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Someone had mentioned the following in a recent conversation, so I tracked down a source for it: Huckabee is described by one national conservative leader as a member of the “Christian left.” This reminded me that the very next day after Novak related this piece of information, Gerson wrote his column praising Huckabee. The description of Huckabee as a member of the Christian [...]
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Take notes, Obama: Condi Rice dug deep into her bag of tricks and…recycled her “childhood in Birmingham as source of foreign policy insight” argument that she has used far too many times already: Rice began by saying she did not want to draw historical parallels or be too self-reflective [bold mine-DL], but as a young [...]
Filed under: foreign policy, politics
Michael Moynihan’s article, framing Chavez’s power-grab and the upcoming Russian elections as evidence of “the Cold War’s return,” wouldn’t merit much comment, except that he makes this claim as he tries to tell his audience why they should care about what happens in the domestic politics of other countries: Despite their obvious contempt for democratic institutions, both leaders still [...]
Filed under: foreign policy, politics, Russia
Jim Antle notes that Ron Paul’s campaign has raised over $10 million this quarter. The campaign could reach its goal of $12 million before the next fundraising day, which had been announced as December 16 in commemoration of the Boston Tea Party.
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To hear the pronouncements about Ukraine that issue from that establishment’s nodes every time the country makes it through another election without mass violence, you’d think this was Switzerland. Brussels and Washington pat Ukraine on the head for its ‘maturity’ and its ‘evolving democracy’. The smart locals know they live in a klepto-oligarchy, and that [...]
Filed under: economics, foreign policy, politics
Ross wrote: Without the two of them [Huckabee and Paul], you’d have a field whose ideological spectrum runs from Steven Moore to Grover Norquist on domestic policy, and from Michael Ledeen to Norman Podhoretz on foreign affairs. There would be greater party unity, sure, but sometimes unity’s just another word for self-marginalization. I don’t think [...]
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At what point do we stop granting Giuliani the prestige of being called ”the frontrunner”? He receives this title on account of misleading national polls. In the first four states, he is usually behind, in some cases quite badly. In Iowa, he is tied for third. Iin New Hampshire, he is at best a distant second. In Michigan, [...]
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Since it has become a point of contention, it might be instructive to note that Trevino’s rather uncharitable view of the Esphigmenou matter has some relation to his disrespect for the Patriarchate of Moscow, since the latter has interceded on behalf of the monks of Esphigmenou in the past and has already, according to Kathimerini, reasonably [...]
Filed under: Orthodoxy
Trevino calls me a “fan of Esphigmenou die-hards,” for which he has no proof, and I never said that I was “immunized” from anything. It was Trevino’s baseless accusation that I had endorsed schismatics that led me to point out just how wrong he was. Once again: I do not “endorse” the monks at Esphigmenou. I [...]
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I used to like Josh Trevino, too, and I was unaware that my views–which haven’t changed an iota since I started writing this blog–seemed so terribly false and misguided to him. They apparently weren’t so false when he invited me to participate in our now-defunct group blog, Enchiridion Militis, for whose successor, What’s Wrong With the [...]
Filed under: foreign policy, Orthodoxy, politics