All right, you’re a diplomat in the employment of the United States. Things, honestly, aren’t going well. Your job is to reduce tensions between Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish people in Iraq. You are an agent of change.
Is this something you’d say to help everyone get along with each other and the U.S.:
“We tried to do [...]
I bought Law, Life, and the Living God: The Third Use of the Law in Modern American Lutheranism by Pastor Scott Murray in part to thank him and Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston for allowing me to join them for Christian Education Nights, worship, and private confession.
I got a book that in the beginning [...]
Professor Tyler Cowen of George Mason University has perhaps the best closing comments on the story of Kyle MacDonald, who traded his way from one red paper clip to a $50,000 house in Kipling, Saskatchewan.
The reality is this: Much of Kyle’s trading was either “down” or “sideways.” A motorized snow globe — his penultimate holding [...]
HT: WSJ Washington Wire
The Cato Institute has released a biennial report card (PDF) on fiscal policy. Missouri’s governor, Matt Blunt, got the only “A”. Hail the valedictorian!
Bob Taft got a “C” for his entire gubernatorial career but received an “F” for his final overall grade.
Bob Taft leaves office scarred by scandal and one [...]
Extending my comment made over at Cranach.
The Washington Post reports that:
Evangelical Christian leaders are tackling a growing list of domestic and international issues, such as genocide in Darfur and global warming, despite dissension in their ranks over whether this broader moral agenda will dilute their political power just before crucial elections.
Today, another broad coalition of [...]
