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  • WORLD Magazine Doubles Its Size, Goes Bi-Weekly

    WORLD Magazine has gone to publishing every other week, doubling its size, with its most recent issue (January 12/19, 2008). And there is much to like about the new issue. The cover story and some related articles are on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The main article is on [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 11:12pm EST
    by Jason

  • Quickening the Democrats Who Put Me to Sleep

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    That one’s perspective significantly effects one’s interest level is as evident in politics as anything. Take the two debates ABC News conducted Saturday night, for instance. My wife and I watched them on tape delay. The Republican debate was highly interesting to us. The candidates were competent, witty, funny, engaging, and [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 12:33pm EST
    by Jason

  • The Conservative Media Elites Still Don’t Get It About Mike Huckabee

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    A few days before the Iowa caucuses, Bill Kristol not only predicted that Mitt Romney would easily beat Mike Huckabee in Iowa, but that John McCain had a good chance of finishing second to Huckabee’s third. While none of the other elite conservative pundits appeared to be saying that, most [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2008, 9:44pm EST
    by Jason

  • Huckabee’s Improbable Win

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    During the summer, Mike Huckabee could hardly get a question in the GOP debates. Everything was about Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain. In Iowa, Romney spent and spent and spent, a lot of it his own money. And it was obvious. And then Mike Huckabee started to creep into the [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2008, 9:33pm EST
    by Jason

  • Reason #587 Why Baseball is Better Than Football

    I am watching some good college football today, and am enjoying it, but here’s another reason why baseball is better than football: When a pitcher gives up 3 runs in an inning, but strikes out the final batter of the inning, he still walks off sullenly. When a defensive back [...]
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    Posted: January 01, 2008, 1:09pm EST
    by Jason

  • Welcoming a Bloomberg Run

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    The New York Times says today that billionaire and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is increasingly likely to run for President as an independent. That is good news for social conservatives, as long as he does not win. Bloomberg will run as a centrist, but he is socially liberal [...]
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    Posted: December 31, 2007, 12:22pm EST
    by Jason

  • Iowa Caucus Predictions

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    The FOX News Sunday political roundtable group–Juan Williams, Bill Kristol, and Mara Liasson–have offered their GOP caucus predictions. Williams, the most liberal of the three, says Huckabee, Romney (close 2nd), McCain. Liasson says Romney, Huckabee (close 2nd), McCain. Kristol says something few others are saying: “Romney wins, I think, pretty [...]
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    Posted: December 30, 2007, 10:14pm EST
    by Jason

  • Hope

    When people today say they hope for something, what they often mean is that they wish for something. "I hope that my children turn out right" means "I wish for my children to turn out right." "I hope I will have a bigger home someday" means "I wish that I could [...]
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    Posted: December 24, 2007, 2:24pm EST
    by Jason

  • Supporting Mike Huckabee

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    The conservative elites, the illegal immigration hawks, and the fiscal libertarians wonder why people like me support Mike Huckabee. Well, here’s one reason, from Wall Street Journal reporter Laura Meckler: when asked about embryonic stem cell research, Huckabee pulls out a photo of a little girl who spent four years [...]
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    Posted: December 22, 2007, 12:06am EST
    by Jason

  • The Necessity of Criticizing Certain Positions of Fellow Pro-Lifers

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    LifeNews.com columnist and former National Right to Life Committee spokesperson Laura Echevarria exhorts pro-lifers to not criticize other pro-lifers and their preferred presidential candidates. Instead, according to Ms. Echevarria, we ought to solely focus our attention on abortion advocates, lest the media and abortion rights organizations use our criticisms against [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2007, 2:16pm EST
    by Jason

  • Joel Belz Discusses Mitt Romney

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    There are some conservatives who have trepidation about Mitt Romney because of his recent history of support for abortion and civil unions. There are others who have trepidation about him because he is Mormon, lest we legitimize that religion. In a column in the new issue of World Magazine, World [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2007, 11:26pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Mike Huckabee Catching On In A Hurry

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    Mike Huckabee has moved to double-digits in a national poll for the first time. In an Iowa poll released last week, he was just seven percentage points behind leader Mitt Romney. He trounced all others at the onsite voting at the FRC Action Washington Briefing. He began the month with [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2007, 11:57pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Giuliani Must Not Win

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    Joe Carter in “The Pragmatic Party of Death” masterfully articulates something I have been saying for awhile now: the long-term consequences of Rudy Giuliani winning the Republican nomination and then the presidency are devastating, more so than even an Hillary Clinton victory. He closes with Martin Luther’s dictum: “Here I [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2007, 10:57pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Obama’s Con

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    World Magazine’s cover story for its Oct. 6 issue, “Leap of Faith,” by Jamie Dean, addressed Barack Obama’s courting of Christians in his presidential candidacy. In churches that will allow him to speak, Obama emphasizes that he is one of us, a fellow Christian whose “faith” informs his political views. He [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2007, 11:31pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Trouble With Statistics: Comparing Prison Inmates With College Dorm Tenants

    We often have trouble with statistics and putting statistics in context. Here’s another example: The AP reports today that “more than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released Thursday.” The ratio for Hispanics is 2.7 [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2007, 4:09pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Joe Carter Reconsiders Support for Fred Thompson

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    Joe Carter of Evangelical Outpost co-founded blogsforfred.com and, in July, wrote: “I’m a firm advocate for Fred Thompson.” He is now reconsidering his support: Now I’m not so certain. His views of the federal marriage amendment, the Schiavo case, and his general position on federalism are troubling. For me, conservatism trumps [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2007, 12:16am EDT
    by Jason

  • Huckabee Wins Values Voter Debate Straw Poll

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    The Republican presidential candidates, sans Giuliani, McCain, Thompson, and Romney, participated in the Values Voter Debate in Ft. Lauderdale last night. A straw poll was held before and after. Huckabee led with 34% before the debate and trounced the competition with 64% after the debate, reports the New York Times. It [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2007, 12:49pm EDT
    by Jason

  • One Paragraph Review: The Modern Creation Trilogy: Volume I: Scripture & Creation

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    The first volume of Henry & John Morris’s creation trilogy sets forth the Biblical argument for a six-day, young-earth creation. In doing so, they effectively argue against various Biblical interpretations that seek to line the Bible up with an old earth viewpoint, such as theistic evolution, progressive creation, the day-age [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2007, 9:48pm EDT
    by Jason

  • The Benefits of Coffee — II

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    We have already learned that coffee lowered the risk for diabetes, but it apparently also lowers the risks for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, gout, and skin cancer. Time to go get my after-lunch cup. [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2007, 1:04pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Observations of the Fourth GOP Candidates Debate

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    The GOP Presidential candidates — once again sans Fred Thompson — held their fourth debate Wednesday night, on FOX News, moderated by Brit Hume (who should moderate every debate), with questions from Wendell Goler, Chris Wallance, and patrons of a New Hampshire restaurant. Some thoughts: I can see why the Democratic [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2007, 10:40pm EDT
    by Jason

  • What’s an Iowa Fan to do With Michigan’s Loss to Appalachian State?

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    I’m not so concerned with what happens to Michigan now, but what is an Iowa Hawkeyes fan to do with Appalachian St.’s shocking 34-32 win at Michigan today, the first time ever that a I-AA team has defeated a ranked I-A team? And not just any ranked I-A team, but [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2007, 8:29pm EDT
    by Jason

  • ARG: Huckabee to 14% in Iowa

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    Mike Huckabee has seen a big jump in the latest poll numbers from the American Research Group. Following his performance in the Ames Straw Poll, Huckabee jumped from 3% in Iowa to 14%, from 1% in New Hampshire to 9%, and from 3% in South Carolina to 9%. Also, Newsweek’s Jonathan [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2007, 2:24pm EDT
    by Jason

  • America’s Poor

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    Robert Rector at NRO today looks at America’s poor in light of John Edwards’s continuing “Two Americas” presidential campaign. He notes that many of America’s poor are not really poor by historical and worldwide standards: Overall, the typical American defined as poor by the government has a car, air conditioning, a [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2007, 11:23am EDT
    by Jason

  • Our Church Web Site is Up

    Thanks to the excellent work of my wife’s brother, our church now has a web site. If you are ever in the Cedar Rapids area, please come visit us. [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2007, 9:41pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Redefining Regressive: Calmes on the FairTax

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    The Wall Street Journal’s Jackie Calmes has a profile in today’s paper on FairTax.org and the FairTax. She calls the FairTax “regressive, hitting lower-income people proportionally harder because they spend all or most income on necessities while richer people can save and invest much of theirs.” This is a redefining of [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2007, 11:27am EDT
    by Jason

  • Flickr v. Picasa Web Albums

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    I have been exploring the possible use of the two popular photo sharing sites, Yahoo’s Flickr and Google’s Picasa Web Albums. Their are pros and cons to both. Flickr has a vast community, incorporates tags better, and–with a relatively cheap $25/yr pro account–has unlimited storage. Picasa Web Albums has extremely [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2007, 8:29pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Mike Huckabee’s Cross-Over Appeal

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    Some liberals are worried about Mike Huckabee being the GOP nominee. Why? He’s reasonable, practical, and capable of winning over moderates and some liberals. See iamready at MyDD and Ezra Klein. [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2007, 12:46pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Giuliani Takes a Stand for Israel, Against Palestinian State

    I have been critical of Rudy Giuliani and his bid for the presidency, but I appreciate this: According to the AP, in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs, Giuliani outlines his foreign policy views. On Israel and a Palestinian state: Giuliani said “too much emphasis” has been placed on brokering negotiations [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2007, 8:24am EDT
    by Jason

  • Shifting the Definition of Business Casual

    The August 2007 issue of the Edge Business Magazine, the local business periodical, has an article on workplace dress. It seems that some companies are having a little trouble with employees dressing down during the summer. Flip flops and sleeveless shirts and all that. The director of human resources at [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2007, 7:33am EDT
    by Jason

  • Why John Mark Reynolds is Wrong About Mike Huckabee

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    John Mark Reynolds of Scriptorium Daily writes that he likes Mike Huckabee and that he and Huckabee agree on most issues. Yet Reynolds will not be voting for Huckabee in the California primary for one reason: Huckabee, according to Reynolds, can’t win the general election. Reynolds believes, in essence, that [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2007, 1:36pm EDT
    by Jason

  • More Good Press for Huckabee

    Mike Huckabee is getting some more good press following his successful showing in last Saturday’s Ames straw poll. NRO’s Byron York: “When it was all over, there was no doubt that the winner of the day was Huckabee.” The Wall Street Journal’s political reporter Jackie Calmes: “Should Mr. Huckabee capitalize on his [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2007, 9:11am EDT
    by Jason

  • Huckabee Finishes 2nd in 2007 Ames Straw Poll

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    What a huge day for Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign today. At the 2007 Ames Straw Poll, it was obvious that Mitt Romney had outspent everyone else combined. He had a huge contingent of buses, people riding around in golf carts, the best tent, and yellow “Team Mitt” t-shirts galore. (See The [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2007, 10:13pm EDT
    by Jason

  • I Saw #754

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    35 rows up in the lower box at AT&T Park, for one night, I became a Giants fan, high-fiving everyone around me. Perhaps more later . . . [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2007, 3:00am EDT
    by Jason

  • Meeting Mike Huckabee

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    I had the chance to shake hands with Mike Huckabee this morning at a campaign event at the Blue Strawberry Coffee Co. in downtown Cedar Rapids. Gov. Huckabee was as engaging, funny, and well spoken as he appears on television. After shaking hands, he spoke on a number of topics [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2007, 11:03am EDT
    by Jason

  • Giuliani as Nixon

    In the Washington Post today, Michael Gerson argues that Rudy Giuliani is much less Ronald Reagan’s heir as he is Richard Nixon’s (pre-Watergate). A secular “conservative” who makes the right enemies and political opponents. Gerson also writes that “many social conservatives remain in denial about Rudy Giuliani’s chances of winning [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2007, 3:35pm EDT
    by Jason

  • One Paragraph Review: The Age of Reagan by Steven Hayward

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    There are few books greater than 700 pages in length (almost 850 with footnotes, etc.) that are real page-turners. Steven Hayward’s 2001 The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order 1964-1980 is one of them. Age of Reagan is not entirely about Ronald Reagan. It is, instead, [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2007, 10:32am EDT
    by Jason

  • Safe, Legal, Rare, and Taxpayer Funded

    Barack Obama’s and John Edwards’ respective health care plans include coverage for abortion, reports the Chicago Tribune. (Hat tip: Drudge.) That is Rudy Giuliani’s position as well. It is matters like these that underscore how interrelated social and economic conservatism is. If the invented abortion right trumps the right to [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2007, 9:41am EDT
    by Jason

  • Stephen Mansfield on the Disastrous Everson Decision

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    Stephen Mansfield had an excellent op-ed in USA Today yesterday titled “The Founders Got It Right.” He calls the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1947 Everson decision what it is: “disastrous.” Breaking with both legal precedent and the clear counsel of our history, the Supreme Court exchanged Jefferson’s words for the first 10 [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2007, 8:36am EDT
    by Jason

  • The Harm of Kid Nation

    “No kids were harmed in the making of the show,” declares TVWeek in its profile of CBS’s new reality show Kid Nation. (Link via Drudge.) That is true only if you eviscerate much of the definition of “harm.” In the exploitive show, “CBS encamped 40 kids in an abandoned New Mexico ghost [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2007, 10:18am EDT
    by Jason

  • New Pictures Added

    I have added some new pictures to my web site, sorted into a couple of different albums, here, here, and here. Included are a couple of fun ones of the kids playing in the sprinkler on the 4th of July. [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2007, 2:38pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Ignoring Those Whose Rights You Seek to Abridge

    In an essay arguing for Congressional extension of the seventy year copyright period–for “no good case exists for the inequality of real and intellectual property”–in the Summer 2007 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Mark Helprin makes a profound statement: “You can always make a case for the public interest [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2007, 9:08pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Eight Things About Me

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    I have been tagged by Gary Petersen to tell you eight things about me. Here they are: 1. My wife and I started dating when we collaborated on an 11th grade science project to create a kaleidoscope. Thankfully, our relationship has always worked better than that kaleidoscope. 2. I am restless about [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 10:11pm EDT
    by Jason

  • An Authority on Lying Under Oath Speaks on the Libby Commutation

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    This is rich. Former President Bill Clinton is criticizing President Bush’s commutation of Lewis Libby’s sentence for his perjury and obstruction of justice conviction. “You’ve got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 12:20pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Why is Brownback Criticizing Tancredo on the Life Issue?

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    Senator Sam Brownback’s presidential campaign has complained that “[Tom] Tancredo has accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Dr. John Tanton, a founder of a major Planned Parenthood network,” reports LifeNews.com. “How can pro-life Iowans believe Tom Tancredo’s commitment to life when he has accepted money from such a [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2007, 2:07pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Book Review: From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPs to Restoring America’s Greatness

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     I have never read a “campaign” book before. I was handed this one for free after having a conversation with Mike Huckabee’s Iowa Political Director at the annual NICHE conference. Gov. Huckabee’s From Hope to Higher Ground is eminently readable and insightful. “Hope” refers to Hope, Arkansas, where Gov. Huckabee is from. [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2007, 11:39pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Why Romney is Better than McCain and Giuliani

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    Say what we conservatives will about President Bush’s sometimes lack of conservative governance, he has stood firmly on the right side of one of the important issues of the day: embryonic stem cell research. The President again vetoed Congress’s attempt to provide federal funding for the wholesale destruction of human embryos in [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2007, 8:36am EDT
    by Jason

  • The Revolt Will Happen if Giuliani is Nominated

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    Today’s U.S.News Political Bulletin points to this Politico story on a social conservative bolt from the GOP if Rudy Giuliani is the 2008 presidential nominee. I have said that I will not vote for Giuliani in the general election. The long-term consequences of Giuliani winning the nomination and then the election–the [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2007, 12:46pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Quick Links 6-11-2007

    Stuart Buck points to an interesting book by Robert Epstein titled The Case Against Adolescence. If we keep telling teenagers they are children, they will act like children. If we keep putting them in a peer-based box, they will learn from their peers, not adults. The Right Coast points out that [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2007, 10:38pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Support the Parental Rights Amendment

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    My wife and I attended the annual Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators conference this past June 8-9. One of the keynote speakers was Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association and of Patrick Henry College. He is promoting a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2007, 10:31pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Observations of the Third GOP Candidates Debate

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    The GOP Presidential candidates — sans Fred Thompson — held their third debate Tuesday night on CNN, moderated by Wolf Blitzer, with questions from New Hampshire journalists Scott Spradling and Tom Fahey, and the audience. Some thoughts: Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain were given the three center spots on [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2007, 12:05am EDT
    by Jason

  • Hillary Clinton’s Faith

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    CNN reports that “In response to a question about how she managed the infidelity in her marriage, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, said ‘I’m not sure I would have gotten through it without my faith.’” She went on to say: “I am very grateful that I had a grounding in faith that [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2007, 11:02pm EDT
    by Jason

  • What to do With a Mormon Candidate

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    Frank Pastore makes a number of important points in this column, a response to Hugh Hewitt’s argument that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism should not serve to discount his candidacy for the presidency and that those who do are acting in a bigoted manner. 1) Our ultimate allegiance, as Christians, is to Jesus. 2) [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2007, 4:04pm EDT
    by Jason

  • New Pictures

    I have uploaded some new pictures of Hannah and Noah. Also, a group of men from our church went the Cubs-Cardinals game in St. Louis on April 27. You can view pictures of that game here. [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2007, 9:27am EDT
    by Jason

  • The Presidential Candidates and Their Faith

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    “The Associated Press asked the 2008 presidential candidates what their religion is, whether there is a particular church that they are a member of, and how often they attend services.” Some interesting, but mostly plain vanilla, answers ensue. Many of the candidates say they attend church “as often as their schedule [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2007, 12:16am EDT
    by Jason

  • A "Refreshing Non-Partisan" Call for Supreme Court Partisanship

    U.S.News & World Report’s Bonnie Erbe has humorously harsh words (her comments are also available here) for the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber case. Erbe’s comments–along with those of the New York Times‘ Linda Greenhouse; the two appear to have spoken with one another–demonstrate how a relatively simple [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2007, 1:31pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Our Christian Heritage: A Letter to the Editor

    On May 30, the Cedar Rapids Gazette published my letter to the editor responding to an earlier letter writer’s assertion that our country’s historical dependence on God is “complete and utter nonsense” and that “those who tout such notions might find it instructive to actually read the Constitution” (among other [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2007, 9:41am EDT
    by Jason

  • Free Speech Not Inhibited by Uniform Restriction

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    Today’s U.S.News & World Report Political Bulletin notes a story in the Washington Post yesterday about anti-war veterans complaining that the military is stifling their free speech. The WaPo journalist joins in the complaint: The Washington Post notes that the Marine Corps does not appreciate veterans who wear their uniforms during [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2007, 9:07am EDT
    by Jason

  • Book Review: Entangled in Ivy by George Castle

    Subtitled “Inside the Cubs’ Quest for October,” this is a disappointing book about a disappointing team. George Castle has served as the Cubs beat reporter for The Times of Northwest Indiana. Entangled in Ivy is less an examination of the disappointment of the Andy MacPhail era as it a autobiography of Castle’s coverage of the [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2007, 8:34pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Huckabee on FNS

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    My adopted GOP presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, was on FOX News Sunday on Sunday. He discussed his support for the Fair Tax, defended his tax-cutting record, and talked — briefly, without being harsh — about the problems of Giuliani, McCain, and Romney. Huckabee mentioned the importance of a good showing at the August [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2007, 12:07am EDT
    by Jason

  • The Non-Necessity of Baptism

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    The Weekly Standard republishes Jonathan Last’s column, which originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, attempting to clarify the Catholic Church’s recent report on “limbo.” “Limbo” is the name Catholics have given for the place they theorize (without support from the Bible, for, as Catholics admit, the Bible mentions no such [...]
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    Posted: May 25, 2007, 10:04am EDT
    by Jason

  • Hadley Arkes Responds to the WSJ’s Editorial on Giuliani and the Right

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    I have said that I cannot and will not vote for Rudy Giuliani in the general election if he should win the Republican Party’s nomination for president. On May 11, the Wall Street Journal editorialized (“Rudy and the Right”) against such a stand, concluding that “Mr. Giuliani has his strengths and weaknesses, but [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2007, 9:21am EDT
    by Jason

  • Observations of the Second GOP Candidates Debate

    The ten Republican candidates for president (excepting John Cox) held their second debate tonight, this time on FOX News and moderated by Brit Hume, with questions from Chris Wallace and Wendell Goler. Some thoughts: Wallace and Goler did well to get the candidates to engage (i.e., criticize) each other. They did, in part, by [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2007, 1:02am EDT
    by Jason

  • Magazine Subscriptions

    Inspired by Stuart Buck, here is the list of magazines/journals I subscribe to: Claremont Review of Books ESPN the Magazine His list is a little more extensive than mine. I read the Claremont Review of Books cover to cover. I sometimes read an article or two out of ESPN the Magazine. I subscribe only [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2007, 10:53pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Reagan-Lite

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    U.S. News & World Report’s Gloria Berger makes a point I made here: First of all, if we’re going to get through the next 19 months, let’s agree to have a moratorium on invoking the memory of Ronald Reagan. Sure, the first Republican presidential debate last week was held at the [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2007, 4:33pm EDT
    by Jason

  • Observations of the First GOP Candidates Debate

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    Ten Republican candidates for president held their first debate tonight on MSNBC, moderated by Chris Mathews and Politico.com. Some brief comments: Candidates who appeared presidential: Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney. Hunter and Romney, though, are too tan. Two candidates who specifically discussed the importance of protecting Israel: John McCain and Tom Tancredo. John McCain [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2007, 12:11am EDT
    by Jason

  • Iowa Cloning Ban Repeal Getting Close

    The Iowa Senate, voting 26-24, has passed legislation repealing Iowa’s ban on human cloning (Iowa Code chapter 707B). Governor Chet Culver campaigned on that issue, promising the repeal in order to create a human embryo farm in Iowa City. Iowa Democrats also hold the Iowa House, 54-46. The Gazette reports, [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2007, 8:25am EST
    by Jason

  • New Pictures

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    I have uploaded some new pictures to the site, in two separate albums: Noah and Hannah — January to March 2007 Us and the Kids 2007 Noah, now a month old, is growing fast! Tags:Family, Hannah, Noah, Photos [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2007, 10:48pm EST
    by Jason

  • 57th Carnival of Homeschooling

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    The 57th Carnival of Homeschooling is up at PalmTree Pundit, and includes my review of Chris Klicka’s Home Schooling: The Right Choice. Tags:Carnival of Homeschooling [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2007, 11:36pm EST
    by Jason

  • Carnival of Homeschooling #56 Highlights

    The 56th Carnival of Homeschooling is up at The Thinking Mother. Here are a few of my favorite posts: Homeschooling Hints discusses the flexibility of home schooling: You can take school on the road. The Open Door writes about the benefits of home schooling to the parents. I especially like #5: “My [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2007, 12:29am EST
    by Jason

  • Culver Moves Forward With ESCR Funding Plan

    Apparently, the new Democratic leadership in the Iowa government is not going to “steer clear of divisive social issues.” Governor Chet Culver announced today that his proposed budget will include $12.5M to establish an Orwellian “Iowa Center for Regenerative Medicine” in order to conduct embryonic stem cell research, reports the [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2007, 4:17pm EST
    by Jason

  • Book Review: Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What it Means For All of Us, by David Gibbs with Bob DeMoss

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    Every single one of us has a terminal body. Some of just have healthier terminal bodies. And some of us—like my newborn son—need substantial assistance to do something as simple as eating. I don’t expect the state of Iowa to order the withholding of nutrition to my son. But that is [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2007, 10:50pm EST
    by Jason

  • Book Review: Home Schooling: The Right Choice, by Christopher Klicka

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    Before I had children, I admired parents who home schooled their children. It is something that I wanted to do for my (eventual, at the time) children, but did not know if we would be able. Once Hannah was born on April 8, 2004, home schooling her and our future [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2007, 4:46pm EST
    by Jason

  • Meet Noah Michael Steffens

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    Meet Noah Michael Steffens, born Friday night, January 12 (two weeks early), weighing in at 7 lbs, 2 oz. He and Mom are both doing very well. He does have a problem with his left kidney that will require surgery if it doesn’t resolve itself over the next few weeks. [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2007, 1:26pm EST
    by Jason

  • A Reagan Conservative Who Doesn’t Say It

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    Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore announced today that he has formed an exploratory committee for a 2008 presidential run. In making the announcment, Gilmore said, “I’m the type of mainstream Reagan conservative that has always kept his promises.” Similarly, in announcing his exploratory committee in December, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2007, 12:00am EST
    by Jason

  • The State of the Stem Cell Wars

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    Time’s Michael D. Lemonick asks “Are the Stem Cell Wars Over?” based on a new report in Nature Biotechnology that researchers have derived stem cells from “amniotic fluid that surrounds a developing fetus” that are “very close to a complete state of non-specialization,” like embryonic stem cells. The stem cells [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2007, 9:12pm EST
    by Jason
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