Column: We stand on Buckley's broad shouldersBy Jason Bedrick and D.J. Bettencourt ( Read more... )

Goldberg's comment about Huckabee's love of tax hikes isn't fair (though, admittedly and unfortunately, his jab about free trade is warranted), but his overall point is solid ( Read more... )

Either later today or tomorrow I'll post about some of the interesting, recent developments at the State House. In the meantime, some of my favorite thinkers (and one new favorite) are asking and attempting to answer some of the most pressing questions of our era:

1) Brooke Goldstein's provocative new film, The Making of a Martyr, explores the ( Read more... )

My initial thoughts ( Read more... )

Behind the lj-cut are a bunch of links that I've been holding onto for a while now, waiting for some free time when I could turn them into full posts. Instead, they're simply adding to a very long list of "things to do" that are mentally and emotionally sapping my strength. It's literally been building up for YEARS. So instead of a dozen different ( Read more... )

1) 'Tis the season! No, not the "holiday" season -- it's Supreme Court decision season!!!

[Chief Justice] Roberts has written seven opinions, all but one unanimous. Among them, he bolstered police power to enter a home to break up a fight without knocking first; upheld a church's use of hallucinogenic tea; and found that the government can force ( Read more... )

I'm still very, *very* behind in posting about our Founding Fathers and religion, but I figure I'll save the post for a few more days since I'll be joining Richard Brookhiser on his Founder Blog Tour, where he'll be promoting his book, What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers.

In the meantime, thanks to babzen (who sent me this WSJ ( Read more... )

1) Want summer reading suggestions? Books, books, books!

2) Massachusetts is known for debating the big issues: gay marriage... universal healthcare... whether Fluffernutter sandwiches should be strictly regulated or made the State Sandwich...

3) I've heard of annoying customer service reps, but this overzealous AOL rep needs a fungo-bat to the ( Read more... )

I realized that the last link in my last entry (re: theMarginal Revolution) probably wouldn't get much attention but is fully deserving of its own post. This is a classic intra-conservative intellectual battle combining ideals with practical considerations in deciding where we want the country to be and how we should get there. It's worth reading ( Read more... )

The Bush administration has gone from budget woes to budget whoah!s (with corny lines like that, I could write for the New York Post!). Tax receipts are surging despite the naysayers and the President will likely achieve his goal of cutting the budget three years early (as previously mentioned, the New York Times calls this "off schedule"). Rich ( Read more... )