Politics

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking or talking about this subject, but have long been of the opinion that the District of Columbia was never intended to be a state and should not be made into a state. If the residents of D.C. wish to have the privileges of statehood and do […]

In contrast the civil tone of the debate linked in my previous post, I just read this tidbit from Patrick Mead:

You see, every time I even mention that my son has joined the Marines I get nasty emails from militant Christian pacifists. Some of them are attacks, some are snide remarks, some are […]

In case, like me, you missed it and didn’t know it was online, here are the links to video of the American Studies Institute debate on just war and pacifism at Harding University. The audio isn’t great, but you can make it out. Political Cartel has a nice summary and there was some […]

The “breakdown of marriage in the United States threatens America’s future. It is turning us into a nation of separate and unequal families.” That’s the premise of Manhattan Institute marriage and family scholar Kay Hymowitz’s new book, Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age. She recently took some […]

Name that speech:

[W]e must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing with what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or, as theologians would put it, the doctrine of sin. There is sin and evil in the […]

This made me laugh. Apparently John Travolta doesn’t recognize the irony of advising other people to do their part to combat global warming. Surely those are hybrid jets.

O.k., I realize that posting once every month or two isn’t exactly the way to maintain a faithful following. What can I say? Sometimes there’s nothing worth writing about and sometimes there is but we don’t have time to do it.

But this item from The Corner caught my eye today and I wanted […]

50-50 Senate (i.e. GOP control when you count the Vice President’s tie-breaking vote). Republicans will win Tennessee, but none of the other key races.

GOP will lose control of the House.

Last minute check of Tradesports shows liklihood of GOP Senate control at 65% and liklihood of GOP House control at 11.6%.

Many happy (election) returns.

BACKGROUND: The […]

Why should Christians vote?

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

–Edmond Burke

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

–1 […]

I’m fascinated by the The Wisdom of Crowds approach to predicting elections (and all sorts of other things).

Prediction markets like the IEM, operated by the University of Iowa, have proven more accurate at predicting elections than traditional polling. As the Wikipedia article on prediction markets explains:

These markets actually have a long and […]