Archive for May, 2011
Tim Pawlenty First Says No Criminal Sanctions for Abortion Then Clarifies
Douglas Burns writing for the Carroll Daily Times Herald reports that former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) while in Boone said that he believes their shouldn’t be criminal sanctions for mothers who have an abortion or for the doctors who perform them. Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, an Evangelical Christian who liberally sprinkled his autobiography with [...]
Sarah Palin to Visit Iowa
Scott Conroy of RealClearPolitics reports that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will visit Iowa as part of her “One Nation” bus tour which is a test run for a potential presidential campaign: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will travel to Iowa next month as part of her nationwide bus tour, two sources with direct knowledge [...]
Robert Reich: Utter Fool Or Abject Liar? You Decide
Things Robert Reich does not understand: The TEA Party movement Conservatism Economics Tax history Regulatory history That Big Business in bed with Big Government is Crony Capitalism and not Free Market That our debt and deficit problems are spending problems and not revenue problems What Robert Reich pushes: Class Envy (which is a sin) TEA [...]
Memorial Day tribute: Welcome home, Ben!
Note: This piece is from 2007, but is being re-posted in connection with our Memorial Day thoughts about those who have sacrificed so much on our behalf. Recently I was at the Kansas City International Airport catching a flight to Dallas/Ft. Worth on a business trip. I’d gotten to the airport a bit early and [...]
Five Items of Interest: Bachmann’s Blunder, Palin Bus Tour, the latest 2012 Gallup Poll and More
Here’s this week’s five items of interest (for me anyway, I hope you too!). 1. Bachmann’s Blunder: I didn’t provide any commentary on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s non-appearance at the Polk County Republicans’ Robb Kelly Dinner on Thursday. While I don’t believe it put her campaign in a fatal tailspin like some believe, It was a [...]
Pragmatically Pragmatic or People With Principles
Lets be pragmatic so we can be pragmatic because it’s the pragmatic thing to do. It’s what all the cool kids are doing. It’s what all the cool kids have been doing since the 1940s. After all, utilitarianism is king. Pragmatic utilitarianism (a redundancy) is the golden calf at whose altar we all need to [...]
The Gold Standard Prefers Main Street to Wall Street
By Ralph Benko The Wall Street Journal on May 7th, wrote a profile of the silver market precipitated by its sharp sell-off. Gregory Zuckerman and Carolyn Cui observe: Long-time fans of precious metals often are mavericks who can be suspicious of mainstream securities firms, wary of financial catastrophe and reluctant to keep their money in [...]
A Modern Display of Arminianism or Free Will Exposed: Its Opposition to the Eternal Decrees of God
This is the second in a series of articles applying to our day the key points of John Owen’s 1642 Treatise, A Display of Arminianism. Owen introduces his second chapter with this indictment against Arminians: “They deny the eternity and unchangeableness of God’s decrees; for these being established, they fear they should be kept within [...]
Where Does Tim Pawlenty Stand on the International Baccalaureate Program?
A couple of months ago I critiqued former Governor Tim Pawlenty’s position on education. I pointed out his approval and support of the International Baccalaureate program. He supported it’s expansion into the state in 2007. He congratulated the South St. Paul School District when they became the first K-12 International Baccalaureate World School District. For [...]
Where I Review The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
I had earlier written about the two previous Chronicles of Narnia movies where I praised The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and had grudging praise for Pince Caspian. As I said then, Prince Caspian had departed from CS Lewis’ epic story in some key ways, but Dawn Treader had a new director and promised [...]
