Category Archives: politics

Toeing the Line

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Huffington Post (I know, I know) dredges up this 2002 article by the gift-of-God-to-Obama better known as Santorum, and, yes, it’s worth reading, particularly this: Like most American Catholics, I have followed the recent sex scandals in the Church … Continue reading →

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Spitting on Children

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

More grotesque religious fanaticism in the Middle East. AP reports: (AP) BEIT SHEMESH, Israel – A shy 8-year-old schoolgirl has unwittingly found herself on the front line of Israel’s latest religious war. Naama Margolese is a ponytailed, bespectacled second-grader who … Continue reading →

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Glimpses of Future Disaster

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Demographic projections always have to be treated with a great deal of care, but this (from a piece in the National Interest) still makes disturbing reading: A recent report compiled by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics makes some projections looking … Continue reading →

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Why Ron Paul will not run as a third party candidate in 2012

Posted on December 20, 2011 by David Hume

Will Ron Paul kill the caucuses?: The most troubling eventuality that Iowa Republicans are bracing for is that Paul wins the caucuses only to lose the nomination and run as a third-party candidate in November — all but ensuring President … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich & David Barton

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

OK, the source is Right Wing Watch, but here is Gingrich speaking with Rick Green, one of David Barton’s colleagues at Wallbuilders, but, clearly, ‘at’ Barton. Gingrich: All I can tell you is that sometime in February or March, Calista … Continue reading →

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Choosing

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via The Tablet, an interesting story from Israel: According to the Israeli government, there are roughly 5,800,000 religious Jews in Israel, 1,320,000 Muslims, 150,000 Christians, 130,000 Druze, and exactly one secular Jew. His name is Yoram Kaniuk—and if a new … Continue reading →

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Why are you a conservative?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by David Hume

This is addressed to people who consider themselves fundamentally conservative, and not libertarian, and, also reject the supernatural. By this, I mean that if you do support libertarian policies (I often do) it is not necessarily because you are at … Continue reading →

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Reality Bites

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Via the Wall Street Journal: CAIRO—Egypt’s secular-minded politicians, facing a greater-than-anticipated drubbing by Islamist parties in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, began Friday to assess their dwindling prospects for the poll’s final two rounds. … Continue reading →

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Why I am not fundamentally a libertarian

Posted on November 28, 2011 by David Hume

I agree with libertarians on many specific issues. But on a deep level I no longer am in sympathy with libertarianism. Why? The issue can be encapsulated by a conversation with a friend recently. He posited that so long as … Continue reading →

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Herman Cain’s sin: stupidity, not bigotry

Posted on November 22, 2011 by David Hume

I get tired of Left-liberals who yammer on about “bigotry” because people are concerned that candidate X is Mormon/Muslim/etc. A person’s whole background matters, and when you are judging someone politically you are engaging in an act of discrimination based … Continue reading →

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