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Category Archives: politics
Hell has its Uses
Count me skeptical that there is a hell (fingers crossed!), but there are clearly one or two priests in Montenegro who have some good ideas about who belongs there. The BBC reports: A church in Montenegro has sparked controversy by … Continue reading
Huckabee, ‘Libido’ & Ambition
Over at Breitbart, John Nolte calls out Huckabee’s ‘libido’ comments for the gift to the Democrats that they were: While speaking before the Republican National Committee’s national convention Thursday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee blundered his way into the mainstream … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Midterms, 2016 Elections, Mike Huckabee, Religious Right, Republican Party
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Wendy Davis more conventionally impressive
On Wendy Davis, it turns out that she elided aspects of her biography to burnish a particular image. I don’t think this will be a long term problem, anymore than Newt Gingrich’s history of philandering was an issue for social … Continue reading
Economical with the Truth
Cross-posted on Ricochet: Religion News‘s David Gibson believes that the current pope’s crude and demagogic attacks (to be clear: that’s not exactly the way that Mr. Gibson appears to see them) on the free market have a useful supporter in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardinal Marx, Pope Francis, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism
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Church and States
Cross-posted on the Corner: Russia’s first modern ‘official’ ideology was developed in the early 19th Century, primarily as a response to the potential liberal challenge from both home and abroad, and was summed up in the words Orthodoxy, autocracy and … Continue reading
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Tagged Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Ukraine
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Annals of the Arab Spring (Ctd.)
Cross-posted on the Corner: Writing in the Spectator last month (behind the paywall) Aidan Hartley took a look at what is happening to Egypt’s archeological heritage: [W]ithin a kilometre of the Sphinx, I found the desert honeycombed with deep, freshly … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalism
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The Return of the Clown Posse?
God must be a Democrat. First Rick Santorum says that he might be open to a 2016 run, now Mike Huckabee appears to be mulling a shot. The New York Times has the details: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Gov. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Mike Huckabee, Religious Right, Republican Party, Rick Santorum
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“The Lowest of the Low Hanging Fruit on the Apostasy Tree”
Writing over at Patheos, Oklahoma State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton appears to be a touch irritated with some of those who have been disagreeing with the pope’s take on the free market: The pope attackers are trying to use the same … Continue reading
Santorum, Again
Politico: As condolences and reflections followed the passing of Nelson Mandela, Rick Santorum linked the injustices the former South African president fought and Obamacare. “He was fighting against some great injustice, and I would make the argument that we have … Continue reading
Hmmm
Fox News reports: [Cardinal] Dolan…said he was “disappointed” that Congress has failed to pass immigration reform and put the blame on the Republican-led House that has yet to vote on the issue. “You guys have got to get your act … Continue reading