I found this quote this morning and it seemed to speak aptly to what I would see as core conservative ideology:
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory
future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
–Robertson Davies

Doesn’t that sound like modern political conservatives? Never look to the future, always seek to [...]

It’s not just us — this euphoric feeling of release, of joy, and of hope is blooming all over the world today:

While we here at Metaphors For Life aren’t succumbing to the “dominionist conspiracy theories” about Ms. Palin, we surely have a variety of reason to be concerned about her nomination and acceptance for the second slot on the Republican ticket at this very evening’s convention.

Be careful what you pray for!

When the American Government starts hiding things, it’s time to get concerned. And when the major news media doesn’t cry foul, it’s really time to start worrying. But on March 23rd of 2006 the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) very quietly decided it will no longer publish M3 money supply data, and nobody said boo!
Now, [...]

To: Obama, Clinton, Huckabee, Giuliani, Edwards, Romney, and all the other candidates. For the last several presidential elections I have wondered something. Now, I’m going to ask:
Every presidential election cycle those of you running for office talk about tax relief. You talk about improving the living standards of Americans. And so it is again this [...]

“I’m not fat. I’m suffering from the disease of obesity.”
These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on Obesity, [...]

Originally written and published in May 2005.
On stem cells, roses, and the fallacies inherent in the “culture of life” philosophy.
All life has intrinsic value.
I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month’s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in my dreams [...]

Humans, thinking, and consciousness all evolve — and our religion and politics must evolve with it. Time to examine the other side of the “political theology” debate and check in with Rousseau and The Savoyard Vicar.
Section III: The Inner Light.
My favorite quote from this section of Professor Lilla’s essay goes like this:
“There is much we [...]

In this next section on the essay adapted from “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West,” by Professor Mark Lilla of Columbia University, we examine the impulses that separated man from God, and secular politics from religion.
Section II: The Great Separation.
For those who study the evolution of human consciousness, this could as [...]