Rick Santorum surged into a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus votes, the difference being a mere 8 votes. Ron Paul came in third. Here are the results, with the raw numbers and the percentages: Mitt Romney 30,015 24.6% Rick
Rick Santorum surged into a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus votes, the difference being a mere 8 votes. Ron Paul came in third. Here are the results, with the raw numbers and the percentages: Mitt Romney 30,015 24.6% Rick
Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk converted to Lutheranism, something we discussed at length not too long ago. Many of us were dismayed that we went the route of the ELCA rather than the more conservative synods (LCMS, WELS, ELS). He addresses that, with reference to
You’ve got to read Mollie Hemingway’s take down of that article in The Atlantic, in which University of Iowa journalism professor Stephen Bloom ridicules the state that pays his salary for being religious, for having so many farmers, for eating casseroles, and other rather normal
Conservative blogger Michael Gerson accuses Ron Paul of trying to completely undo the legacy of the Republican party and gives a litany of reasons to oppose him: No other recent candidate hailing from the party of Lincoln has accused Abraham Lincoln of causing a “senseless”
Economy columnist Robert Samuelson sees our government having to transition from a “giveaway” mode, which dominated over the last half century with politicians doling out benefits and tax breaks, to a “takeaway” mode, in which many of such goodies have to be taken away. Samuelson
China, the new America: China has declared its intention to land an astronaut on the moon, in the first official confirmation of its aim to go where Americans last set foot nearly 40 years ago. While Chinese scientists have previously discussed the possibility of a
Scott Farris has a feature in the Washington Post about how those who lost presidential campaigns often had big and long-lasting effects on their parties and on the nation. Barry Goldwater and George McGovern would be the obvious examples. But the most powerful influence, according
First, Virginia prevents everybody except Romney and Paul from appearing on the Republican primary ballot. And now this: In order to cast their ballots in the GOP nominating contest, Virginians will have to sign a form that says, “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend
Mark Steyn, connecting the birth of John the Baptist to the West’s current demographic and economic woes: Of the four gospels, only two bother with the tale of Christ’s birth, and only Luke begins with the tale of two pregnancies. Zacharias is surprised by his
January is named after the Roman deity Janus, the god of thresholds. He had two faces, one that looked back and one that looked forward. So that’s what we do on New Year’s. We look back on the year that has passed and we look
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