Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
If you’re not up on what’s happening in the Ukraine right now, get up to speed fast. History is being made, and blogger Discoshaman is on the front lines in Kiev. He even has photos. We should all pray that justice succeeds and the true winner of the election is vindicated. The reaction of the … Read more
As the Europeans still shake their heads at the blind stupidity of us backward redneck Americans who voted for Bush, Mark Steyn righty observes: And, if Americans do “hate abortion”, is [Mirror columnist Brian Reade] saying he loves it? It’s at least partially responsible for the collapsed birthrates of post-Christian Europe. However superior the EU … Read more
If Iowa can take this long to count its votes, then I can certainly wait this long to weigh in on the 2004 election. Any of you who are familiar with my job will be happy to know that certain measures of support for President Bush are as strong or even stronger after the campaign. … Read more
I even went bipartisan and voted for one Democrat. He was the only person running for the position. It was my first time voting in Kentucky, but it didn’t take me long to get used to the “color in this circle” method (in Tennessee, we used machines). I didn’t feel disenfranchised at all. I’m one … Read more
Tomorrow is the day. It’s the day when politcos young and old, north and south will be biting their fingernails, doodling all day at work, and going to stand in a line that leads behind a curtain where they get to, at risk of sounding like an MTV ad, participate in something that is still … Read more
The always witty and eloquent Matt Labash on celebrity GOTV journalism: Celebrities have no idea that they make awful journalists. For the purpose of becoming a journalist is to explore the wider world. The purpose of becoming a celebrity is to explore yourself. Go read the entire article, “The New Know-Nothings” now.
Jackson Lears on polling: By the 1930’s, opinion pollsters believed they had discovered a cohesive mass audience—“the American public”—and a modal personality type—“the average American.” Since many Americans shared the pollsters’ naive faith in numbers, they accepted social scientists’ statistical constructions as accurte descriptions of themselves. The desire to fit in reinforced the normative power … Read more
Jason Steffens points out an op/ed from the Louisville Courier-Journal from last week pondering whether or not President Bush was indeed pro-life (I suppose I should read my city’s newspaper more often…). Glen Stassen, ethicist at Fuller Seminary, seems to think that President Bush has been bad for the pro-life movement because abrotions have increased … Read more
Did anybody notice Kerry’s gaffe when quoting the Scripture that is ever-so-meaningful to him? He said that the two most important commandments were to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, body, and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself.” [emphasis mine] Compare this with an actual translation of Mark 12:30-31: And you … Read more
He got off to a rough start, but President Bush wins Debate III. He connected with Americans on a personal level when talking about his wife, his faith, and his stance on abortion. For Sen. Kerry, it was more of the same—he didn’t exactly breakdown, but he did look like a fish out of water … Read more