Rhetorical Outbursts

Markets accurately predicted the Miers withdrawal and the Alito selection. Now the markets point to an Alito confirmation.

I planned to do other things this evening, but got caught up in this discussion at Larry James’ blog. He started by re-posting on why we should not be content to always have the poor with us, citing Deuteronomy. It went from there to the question of who are “the poor” anyway? […]

Our time in Searcy is ending. We are heading back, but it feels like leaving home instead of going home. Here’s a quick summary of what happened.

Harding won the homecoming game against Arkansas Tech, 27-10. We spent too much money at the campus bookstore. We were the first people to find […]

The indictment (PDF) today of the Vice President’s Chief of Staff prompts one note and one tidbit from the past. First, note that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald made it clear in his press conference today that if opponents of the war in Iraq are looking to this prosecution to vindicate their cause, they will […]

The attention being paid to the round number “milestone” of Americans killed in Iraq is about pushing political opposition to the war — not about honoring the heroes’ sacrifice. If you doubt it, do you know the number killed in Afghanistan or would you need to look it up? How about the number of […]

As soon as I landed in Memphis this morning on my way to Searcy, the news came in via emaila and voice mails. Miers withdraws.

This is less a victory for conservatives than a narrowly averted disaster. We are relieved and joyful, as we should be.

What next?

Not gloating. Not arguing about the veracity of […]

Everytime I return to Harding’s campus it is like coming home. We’re heading to Searcy tomorrow for the Homecoming festivities and President’s Council meetings. If any of you will be in the area and would like to meet, please let me know.

I’ll have access to email as well as comments the whole […]

Conservatives start to fight and futures markets on Miers (Both Tradesports and Newsfutures) decline.

Travis Stanley has posted an overwrought, melodramatic note from a homosexual friend about Proposition 2 on the November ballot in Texas. The note begins with this, “In a couple weeks Texas voters will be deciding whether or not I am a human.” It proceeds to an emotional appeal insinuating that those who support this […]

Is Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee running for President? When I mentioned the possibility to a colleague of mine, his response was dismissive. “There will never be a President Huckabee. His name is just too weird.”