I have just spent one of those long nights wrestling with the human soul. Martin Lloyd-Jones speaks of voices talking to us, e.g. thoughts, whispers from the enemy, past regrets, guilt, a sense of purposelessness. And on last night’s New Year’s, they seem to come in droves. Adding to that has been a subsequent dry [...]
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I Have Felt God in the Storms
Posted in Religion, Uncategorized, tagged God, hope, psalms on January 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Valkyrie–The Meaning of Resistance
Posted in Art, Culture, Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, character, story, the German Resistance, Valkyrie on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Attention must be paid to such a man.” While Valkyrie highlights the resistance made by Claus Von Stauffenberg, it doesn’t pay enough attention to the man himself. Valkyrie is a well-made, tightly woven story of a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer and save not only Germany via a truce with the Allies, but in doing so [...]
A Long Hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been since April of 2008 since my last blogpost. For excuses, I will say that I ran a vigorous campaign for the Iowa House and door-knocking, speaking, and fundraising took every spare minute resulting in a loss by 55 votes of over 12,000 cast. In the future, I’ll be back with musings on politics, [...]
If the Shoe Were on the Right [Not Left] Foot
Posted in Culture, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged McCain, Obama, racist Left on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Barack Obama’s revelations are instructive. As a conservative, I had once deep aspirations that you would have come in the style of a Frederick Douglass or Martin Luther King, Jr. as a writer and thinker who truly meant what he said–we are Americans, one, past the need for being a “race essentialist,” to quote Jonah [...]
McCain and Huckabee Should Fight Without Gloves or Become a Ticket…Tomorrow
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged Huckabee McCain, Huckabee McCain ticket, Huckabee vice presidency on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The conundrum: Does Huckabee stay in and continue against improbable odds (Texas, South Dakota, and Louisiana are still in the mix and Texas is delegate-heavy) or does he vie for the vice-presidency? Does Huckabee risk alienating McCain by going on the offensive, or does Huckabee keep it nice and complimentary? My suggestion? Go all out [...]
Is Mike Huckabee finished?
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged huckabee, Republican National Convention on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We are almost certainly headed for a brokered convention. The Republican candidate must have a simple majority in at the convention which works out to 1,191 out of 2,380 candidates in Minneapolis. To date the count goes Romney (59), Huckabee (40), and McCain (36). For those who say Huckabee is fading fast, the momentum and [...]
Even if he loses nomination, Huckabee’s here to stay
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Medved, perhaps America’s most reasoned, conservative voice weighs in on the dynamism of Mike Huckabee’s campaign and says that Huckabee’s drive helps the GOP (and the country, too.) Medved states that:
1. HUCKABEE’S COMPETITIVE STATUS PROVES THAT MONEY ALONE CAN’T BUY A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
2. THE HUCK-A-SURGE GIVES THE LIE TO THE CLAIM THAT THE GOP IS CONTROLLED [...]
