A measure that proposes to split California into six states–since the one has so much diversity that it is “ungovernable”–is actually making headway, with officials giving permission to start getting signatures on a petition to put it to a vote. They only need just over
Yes, I’m a Downton Abbey fan. Of course I am. I also liked Upstairs Downstairs, which pioneered the British period piece about early 20th century aristocrats and their servants. This season’s finale of Downton is this week. (Why do British series have such short seasons?
Deroy Murdock plumbs new depths of pessimism about our government and our political system. Does he have a point? From “The United States of Decline,” at National Review Online | Print: America is unraveling at a stunning speed and to a staggering degree. This decline
You thought it was complicated using “non-sexist” pronouns, avoiding the generic “he” for “he or she” or using “they” as a non-gendered singular? Consider the travails of a binary language in a world of 58 genders. (more…)
Violence is intensifying in the Ukraine, as a truce between pro-Western protesters and the Russian-dominated government fell apart. The protesters are getting weapons and more regions of the country are rising up. Read George Will on the relationship between nationalism, democracy, and communism and on
Tullian Tchividjian tells about discovering–along with some other evangelicals–the great Lutheran novel The Hammer of God. (more…)
Music streaming site Pandora is claiming that it can tell how their listeners will vote according to the music they like. They plan to use this information to sell political advertising. Why would candidates buy advertising to attract voters who already are likely to vote
Democrats are facing a schism in the post-Obama era between its establishment politicians and newly-energetic leftwing progressives. So say political reporters Dan Balz and Philip Rucker. Conservatives shouldn’t get too excited: both factions support Hillary Clinton as their next presidential nominee. Do you think an
Last Sunday, Pastor Douthwaite riffed on the hearts of Valentine’s Day and on the sins of the “heart” that the readings from Deuteronomy 30 and Matthew 5 were exposing. Then he explored David’s prayer in Psalm 51 that God “create” in him a clean heart,
Russian state television’s coverage of the Winter Olympics was interrupted–ironically, during the ice dancing event in which the USA took the gold medal–by an 85-minute program claiming that the United States is involved in a vast conspiracy to take over and occupy Russia by means
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