The moon is full, reflecting tonight off the forest of skyscrapers which is Manhattan. The second act of a quadrennial dance — the 2004 Republican National Convention — plays out across the street in Madison Square Garden. And as the lights blare, the horns sound, the throngs pulsate in the night, I am struck by [...]
Politics: Articles
People have strong feelings about the idea of Christian culture. They have even stronger ones about Christian politics. Few of those feelings are good. This is understandable, not least because the left is good at what we are not, specifically, selling their message. The far left comprises only a tiny percentage of America’s population; what’s [...]
Every so often, someone decides that the world is too corrupt to reform. And they start a political party. Sometimes this makes sense. More often, though, it’s just foolishness, and bad stewardship to boot. And for Christians today, that’s exactly where things stand. Third party advocates will sputter and fume at this. They’ll talk about [...]
“We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union. . . provide for the common defense. . . and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” – Preamble to the United States Constitution “Q: [...]
Conservatives forever complain about their political leaders. But they don’t do a lot about it. Liberals (or more precisely, Leftists) are quite different. Coming as they do mostly from distinct interest groups possessing activist political cultures and a sense of victimization (be they unionized workers, civil rights activists, feminists or whomever), leftists grow up on [...]
“Man without God is a beast, and never more beastly than when he is most intelligent about his beastliness.” – Whittaker Chambers “In a good society, politics is peripheral to much of the pulsing life of the society.” – George Will The return of Christians to America’s political life has been one of the [...]
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