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October 2012

October 04, 2012

Five Surprising Responses to the First Presidential Debate

Romney was the clear winner of the first Presidential debate tonight. He answered questions about...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

The Shady Ethics of ‘The Obama Phone’

UPDATE: The story gets even weirder. See the update below. By now, most of my...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Five Observations from Romney’s Convention Speech

A hearty congratulations to everyone involved in the Romney campaign for the smashing success of...

August 31, 2012

Barack Obama, the Empty Stool

Clint Eastwood's metaphor was correct: the Barack Obama that was promised in 2008 never made...

August 30, 2012

Romney at the RNC: From the Audacity of Hype to the Tenacity of Hope

Everyone is asking what Governor Romney should say when he addresses the Republican National Convention...

August 29, 2012

Does Romney’s Mormon Faith – or Obama’s Muslim Faith – Really Matter?

JUST KIDDING. I know that President Obama is not Muslim. I think. I mean, he...

August 29, 2012

Melissa Ohden, Abortion Survivor, Speaks Against Obama

An ad showing in Missouri from the Susan B. Anthony list featuring Melissa Ohden, abortion...

August 28, 2012

Why Evangelicals Are Supporting Romney

Does evangelical support for Mitt Romney require evangelicals to elevate political partisanship over theological integrity?...

August 16, 2012

Winning the “Heartbeat Away” Argument

Anyone else wondering why so many Romney surrogates and conservative pundits are jumping into the...

August 11, 2012

Choosing the Best Vice President, Not the Best Co-Campaigner

At last the general election contest is truly underway. We have two full tickets, the...

July 2012

July 06, 2012

A Business Contract with America

Hugh Hewitt is not only a nationally syndicated radio host with Salem; he's also a...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Five Possible Silver Linings in the Obamacare Decision

I have not been as overwhelmed with grief at the Supreme Court's decision on the...

June 18, 2012

Illegal Immigration: Where Conservative Evangelicals Can Show Independence from the GOP

As anyone who follows the news already knows, President Obama decreed unilaterally that the United...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

The Only Person Who Could Bring Obama and Palin Together

Yesterday I posted the first portion of the Introduction to Jeremy Lin: The Reason for...

January 2012

January 09, 2012

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

Sometimes I wish we belonged to the British Commonwealth. Watching this video was one of...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Bush Hatred Prevails Over Obama Love

A presidency that began with such hope and optimism, and such astronomical approval and support,...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

Reconsidering Bush’s “Compassionate” Conservatism

After I had read his book, The Man in the Middle, I had the pleasure...

October 18, 2011

The Political-Environmental Complex

Not quite as catchy as the military-industrial complex, but no less real: Some of the...

October 14, 2011

The Cult of Rick Perry

Disheartening. Profoundly disheartening. That's the word I would use to describe the kerfuffle over Robert Jeffress...

August 2011

August 26, 2011

What's So Scary About Rick Perry?

Douglas MacKinnon writes at Investor's Business Daily: Beyond the usual suspects in the far-left media,...

August 24, 2011

Obama's Debt

According to numbers published yesterday, the federal debt has increased by over $4.2 billion for every...

August 24, 2011

Morning Report, August 24: Maybe Bush Wasn't the Problem, the Dangers of Public Employee Unions, Super-Rubio, Complementarianism, Evolution and Mahaney

In the News 1. OBAMA: THE MAN WITH THE PLAN? Although it contains a generous...

August 18, 2011

Morning Report: The "Socialist" Early Church, Not Supporting Rick Perry, Washington Wealth, and "Submission"

In the News 1. Important pieces on "twin killings" or (more euphemistically) "reductions" -- in...

August 12, 2011

Political Quotes of the Day: British Criminality, China's Winter of Discontent, the Koch Brothers, the Debate, and the Vanity (?) of Obama

Key quotations from both sides of the aisle: Theodore Dalrymple (no relation): The ferocious criminality...

August 10, 2011

Political Quotes of the Day: Sacred Spending Cows, Rick Perry's God, and Blame the Tea Party

Quotations are offered not because I agree or disagree with them, but as points of...

August 09, 2011

The Upside to the Downgrade for Mitt Romney

Let's review for a moment. The American stock market is cratering. It's lost roughly ten...

August 08, 2011

Political Quotes of the Day: Debt-Ceiling and Standard and Poor's Special Edition

I'm going to begin a series that I'll try to post every day. It will...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Destructive Power of Politically Correct Intentions

A first-rate essay at Philanthropy Daily reports on a book from New York Times reporter...

July 26, 2011

Morning Links: Obama's Crumbling Base, Rod Dreher, Andrew Ferguson, Scot McKnight, and Higher Education

In the News 1. "New Polls Confirm Obama's Democratic Base Crumbles." Michael Warren comments. 2....

July 25, 2011

Will Democrats Cave in Order to Avoid Revisiting the Debt Ceiling Before 2012? – UPDATED

[Note: See Update Below] I did not wake up this morning expecting to be impressed...

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