Someone asked me this weekend: your not blogging? No. Some of us have married recently, and others of us are working on fairly big projects. We may return to the blog front in the future, or we may join another team blog and shut this one down. F…

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I don’t read the Dish, but people I know do, and one sent me this today. Were the Founders theistic rationalists? That seems about right, and an unpublished dissertation I have read convinced me of the fact–as well as confirmed my instinct that most…

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Huckabee takes another ungenerous stance vis-a-vis Mitt Romney here, here, and here.But what do you expect when buying an ordination is so easy. Note the list in the Universal Life Church. It has such company as those solely ordained by the organizat…

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Where he apparently flays Hitchens and Dawkins. Interesting. Here.

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Related to my post below on the leftward movement of the Evans, comes this full of doubt from a member of Saddleback.

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Hitchens reports.

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Not to be cheeky, but this and this argument (from Slate) has been completely missed by many commentators. It was the talk of my small group inside the beltway last week. Simply, the supposed “pro-abortion” forces have moved right. This movement mean…

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I was in a splendid American city this weekend and had a serious conversation about the future of the Evangelical conservatives. I have always suspected that they would move left.Well now there is evidence of that.These new young, and politically mind…

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The higher education act has reached the President’s desk. It’s ahuge bill of over 1000 pages:The legislation approved Tuesday would: * Set a ceiling on the maximum Pell Grant of $9,000, and allow for students to receive Pell Grant funds year-round, i…

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We get the sense the young could care less:The large police presence and barriers for crowd control around the academy at the public viewing suggested that the authorities were expecting many more people than actually came. Officials said thousands of …

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It is well worth reading. Some snips:Q: All your life you have called on the authorities to repent for the millions of victims of the gulag and communist terror. Was this call really heard?Solzhenitsyn: I have grown used to the fact that public repent…

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CQ opines it is the battleground state.

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Read AP here.

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An interesting article in the Chronicle questions the consumer oriented approach to higher education, and the anti-intellectualism within and without it. Part of the problem that the author laments, is that higher ed has not done well to itself–and …

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We continue our wine extravaganza with this simple video:

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So says Jay Cost at RCP. He seems to think that the bigoted Evan response to Romney is not all that broad nor is it all that strong–Evans will turn out. I think some will opt for the alternative and sit home, but perhaps not enough. The left will si…

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She provides pointed criticism of the Evans who believe Romney should be disqualified for the mere fact he’s a Mormon. Certainly we can expect more of this if the story has …

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Looking for the new 2 buck chuck since it is now over $3 and heading to the $4 range? Well, Oak Leaf might be for you even though it has been panned by people who have taste.Generally, I agree with the review, but I disagree that for the price, it is …

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…if Mitt Romney is on the ticket.First, some snips:”McCain and Romney would be like oil and water,” said evangelical novelist Tim LaHaye, who supported Mr. Huckabee. “We aren’t against Mormonism, but Romney is not a thoroughgoing evangelical and his …

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I am not sure this works, but in that Obama voted not to fund the troops may provide an opening for McCain.

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