Dec 27 2007
I stumbled upon this today – “The Stupid Party Revisited,” an article by Lee Harris – and happened to find a great re-articulation of my own thoughts on the quandary posed by defending traditions through rational justification. I have written, This is the dilemma of being a conservative: whatever progress threatens to erode can only [...]
Dec 27 2007
I saw a portion of this quote on a friend’s facebook profile and googled it. I then found this and saw fit to provide here a much larger excerpt: The American woman at her best–like most other women–exerted great charm on the man, but not the charm of a primitive type. She appeared as the [...]
Dec 27 2007
Stanley Kurtz comments at The Corner on Andrew McCarthy’s piece on the Bhutto Assasination and ‘democracy’ in Pakistan, The notion that a genuinely liberal democracy was imminent in Pakistan, and that the Bhutto assassination somehow cut it short, is not credible. Illiberal democracy in a fundamentally illiberal nation is not the answer. Imperfect as it [...]
Dec 26 2007
Via Powerline, Hillary’s own words: …and I’ve worked to make the seemingly impossible possible because that is what politics is all about.
Dec 24 2007
It’s become almost a tradition now; every year the news stations and pundits all pick back up where they left off last year talking about how it’s ‘suddenly’ un-PC to say, “Merry Christmas.” Back and forth it goes: happy holidays this, and reason for the season that. But there’s something obvious in the whole discussion [...]
Dec 22 2007
First he flat out steals his immigration policy from Mark Krikorian, and now this: Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appealed to Iowa conservatives on two fronts Saturday, calling for a stronger military and stronger families. Is anything less than a rip-off of Romney’s long established mantra of “a stronger military, a stronger economy, and stronger [...]
Dec 21 2007
It has skipped over becoming cliché and now seems almost mandatory that any Republican or conservative running for office assert himself as the heir of Ronald Reagan’s legacy. To be honest, I’m getting tired of it. This sentiment was exacerbated again today when I got an email from the campaign for some young kid in [...]
Dec 14 2007
I’d been debating whether or not I would announce this on my blog, but decided that, since it will have a direct impact on future posts here, I should. I’ve been awarded and accepted a fellowship. I’m not naming it here, mostly because of Google’s cache and not wanting to unintentionally associate my blog with [...]
Dec 14 2007
I said: If the Republican Party (or any party, really) wants to save itself from being hijacked by various factions (especially uninformed and stubborn ones), it needs to find a way to escape the staggered primary schedule. All it serves are the minority interests of local lobbying groups. Who would give two cents about ethanol [...]
Dec 12 2007
Earlier this Fall, EBS debated “Resolved: Cancel the Primaries” at which time I gave the affirmative framing speech. At the time, I felt that, while I made a good case, I was being a bit sophistic (highly traditional, right?). I argued that, despite the good nature of common folk in Iowa, it was foolish to [...]
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