I keep hearing that if Hillary Clinton is elected, it would be the equivalent of Barack Obama’s third term. But Clinton and Obama are extremely different. President Obama is weak and ineffective. My fear is that a President Hillary Clinton would be strong and effective. I
Wikileaks has been releasing hacked e-mails embarrassing to Hillary Clinton, so–surprise!–the head of that enterprise, Julian Assange, holed up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London, has had his access to the internet cut off. In retaliation, his supporters are hacking into major American service providers,
The two teams that have gone the longest without winning a championship are in the World Series this year. The Chicago Cubs last won it all in 1908. The Cleveland Indians won it in 1948. That these two teams have conquered their respective leagues should
In the course of a review of R. R. Reno’s Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society, Texas A&M professor James R. Rogers (an LCMS Lutheran) observes that most people on every side assume that going to church is a private activity. Christians are urged to go
Donald Trump responds to videos and testimonies about his treatment of women by saying, “But Bill Clinton is worse!” He brings together some of Bill’s victims for a press conference and invites them to the debates. But I don’t see how Bill’s sexual transgressions and
The empty factories have their windows broken and weeds are taking over the parking lots, but they remain as monuments of the prosperity that rust-belt cities used to enjoy. Small towns in the heartland have downtowns with shop windows boarded up. Their young people either
The way the Iraqi army used to deal with ISIS, when that movement was taking large swaths of the country, was to throw down their weapons and run away. But now the Iraqi army is winning battles against ISIS. This is due to a replacement
The Berenstain Bears have been children’s favorites since the first title was published in 1962. The son of the original cartoonist took over the franchise in the 1980s. Mike Berenstain is a Christian, and he brings out explicit Christian themes in one line of the
New York Times Ross Douthat offers a defense of the Religious Right. In fact, he argues that America needs a religious right in order to save conservatism from its own darker impulses. (more…)
So what’s to say about the final debate? Who won? What are the take-aways? I’ll give my view after the jump. (more…)
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