Updated 7/17/08 for better organization/readability and detail on sources and concluding implications.
WHY THIS MATTERS. The present war of ideas underlying the global jihad against the West relates to all of us, and therefore we must take it very seriously. This is the point I attempted to make in my first post in this series of [...]
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Posted in Election, Frontline Leadership, Terrorism, War of Ideas, Worldview, tagged Christianity, citizen-driven government, government, Islam, Terrorism on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Where is your place in the current war of ideas with radical Islam?
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Posted in Election, War of Ideas on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How do you define it? Peter Beinart of the Council on Foreign Relations offers multiple contexts, as defined by the left and right in America and expressed in the two Presidential campaigns concisely in this quote:
What both campaigns understand is that American patriotism wears two faces: a patriotism of affirmation, which appeals more to [...]
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Following my essay on New Media and the Christian Message, pastor Jacob Vanhorn asked me:
How do you recommend balancing the very real value of ‘presence’ with the distance that is involved in much of new media? First from a theological idea of ‘presence’ and then implementation.
As a pastor on the street, I am asking:
What impact [...]
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Charles Krauthammer on the specific campaign issue of oil prices and domestic drilling…
The oil crisis handed McCain an unexpected and singularly effective campaign issue. A majority of Americans now favor drilling in the Arctic and offshore. Democrats stand in the way of increased production just as they did 13 years ago when President Clinton vetoed [...]
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Here is the video, followed by the transcript. Yet another incredibly important speech from Mr. Obama. While I can’t sum up all my thoughts on it yet, some comments are here.
Good morning. It’s good to be home on this Father’s Day with my girls, and it’s an honor to spend some time [...]
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In this post on new media and the election, I observed that young people’s adeptness with the tools of viral influence will be a driver in an increasingly citizen-driven government. This could be decisive in the coming election (though young people are notorious for being a letdown due to low turnout on election day).
The [...]
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Posted in Citizen-Driven Govt, Election, Media Democratization, culture, tagged Election, facebook, fundraising, new media, obama, president, social networks on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check out this piece on Barack Obama and the influence of social networks and new media.
Facebook is designed around the shallow and social. Networkers are not “commentators,” as they would be on a blog; they are “friends.” Friends do not need to agree on ideas; they just need to like the same kind of music. [...]
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In his Wonder Land column (WSJ.com - subscription required), the insightful Dan Henninger concisely, and I believe accurately, sets the stage for the drama of the upcoming election:
My friends, Sen. Obama is very eloquent, but he is also going to be very, very expensive. It may turn out that an angry, inflation-pressed America just wants [...]
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Peggy Noonan is definitely on my virtual board of advisors. Such a great writer, such helpful perspective. I wonder if she knows that she is doing “effective generational transfer” when she translates political history to make sense of today’s unfolding events?
The closing zinger from her Declarations columns (subscription to WSJ.com may be required):
Meir [...]
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