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Category Archives: data
Creationism vs. Abortion, Left, Right, elites and the masses
As a follow up to the post below on Sarah Palin and Creationism, it strikes me that those on the Right & Republicans seem more divided and emotive on this issue than abortion. More specifically, libertarian and secular Rightists seem … Continue reading
Yes, Sarah Palin is a Creationist (not that there’s anything wrong with that)
Memoir Is Palin’s Payback to McCain Campaign: Elsewhere in this volume, she talks about creationism, saying she “didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving beings — originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of … Continue reading
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The nation-state as idol
Rod Dreher & Daniel Larison discuss the intersection of religion and patriotism. The issue of course isn’t adherence to a higher law vs. the nation-state; even those without explicitly religious motivations can reject loyalty to a state whose actions they … Continue reading
In Congress sex matters on abortion
Below are the mean ratings from an abortion rights group for the year 2007-2008. The number of women in Congress at any given time is small, so the inclusion of two very moderate Republicans such as Olympia Snowe and Susan … Continue reading
Abortion, men & women on the same page
Over at The Washington Post Ezra Klein has a post, The gender politics of the abortion “compromise”: It’s sadly telling that the “compromise” proposal limiting abortion was offered by Bart Stupak, and seconded by a Republican male. The opposition was … Continue reading
American, a dissenting Protestant nation?
In my post Religious diversity & its discontents I referred to America as a “Protestant nation.” This caused some confusion because as regular readers know I’m not too focused on theology, as opposed to historical and evolutionary continuity. For example, … Continue reading
White men can’t be progressive?
Matt Yglesias says, White Men Are Not Very Progressive: I would say that another message is that progressive politics is badly disadvantaged by a situation in which the overwhelming majorities of political leaders and prominent media figures are white men. … Continue reading
Catholics somewhat less conservative even if observant
Are Catholic Republicans More Liberal Than Protestant Republicans?, a comment: A lot of people call themselves “Catholic” who really don’t even go to Church and who deny many Catholic Church teachings…ergo… the author’s conclusion is VERY flawed. This is a … Continue reading
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Catholic Republicans are more liberal than Protestant Republicans
The post below, Why are Catholics Democrats?, has prompted a great deal of discussion. Some of it quite interesting, though I disagree with the general thrust of the commentary. What I disagree with is that there is something fundamental about … Continue reading
Why are Catholics Democrats?
Norman Podhortez just came out with a book, Why Are Jews Liberals?. It seems that this as intellectually interesting as writing a book, “Why are blacks Democrats?”, would be. You can tick off specific reasons, but in ethnic terms American … Continue reading