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The last two months I have remained relatively quiet on all issues pertaining to politics. With the elections a week away, I thought I would offer a few observations on
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The thing about Palin-mania is that it's just so much fun. Sure, it might be a bit silly and less than "mature" (said with a
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
I’ve been wondering what to say about this whole Sarah Palin hubub. Ross Douthat’s (humorous) take suffices: Judging by my email, a number of readers seem to be under the impression that what we’ve been witnessing in the media and […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
In September of 2006, Family Research Council Action hosted the first “Values Voter Summit.” In 2007, it had 2500 attendees and launched Mike Huckabee’s campaign into the national spotlight. It was influential enough to momentarily quell talk of the declining […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Buried in NT Wright's interesting address on the role of Scripture in the Church to the Lambeth Conference is this curiosity: All this brings us to three particular
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
"Sovereign is he who decides on the exception." So opens Carl Schmitt's Political Theology, a densely illuminating treatise on the nature of political authority. And for
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Satire.
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
One fo the narratives of this campaign season has been evangelicals newfound freedom from the tyranny of the Republican party. Ironically, the seeds to the narrative were sown back in
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Humor me for a minute and allow me to make a significant number of generalizations and assumptions, most of which stem from my experience. Theological liberals often tend to be political liberals as well. In this, they often want the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
In a post-modern political environment, the personal becomes the political not because we are interested in questions of character or integrity--questions that might affect the officeholder's
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The most interesting aspect of the 2008 race on the Republican side was the discussion that emerged about the future of the party. Weighing in relatively frequently on the issue
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The recent flap over a California court’s decision that threatened the (assumed) legality of homeschooling in California has now subsided due to the decision being vacated. However, the issue will doubtlessly be a newsworthy item for a while, as the […]