battle of Water-Loo, Ghetto Santa, and Little Miss Stalin: Deep Thoughts on Fatherhood, Part 3

Last updated on: December 21, 2011 at 4:01 pm By Timothy Dalrymple

1. VICTORY IS SWEET (PEE). I had been preparing my daughter for the first night that she would sleep through the night without a diaper. She was scared she would have an accident. I reminded her that she had not had an accident for months, and I even showed her all the dry diapers that had gathered in the trash bin from all the nights when she “held it” until she woke up. There was not a single wet... Read more

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