Sep 20, 2016 – So it’s come to this: The institutional position of the Republican Party in the great birther controversy roiling the 2016 campaign … Yet it’s unmistakably the larger narrative that the Trump campaign and top Republicans — including the chairman of the Republican National … [View the story “Hillary Clinton Loses Her S***” on Storify] Birtherism, in regards to Obama, might be a lot of things, like stupid…

Sep 20, 2016 – But the press go above and beyond that in the quest to put Hillary in the White House. … (By the way, how annoying was the faux scolding from the press about her not drinking water? Give me a break.) … The CNN screen: The actual Tweet. And here is where they clip the bomb comment.…

Sep 19, 2016 – The predictable reaction from the Left after the knife attack at a mall in Minnesota on Saturday night was their plea to reject “ … This is meant to cloak the recipient with shame for holding such a view. My recommendation? … Individuals who voted for the Brexit in the U.K. are xenophobic. The “phobia” list goes on and on.…

Sep 19, 2016 – At the time of the Net Neutrality power grab – Hollywood was mostly thrilled. … the FCC’s 3-2 vote, which was supported by the commission’s three Democrats.” … (S)ome executives, producers and agents who rely on deals with the streaming giant nonetheless increasingly view Netflix as an existential…

Sep 18, 2016 – I mentioned this before when I discussed the, in my view, disastrous environmental encyclical “Laudato Si’,” or “Praise Be to You” … I appreciate the overarching position of the Pope. … But the statements of the Pope that place 100% of the burden of living in peace upon the people who are not causing the violence and…

Apr 10, 2015 – The measurement is suggested by the authors of the book Freakonomics. … They view them as being about as human as the people who currently run our society view them to be. … They see them as excess population, perhaps; like The UN Climate Chief; they view these people as shaved-monkey pollution and a burden…

Apr 9, 2015 – about the substance of the deal in communications to Congress and the American people (see, for instance, here|here|here). … that were at variance with the Iranian view of the agreement showed “devilish” US intentions. … “Everything is in the details; it may be that the deceptive other side wants to restrict us in the details.”…

Apr 9, 2015 – When one looks at the Marriage Rite in the 1559 Anglican Book of Common Prayer one finds a much more mature view of marriage than we … Then shall they again louse theyr handes, and the man shal geve unto the woman a ring, laying the same upon the booke, with the accustomed … And the Priest taking the ryng, shal delyver it unto the man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the womans left hand.…

Apr 8, 2015 – Lee, Commanding C.S.A.: Your note of last evening in reply to mine of the same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the … for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received. … I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia; but as far as your proposal may affect the Confederate…

Apr 8, 2015 – The most prominent, of course, being the now-withdrawn and discredited UVA hoax, the second being this story about “Billy Doe” in Philadelphia … While substantial questions exist about the actual sexual assaults that anchor each of the three stories, the main place where the … As the indispensible Richard Bradley noted with respect to the UVA story: 5) The one true thing about Jackie’s story…is that it disproves…

Apr 8, 2015 – A longer version of the video is available at the New York Times, who apparently were the original recipients of the video. … above), I think Jazz undersells the extent of the problem: In the majority of cases, such as the Michael Brown shooting, the cameras … The suggestion further is that the race of the victim often plays an important role in the way people (white people) perceive the behavior…

Apr 6, 2015 – were not even in the legislation itself, the fear of targeting the gay community with acts such as this came from elsewhere. … The knowledge that others hold dreadful little thoughts in their heads that conclude your view/opinions/personal beliefs are wrong … at the right time.…

Apr 6, 2015 – I outlined how Obama lied to the nation about the deal and how the Iranians, themselves, accused Obama of lying about the deal. … The critical issue, in my view, is the lifting of sanctions. … With the finalization of the text, the Comprehensive Plan of Joint Action will be adopted as a resolution by the UN Security Council…

Apr 2, 2015 – If you are Catholic this is the first day of the Easter or Paschal Tiduum. … In Christian theology, tonight is the memorial of the Last Supper. … Again I have to confess I am surprised the “good person” number is essentially the same as the Universalist position.…

Apr 1, 2015 – Just pay no attention to the guy in the Bible who spoke the most about hell fire. Oh wait, that would be the very same Jesus. … The costs of sharing the gospel will go up. … not be on the side of the church as the equal protection arguments against it grow.…

Apr 20, 2015 – 2014, placed the subject back into the national dialogue. … in the midst of the darkest moments of life anyone might ever experience. … We understand the pain, at least from an observer’s point-of-view, and should not be quick to throw support behind ending someone’s…

Apr 20, 2015 – He focused on the idea of the two kingdoms — there is God’s kingdom in Heaven over which here on the earth the church presides and … I think we can agree that pastors should not be political in the pulpit. But this view has allowed pastors to become cowards. … Pastors should not shy away from why the concept of the imago dei affects the Christian view of life and abortion.…

Apr 18, 2015 – The people who have the most need to save money: the poor. … Further they more than anyone have the need to use the Internet to save money and to seek opportunity. … The libertarian view of cybersecurity reminds me of the libertarian view of foreign policy: it calls for a neutered government too…

Apr 17, 2015 – Massachusetts: it is dying now, partially because the turbines would have gotten in the way of rich people’s view of the water and … Par for the course, these days: Democrats get to do the fiscal polluting, Republicans get to do the cleaning up. … Ach, well, that’s what you have to when you’re the party that has all the grown-ups. Moe Lane (crosspost)…

Apr 16, 2015 – The Washington Post ran a profile the other day of my friend Ryan Anderson. … So Matt Micciche, the head of the school, had to take down the post and apologize. … view is held by a large percentage of the American public.…

Apr 14, 2015 – old “Newtonian” vision – fixed rules enshrined in the Constitution and laws – had to give way to the “Darwinian” view of “living constitutions … ” and the like. … the steps of the library.…

Apr 14, 2015 – Rubio is the candidate who most meets the perceived needs of the voting base – he is young and Hispanic with charisma that laps the … rest of the field. … the best record of any of the GOP hopefuls.…

Apr 12, 2015 – Bob Schieffer is retiring from CBS’s Face the Nation and with him the closing of the Sunday Show mind is complete. … NBC’s “Meet the Press” is now presided over by Chuck Todd, objectively the most balanced of the three, worked on the 1992 Presidential … The long and the short of it is that we can expect the Sunday Shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC to be further and further removed from the…

Apr 11, 2015 – That is only the first segment of an editorial column in the New York Times, which means it is the official position of the newspaper … Look at the next damn paragraph in the editorial: Perhaps the most outrageous example of the attack on the president’s legitimacy … That’s what the Constitution of the United States of America tells us is the case.…

Apr 29, 2015 – Click to view full size. … Shamelessly, but predictably, they now use the Baltimore riots as their excuse to indoctrinate children in full view of the public, … Already the usual suspects are writing articles about the economic injustice that is really behind the rioting.…