It’s a rainy day in Georgia. "Much needed" as they say. Such days are for reading English Gothic Novels and catching up on things. Here’s one. Judge Facciola ordered the White House to answer these questions about the missing emails: With that understanding, the court will order the defendants to provide answers to the following […]
The primaries and the coming elections have got me stirred up about religion in politics again. I have several thoughts that I need to say just to keep them from rolling around in my mind. As I understand Christianity, it’s about two things – one’s personal conduct on earth and one’s salvation for the afterlife. […]
Justices May Seek Compromise in Voter ID Case The Supreme Court appeared unmoved yesterday by arguments that an Indiana law requiring voters to present photo identification imposes an unconstitutional burden. Some justices, however, appeared to search for a middle ground on the divisive and partisan political issue. Experts on voting rights see the legal battle […]
And speaking of the Religious Right. I passed by a link to Focus on the Family Action so I followed it. There I read: Dr. Dobson: Media ‘Dead Wrong’ About Values Voters Conservative Christians flex their muscles in Iowa caucuses. Just a few months ago, the media were busy writing an obituary for Values Voters. […]
Exit Polls Pigeonhole Evangelicals Again from the blog: Faith in Public Life They did it again! Just as in Iowa, yesterday’s media-sponsored Election Day poll failed to ask Democrats in New Hampshire if they were evangelical. Voters from both parties were asked about their church attendance and if they were Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, Other Christian, […]
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident as we heard about it in August 1964 never happened. It was as fictional as the Niger Yellowcake Uranium Forgeries or Douglas Feith’s al-Qaeda/Iraq Connections in the lead-up to the Iraq War. It appears that our two most disasterous wars, Viet Nam and Iraq, were started by Presidents of the […]
In European History, the decline of the Roman Empire lead to the Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and chaos. In the Renaissance that followed, modern history began with the return to the lost past – or so the historians tell us in their shorthand way of condensing the generations that came before us. We […]
Bush’s Messiah Complex Dan Froomkin With time running short on his presidency — and on the eve of a trip to the Middle East — President Bush seems to have overcome his aversion to talking about his legacy and is now speaking fervently about how he expects to be remembered. As it turns out, the […]
When I was reading George McGovern‘s op-ed about impeaching Bush and Cheney, I was struck by his sub-heading "Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse." Of course he’s right, they are worse. But who are "These Guys?" He’s obviously talking about George Bush and Dick Cheney. But when it comes down to brass tacks, they […]
Face The Nation: Bob Schieffer on What Iowa Tells Us Read carefully between the lines of what Bob Schieffer expresses in his final comment on Face The Nation this past Sunday: A couple of nice things happened in Iowa that should not be overlooked. An African-American won the Democratic caucuses in a state that is […]