So, emblazoned on the front page of the Drudge Report today is a story that would inevitably have come out anyway, regarding former senator Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. In August of 2008, invited to speak for the opening of the school year at the Roman [...]
In many Christian churches this morning, the first reading would have been from Second Kings, chapter two, where the prophet Elijah is taken by God while his assistant and successor Elisha (who had repeatedly refused to leave him) looks on. They are walking by the river Jordan when it happens. And as they still went [...]
Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian and a Christian pastor, was sentenced to death after being convicted of apostasy from Islam in November of 2010. Since then, international pressure and attention has kept him alive. Amnesty International has taken up his case. Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: [...]
I’ve been trying to suppress the reflex to write anything on the death of Whitney Houston, but one’s stomach can only take so much before the need to expel becomes overwhelming. It has become tiresome in the extreme to repeatedly witness the whole sordid pattern of a celebrity going from unbelievable levels of success to [...]
After Romney won Florida ten days ago, deflating Newt Gingrich to a significant extent, I wrote that Rick Santorum might well get another look from the Republican primary electorate, but that he needed to distinguish himself in the upcoming contests in Colorado, Nevada, Missouri and Minnesota. Nevada, of-course was Romney-country but as for the other [...]
Mitt Romney won a big victory in Florida yesterday, although in such a crucial and competitive contest it’s noteworthy that turnout was down 12% from four years ago. It’s evidence (if needed, I guess) that voters are being turned off by the fractiousness and pettiness of the campaign, and are uninspired by the candidates from [...]
Good for the people of St. Louis, Missouri, for throwing the first major parade welcoming home veterans of the war in Iraq. I sincerely hope we see this being repeated around the country. (Including and especially in New York City, by the way. I really don’t understand why Mayor Bloomberg claims he needs permission from [...]
A psychologist named L. Alan Sroufe who was there in the beginning when conditions like “A.D.D.” were first characterized as problems, and who believed treatment with drugs like Ritalin was correct and helpful, pens an interesting column in the NY Times: Ritalin Gone Wrong: Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long Term. Read it and weep. [...]
Elliott Abrams should be deeply ashamed of himself, and ought to apologize, for his distorted slur against Newt Gingrich which was published by NRO the other day. The editors of NRO should also be ashamed. Jeffrey Lord at the The American Spectator exposes just how distorted were Abrams’ allegations that Newt Gingrich slammed Reagan and [...]
I find this heartening, I must admit: a survey in Israel by the Guttman-Avi Chai foundation says that a record number of Israeli Jews currently believe in God. That number is 80%, and by “record number,” reference is made to other surveys dating back to 1991. Drilling down to more specific theologies, 70% are said [...]
It can really take one’s breath away to see the explosion of hits and hit pieces on Newt Gingrich—from Republicans and/or conservatives—in the past 48 hours. (The Drudge Report has played a big role in marshaling and promoting the links and stories.) It’s not news that Newt Gingrich is less than perfect, and although I [...]
Last night’s GOP debate in Tampa probably did not shift things dramatically. Neither “frontrunner” had a particularly great night, so I guess NBC and Brian Williams were the winners, for their assist in having the candidates make each other look bad. Rick Santorum had a reasonably strong night, but I don’t know that it’s going [...]
