Last Thursday, Maggie Gallagher pronounced that the trouble with social conservatives is that they “have had bad models for political action” and that they “lack institutions that can defeat our enemies and directly assist our friends.” Gallagher’s analysis is interesting and insightful. But for whatever shortcomings social conservatives have politically, Gallagher’s point masques the true [...]
Archive for May, 2009
May 26, 2009
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The Uneasy Union: Social Conservatives’ Place in the Republican Party
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Pro-Life
May 4, 2009
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Assorted Readings on a Monday Evening
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestI haven’t had many blog-length thoughts of late, but here are a few of the things I’ve read recently and found interesting: The Ten Most Pressing Issues For Evangelical Theology Today. Click through to see the order. While I agree with the bulk of Jensen’s list, I would argue that a few of his items [...]
May 3, 2009
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Technologism and the Problem of Limits, Redux
By Matthew Lee Anderson in TechnologyContinuing from our previous thoughts: the question of technology and our modern understanding of it is a question of whether the pursuit of scientific reasoning is to be bounded by any limits in nature. And, of course, whether generalizations about the distinctions between ancient and modern are accurate or helpful. On this issue, Robert Cheeks [...]