The Wall Street Journal and John McCain started it by calling Tea Partiers “hobbits.” Timothy Furnish develops the parallels: The first leg on this journey is figuring out what the Ring represents in modern political discourse. Since the Tea Party is trying to cast it
In choosing which presidential candidate a person will support, the most usual preoccupation for people in both parties is “what does he–or she–believe”? That’s certainly important, since a leader’s beliefs will manifest themselves in their policies and decisions. But there is something else to consider:
Mitt Romney said, “Corporations are people.” Newt Gingrich castigated “right-wing social engineering.” Michele Bachmann claimed that she shared the same spirit as someone else born in Waterloo, Iowa, John Wayne. But it wasn’t the movie star with whom she shared a birthplace but serial killer
One of the major greenhouse global warming gases is methane. Scientists have discovered that there is not nearly as much methane in the atmosphere as their computer models predicted there should be. Scientists say that there has been a mysterious decline in the growth of
Well, we are back from our Alaskan cruise. What a great vacation. A cruise ship offers rest and relaxation, the beauties and sublimities of nature, the benefits of civilization, learning interesting things, fine food and drink, entertainment (shows, live music, movies), time to read for
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the presidential race! That’s too bad, in my opinion. Though he didn’t come across strongly, he seemed like someone who could credibly serve as president. Who will benefit from his exit? Pawlenty realizes he wasn’t
The wild fluctuations of the stock market last week seem to be a reaction to the national deficit and the downgrading of American bonds. But, as financial analyst Liaquat Ahamed, points out, investors were dumping stocks and investing in government bonds, despite the downgrade and
Texas governor Rick Perry has announced that he running for president. As the longest-serving governor of a big state, Perry comes with lots of executive experience, with a strong record of economic growth and job creation. He is an open evangelical Christian, going so far
It has long been said that the level of a person’s religious commitment goes down proportionately to how much education that person has received. But now it turns out that church attendance and Bible reading actually increases with education. And so does theological liberalism: People
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, which divided the city–and by extension Germany and Europe itself–between Communism and freedom. You have simply got to read this account by the Lutheran journalist Uwe Siemon-Netto, who not only saw the wall
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