Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) held a long press conference yesterday, attempting to squelch a burgeoning scandal. People in Christie’s inner circle apparently used the Governor’s office to discomfit a political rival, and the fallout could be dramatic. Email exchanges show that Christie aids ordered lane closures during peak travel times around Fort Lee, NJ, and […]
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Chris Christie’s Leadership Culture
10 Jan 2014
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Of Ducks and Dynasties
21 Dec 2013
In the end, I agree with Phil Robertson, but I also think A & E is right to put him on hiatus or to cancel Duck Dynasty if it chooses to do so. But, if A & E does pull the plug on the most popular show on cable television, the decision will reveal the […]
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Polling on Obamacare Bodes Ill for Dems
19 Dec 2013
There is an eternity between now and the mid-term elections of 2014, so take everything that follows with many grains of your own favorite preservative. However, things are shaping up poorly for the Democrats. I will try to unpack these themes in more detail in future, post-holiday posts, but there are three relevant issues. One, […]
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“I’m a Christian! Vote for Me!”
05 Dec 2013
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) is probably taking the first few steps of a political death march–and it shows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mucYcm6moe0 With his election coming up in November 2014, why is Pryor doing this? Arkansas, like much of the South, has transitioned from a bastion of Democrat dominance into a reliably red-state of Republicanism. In 2012, […]
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Are Millennials Victims of Helicopter Parenting?
02 Dec 2013
Slate is running a piece by Brooke Donatone, a therapist at New York University counseling services, who notes that her clients from the millennial generation are struggling toward adulthood. Amy (not her real name), for example, has been depressed since her first year in college, and cannot balance homework, laundry, and a part-time job. Donatone cites […]
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The Nuclear Option & the March of Democracy
21 Nov 2013
Today, the U.S. Senate voted, largely along party lines, to eliminate the filibuster for most judicial nominees and executive office appointments. This means, practically, that a simple majority vote will be needed both to close off debate and confirm these nominees. Previously, as with other matters, 60 votes were needed to bring matters to a […]
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Obamacare: Promises vs. Reality
05 Nov 2013
Jim Geraghty is one of my daily reads as I scan the web for news and notes.* Today, he offers a devastating list of President Obama’s promises regarding the Affordable Care Act contrasted with the current realities. Here is an excerpt: Obama said, on September 26, “Premiums are going to be different in different parts […]
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Ender’s Game
04 Nov 2013
Orson Scott Card wrote Ender’s Game in 1985. The novel quickly entered the science fiction canon, winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and Card joined luminaries like Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, and Dick. Bringing Ender’s Game to film presented many challenges. After nearly 30 years in the development wilderness, technology finally caught up to Card’s […]
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My Berean brother, Dr. Haymond, rightly criticized President Obama’s leadership in the Affordable Care Act’s less than optimal rollout. But as he acknowledges in the comments section of the post, things seem to have taken a darker turn. NBC News, not exactly a fountain of right-wing mouth-froth, is now reporting that President Obama’s Administration was aware, […]
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Evangelicals & Immigration
28 Oct 2013
While the 1970s and 80s were decades of growing evangelical unity, the 2000s have thus far been marked by the movement’s fractures. While it is too simplistic to say we have new evangelical diversity, we do have energetic evangelical movements on both the right and the left. There is much that distinguishes the two groups […]
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