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Category Archives: Politics
Trump’s UN Speech 2018
Madam President, Mr. Secretary General, world leaders, ambassadors, and distinguished delegates: One year ago, I stood before you for the first time in this grand hall. I addressed the threats facing our world, and I presented a vision to achieve … Continue reading
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On The Rich
G.K. Chesterton, in his book Orthodoxy, had this to say about the rich (of which group I, like most Americans, am a member I’m afraid): I know that the most modern manufacture has been really occupied in trying to produce … Continue reading
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Christian Marriage Doublespeak
From an article on the Dalrock blog about the common, and heretical I would add, Christian marriage doublespeak: One factor which undoubtedly plays a role here is the widespread adoption of feminism by Christian and secular women alike. The knee … Continue reading
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Anglican Politics
In a posting back in 2009, Fr Anthony Chadwick gives a useful brief review of Anglican politics from a Catholic viewpoint: . . . Is availing ourselves of Anglicanorum Coetibus a betrayal of Anglicanism? No, because Anglicanism in its origins … Continue reading
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Obama-Pelosi Spending
1000 words: On the other hand, longer term:
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Why Sarah Palin . . .
Tammy Bruce writes: …. Without Palin in the race a massive segment of the GOP base—Tea Party patriots and other independent conservatives—will find themselves once again with the prospect of choosing from a manipulated field of Next-In-Line GOP establishment liberals. … Continue reading
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The Secret Knowledge
Here’s a brief extract from David Mamet’s amusing new book, The Secret Knowledge (p 137): A writer’s life is lived, and, I think, must be lived, in solitude. For it is a dialog with one’s own thoughts, and often, a … Continue reading
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The Demographics of Social Security
James Capretta has written a useful article on The Demographics of Social Security. Here’s a very brief excerpt: The relationship between social insurance and fertility points toward an internal contradiction in the social insurance model. To finance programs providing for … Continue reading
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MCB&B
I’m going to be posting, from a pioneer viewpoint, about four ethnic groups in Utah. While these groups are primarily defined by their spiritual perspectives, I’ll have a view more sociological than theological. I certainly do not intend for the … Continue reading
Conservative Principles
Having been voted out of office in 1945 in favor of the Labour party’s Clement Altee, Winston Churchill gave this speech on 5 October, 1946 at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool [the following is as complete as I have … Continue reading
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Living Within the Truth
SPISSKE PODHRADIE, Slovakia, AUG. 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of an address Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado, gave Tuesday in Slovakia. The address was titled “Living Within the Truth: Religious Liberty and Catholic Mission in the New Order … Continue reading
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Prof. Janet E. Smith’s Published Articles
It’s wonderful that, thanks to the Internet, many scholarly materials are easily available. For example, the articles of Janet E. Smith.
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Nothing Justifies Schism
Brett McCracken writes: N.T. Wright, who is currently working on a massive tome on Paul, to be released “no sooner than 2012,” spoke about unity a lot during the conference at Wheaton. Apparently the overarching theme or argument of his … Continue reading
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ACA/TAC Anglicans’ request to Vatican
Released by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America, Traditional Anglican Communion 3 March 2010 We, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America of the Traditional Anglican Communion have met in Orlando, Florida, together … Continue reading
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Sarah Palin’s Friendship
In an article on her blog yesterday, Caroline Glick concludes: Sarah Palin’s emergence as the mouthpiece of populist opposition to Obama presents Israel’s supporters - and particularly Israel’s Jewish supporters - with an extraordinary opportunity and an extraordinary challenge. Palin’s … Continue reading
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The Audacity of the State
One of my favorite writers on Church/State issues, Douglas Farrow writes in Touchstone about The Audacity of the State, from which I quote a part: . . . The Erastianism which (to speak anachronistically) had long been trying to get … Continue reading
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Last Exit to Utopia
Jean-Francois Revel’s Last Exit to Utopia is reviewed by Bret Stephens in today’s Wall Street Journal: Revel acidly writes: “Utopia is not under the slightest obligation to produce results: its sole function is to allow its devotees to condemn what … Continue reading
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Copenhagen’s Political Science
In today’s Washington Post, Sarah Palin writes about Copenhagen’s political science: . . . In fact, we’re not the only nation whose people are questioning climate change schemes. In the European Union, energy prices skyrocketed after it began a cap-and-tax … Continue reading
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The Moose is loose
Mice lose; the Moose is loose. The vignette on pp234-235 is particularly significant regarding McCain staff campaign attitudes, don’t you think? Here are the first three pages of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue to encourage further reading: It was the Alaska … Continue reading
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