Category Archives: Faith

The Wall Street Journal opines on the “truth” du jour of a president supposedly learning about scandals in his government from the media: While the White House continues to peddle the story of a driverless train wreck, taxpayers are being treated to a demonstration of the dangers of an unwieldy and unaccountable administrative state. Look,Continue Reading

Former presidential advisor David Axelrod — about whom the chief mystery is whether he actually believes what he says — was on MSNBC trying to excuse away the explosion of scandals in the Obama administration: the Benghazi coverup, the IRS being sicced on political opponents, the Justice Dept.’s wiretapping the Associated Press, the HHS SecretaryContinue Reading

Months ago I wrote a piece entitled “Cherish the many things in life above politics.” In it I talked about friendships across political aisles, artistry, excellence, and other enjoyments in life worth cherishing. A snippet: As Fish perceives, there are more important things to life than politics. Breaking bread with friends is one of theContinue Reading

You might remember a December 2012 presentation to the John Locke Foundation and Federalist Society on ObamaCare’s threat to religious freedom. Attacks against religious freedom also attract the attention of First Things editor R.R. Reno in the latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis. Here we come to the unifying feature of contemporary challenges to religiousContinue Reading

Regardless of whether you supported or opposed the Marriage Amendment, it is important to assess the legal, political, and social consequences of its passage.  E. Gregory Wallace of the Campbell University School of Law begins that process with his recently published working paper,”The Sky Didn’t Fall: The Meaning and Legal Effects of the North CarolinaContinue Reading

Unlike the media True Believers, I cannot cheer a four-year low in unemployment that is far above the predicted level of unemployment if Congress hadn’t passed Obama’s failure of a “stimulus” in 2009 statistically helped by the fact that so many potential workers have abandoned the labor force — if the labor force participation rateContinue Reading

The editors of the News & Observer did it!  The N&O is now the journalistic equivalent of the Weekly World News.  Consider… – The N&O published an editorial titled, “The Bush library and the darker legacy,” on the same day that they ran another story, “Politics on hold at the dedication of Bush library.” -Continue Reading

He will not say so in words, nor will the media dare report it, but the president’s budget slams the door hard on the belief that the Keynesian stimulus would save the economy. When I say hard, I mean permanently: In 2009, Obama economists predicted the unemployment rate — if Congress passed the $800 billionContinue Reading