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September 2011

September 13, 2011

The Five Biggest Problems Facing America

I watched President Obama's speech last week, and I've paid half-attention to the Republican presidential...

September 12, 2011

The Funny Thing about Michele Bachmann and Jonathan

As reported by Eric Black at MinnPost, Michele Bachmann recently used a speech to make...

September 12, 2011

Why I Avoided All 9/11 Coverage Yesterday

I had a media-free weekend. Well, electronic media, at least. I did read the newspaper....

September 08, 2011

Let’s Hear It for Execution!

It's been getting lots of buzz today that last night, in a Republican presidential debate...

September 07, 2011

Will the REAL Francis Schaeffer Please Stand Up?

I didn't grow up reading Francis Schaeffer, as so many of my evangelical friends did....

August 2011

August 06, 2011

Rick Perry Is Making Me Cynical

Okay, I was already cynical. But Texas Governor Rick Perry's prayer rally, “The Response: A...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Does Romney Have a “Mormon Problem”?

Robert P. Jones doesn't necessarily think so, at least not versus Obama: Beyond the religious...

July 26, 2011

NOT an Onion Headline: Help Shoot Up Juarez

Hey kids, have you heard of Ciudad Juárez? It's the city just over the border...

July 25, 2011

Iowa Needs to Get Over Itself

Well, it seems that Michele Bachmann has added another flub to her long list of...

July 22, 2011

Is Jesus Your “Political Hero”?

Echoing W, who famously called Jesus his favorite philosopher, Tim Pawlenty yesterday called Jesus his...

July 20, 2011

Will Rick Run?

My fellow Minnesotans, Tim Pawlenty and Michelle Bachmann, are keenly interested in the question about...

July 07, 2011

Micharah Bachlin and Evolution

At MinnPost, scientist and humanist Shawn Otto writes about the far-reaching consequences of an evolution-denier...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

An Open Letter to My State Senator and Representative

Dear State Senator Geoff Michel and Representative Pat Mazorol, Your party's move to put to...

March 2011

March 16, 2011

If Al Franken and Rand Paul Can Be Friends, Why Can't We?

Today's StarTribune has an interesting story on the young and unlikely friendship between Senators Al...

March 03, 2011

"The Pawlenty Is Boring" Meme

I seem to inhabit the territory of presidential also-rans. When I arrived at Dartmouth, I...

December 2010

December 02, 2010

Something about Abortion

We've had an interesting comment thread going on Monday's post, "Apple Pulls Manhattan Declaration App." ...

October 2010

October 22, 2010

Dumb, Dumberer, and Unelectable: My Gubernatorial Choices

So, I've pretty much figured out for whom I'm going to vote on Election Day:...

September 2010

September 27, 2010

Star Wars and Evangelical Revisionist History

An interesting take on evangelical nostalgia for a past that never was, especially important during...

July 2010

July 01, 2010

Kagan Is Wrong about Umpires

One of my senators, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), asked Elena Kagan yesterday about, among other things,...

May 2010

May 07, 2010

My Conversation with a Beaver

So, there's a family of beavers that live in a slough on my family's land...

February 2010

February 01, 2010

Political Déjà vu

In 1998, I voted for J.G. Janos for Governor of Minnesota, and I was thrilled...

October 2009

October 25, 2009

The Most Important Cartoon of the Year

By Steve Breen, San Diego Tribune, October 18, 2009

July 2009

July 22, 2009

What's a Christian to Think about Healthcare Reform?

I'm self-employed. That means that I pay for the health insurance premiums for all five...

June 2009

June 04, 2009

Quote of the Day

It goes to Andrew Sullivan, who wrote of President Obama's Cairo speech,At its heart, the...

June 04, 2009

This Is Why We Elected Him

I had the good fortune of watching President Obama's speech live from Cairo this morning,...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Maybe Phyllis Tickle's Next Book Should Be about Politics

In Phyllis Tickle's latest book, The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why, she...

March 2009

March 20, 2009

One Day News Boycott

So, I happened to turn the news on in the middle of the night, and...

March 06, 2009

Is There an Evangelical Center?

In the Washington Times, Julia Duin ponders that question in her article, "Evangelicals ponder Dobson's...

March 02, 2009

Sebelius + HHS = Fewer Abortions

This morning, I have signed a last-minute petition supporting the appointment of Kansas Governor, Kathleen...

February 2009

February 13, 2009

Richard Mouw and Proposition 8

In this week's edition of Newsweek, Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, penned...