Sean Hannity interviews James Dobson on the future of the culture war
April 21, 2009
Podcast: ‘Rush Limbaugh, Conservative Leader?’
March 5, 2009
New GOP Chairman Steele ‘a prominent Catholic who was once a seminary student’
February 3, 2009
Original story in the National Catholic Reporter
Why Isn’t LaShawn Barber married?
December 12, 2008
She explains here.
“… I’m certain — certain — my Father in Heaven ‘who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all’ will not withhold from me that which is good …”
“GOP victory still goes through God”
December 2, 2008
An article by Rod Dreher on the USA Today opinion page:
“McCain lost because the economy is collapsing on the watch of an unpopular Republican president, and he had no idea what to say about it. McCain lost because his party is incompetent. McCain lost because his choice of Sarah the Unready cast doubt about his judgment. And McCain lost because Barack Obama ran a great campaign.
Where is Jesus in any of that?”
On bias in journalism
November 20, 2008
At GetReligion, Mollie Ziegler reflects on a recent column by the Washington Post ombudsman, Deborah Howell, which examines whether there is any truth to what many Americans believe – that most in the media lean left. Strangely, Ziegler (herself a confessed liberal) notes, Howell quite typically denies the reality of bias, admitting only that there is a perception of bias. Writes Ziegler:
“I love how stories dealing with media bias always paint journalists as the good guys. Imagine a story about some major problem at Enron or in the Bush Administration where it was just asserted that the hearts and motivations of the players were good . . . but some external factor was to blame for the malaise.”
Yes we can …
November 6, 2008
Scott Ott offers encouragement to conservatives grieving over Tuesday’s results by sharing the following video:
Is socialist a code word for black?
October 24, 2008
La Shawn Barber responds to a recent Kansas Star editorial by Lewis Diuguid, who suggests it is.
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we practice to play the race card so close to Election Eve!”
Russell Kirk (1918-1994), a “postmodern conservative”
October 23, 2008
Read a brief essay by Gerald Russello on the life and work of this political theorist and writer at First Things: On the Square:
“As early as the 1950s, he had become convinced that liberalism would exhaust itself because it could not inspire and sustain what he called the ‘moral imagination.’ For conservatives to buy into its premises would seal their defeat. Something else would replace liberalism eventually, and Kirk offered a richly imaginative vision of conservatism that could survive liberal modernity’s collapse.”
Russello has written a bio on Kirk: The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk.
Another perspective on poverty
October 23, 2008
Do U.S. government relief programs cause poverty? Watch this video from the Acton Institute: “How Not to Help the Poor” (HT: Justin Taylor):
Medved: Obama presidency would be devastating
October 23, 2008
Conservative talk show host and movie critic Michael Medved posted this essay yesterday (HT: Patrick Chan).
“Conservatives need to face the fact that Barack Obama has promised profound systemic changes that will be irreversible—absolutely permanent alterations of our economy and government where there is no chance at all that Republican office-holders of the future could in any way repair the damage.”
What’s wrong with W?
October 21, 2008
Idol Chatter’s Douglas Howe reacts to a recent interview with Oliver Stone, who recently filmed W, about President George W. Bush:
“While I agree with Mr. Stone’s assertion that the President appears in the media to be ‘aloof… in his body language and tone regardless of the circumstances,’ I will also say that as one who’s twice had the privilege of being in small rooms with President Bush, I know from personal experience that he is more than introspective–he is even humble and self-aware in his introspection. But his introspection and self-reflection are based largely on his faith, rather than exit polls, media pundits, Freud, or Darwin.”
Official movie site.
Barber on Colin Powell’s Obama endorsement
October 20, 2008
Conservative blogger La Shawn Barber was not surprised:
“I, personally, me, La Shawn Barber, couldn’t care less that retired Army General Colin Powell, black Republican, endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama for president. … For those who do care, let me ease your mind. As confusing as it may be, you shouldn’t be surprised. That is, if you know anything about Colin Powell.”
Left, right, and funny
October 13, 2008
Tony Jones demonstrates why the United States is not an empire.
Alan Jacobs offers encouragement to conservatives (and Christians, more broadly), who participate in what Tolkien called “the long defeat.” (HT: Matt Jensen at The Scriptorium)
And from Scott Ott at ScrappleFace, breaking news: “Obama Unveils Plan to Bail Out McCain Campaign“:
“2008-10-13) — Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama today unveiled his plan to rescue the “people of the world” from economic uncertainty — a comprehensive plan which includes a bailout of Republican rival John McCain’s own publicly-financed election bid …”
Video: “Abortion and Black Genocide”
October 9, 2008
