If campaigns were a measure of a candidate’s economic policy, there would be no questions about Mike Huckabee’s fiscal conservatism. He has gotten more mileage for every dollar he’s spent than any of the other top Republican candidates. Roger Simon at Politico did the math: Mitt Romney has spent $53.6 million this primary season and [...]
Archive for October, 2007
October 31, 2007
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Virtuosic Self-Referentiality
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Christianity and CultureJames Poulos nails the attitude of my generation: In a nutshell, significant numbers of young people, mainly in Los Angeles and New York, have come up in a popular culture that refines the art of self-referentiality to a razor’s edge. The leisure these people have on their hands results from a post-industrial work schedule and [...]
October 30, 2007
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Dissenting Opinion: Feminine Inclusive Pronouns
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Gender)***Every now and then, I like to procure dissenting opinions to items I have written from people whom I know have thought a lot about certain issues. I recently wrote a brief reply to the question of whether Christians should feminine inclusive pronouns, concluding that they should not. This is Cate MacDonald’s (biography below) response [...]
October 30, 2007
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Moral Federalism: Does A President’s Abortion Policy Matter?
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Pro-LifeGeorge F. Will says “no.” Many, perhaps most, Americans, foggy about the workings of their government, think that overturning Roe would make abortion, one of the nation’s most common surgical procedures, illegal everywhere. All it actually would do is restore abortion as a practice subject to state regulation. But because Californians are content with current [...]
October 29, 2007
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The Task in Aesthetics
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Philosophy4 things we have to explain: 1. The diversity of tastes and preferences in beauty. For example, modern vs. classical painting, ballet vs. modern dance, avant garde french drama vs. 50’s musical films, etc. 2. The universality of tastes and preferences in beauty. For example, Beethoven’s symphonies (especially the 5th and the 9th), U2, Bach, [...]
October 28, 2007
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World Series Champs: Boston Red Sox
By Matthew Lee Anderson in SportsThe Red Sox have won the World Series. That’s not the real story, though. The real story is that I was 4-7 in my playoff predictions this year (I actually got caught up in politics and missed making a prediction for the World Series, for which I am taking a loss). That’s a 400% improvement [...]
October 28, 2007
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Huckabee’s Fiscal Conservatism(?)
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Politics, UncategorizedAs Mike Huckabee has started gaining traction, the hit pieces have come so hard and fast that I haven’t been able to respond to all of them. One of the common threads, however, has been critiquing his alleged devotion to “big government” and raising taxes. Mike Toomey, the president of Club for Growth, penned a [...]
October 27, 2007
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RMO: The End of the Moral Life
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Twelve: The End of the Moral Life Faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love. While [...]
October 26, 2007
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RMO: The Double Aspect of the Moral Life
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter 11: The Double Aspect of the Moral Life As O’Donovan has asserted, it is love that is the unifying [...]
October 25, 2007
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‘Tax Me More’ Fund: Huckabee’s Poignant Humor
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsWhile digging through archives of Huckabee’s tenure in Arkansas, I found this little tidbit from a Washington Times article dated December 10th, 2001: The Republican governor, who appears to be a shoo-in for a second term next year, has set up the “Tax Me More Fund” to give voters who think they are not taxed [...]
October 25, 2007
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Our Conservative Choice: An Endorsement of Mike Huckabee
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Politics[Note: This post is co-authored with Joe Carter and Justin Taylor, both of whom put their copies up last night.] When it comes to politics, we three are pragmatic idealists. We are dedicated to the pursuit of noble principles and goals while never forgetting that politics is the “art of the possible.” Because we are [...]
October 25, 2007
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RMO: The Moral Subject
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter 10: The Moral Subject While an understanding of the moral field is essential for having a thoroughly theological ethics, [...]
October 24, 2007
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Is Beauty Objective?
By Keith E. D. Buhler in All Things Lovely, Christianity and CultureIf you are like most people alive today, you believe ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ This is exactly what I was taught and grew up believing — but no one ever told me that (in view of history) we are the sad minority. Most thinking people in most places at most times [...]