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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This is #4 in my response to Jacob Vanhorn’s outstanding questions on new media presence (see first, second, and third posts). It is humbling and sobering to address these questions. I don’t presume any special insights, but would ask anyone reading any of these thoughts to test them against the wisdom of others, bring them [...]
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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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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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In a very important show of the underlying love and compassion of Christianity–often overlooked as Christians contend for the truthfulness of our claims over against left-liberal views–Dr. Al Mohler offered this exhortation today:
Pray for Ted Kennedy
-Albert Mohler
Sen. Edward Kennedy underwent brain surgery on Monday in an effort to deal with the deadly cancer [...]
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Updated 6/4/08: Inquiring minds want to know more (see PS at bottom)
On May 19, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman called on Google to remove Internet videos produced by terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda from its YouTube subsidiary. Google did not remove all the terrorist-sponsored videos in question.
Today, Bloomberg reported that “Google Diplomats Bend Free [...]
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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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Posted in Citizen-Driven Govt, Election, War of Ideas, Worldview, tagged albert mohler, barack obama, california, hugh hewitt, judicial activism, marriage, politics, same sex-marriage, supreme court on May 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last week the California Supreme Court struck down the state’s definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman. This ruling overturns a Proposition 22, which was approved by the people of California by a wide margin in 2000.
This should be concerning to all citizens on two counts: First, it undermines [...]
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