Will Santorum’s Long Iowa Slog Pay Off?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 26th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Will Santorum’s Long Iowa Slog Pay Off?
Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Rick Santorum doesn't do gimmicks.He doesn't have a catchy slogan that rings in voters' heads like a commercial jingle, he's not trying to sell a new book or movie while ostensibly campaigning, and he doesn't travel on a bus with a giant picture of his face painted on the exterior.On the day when Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich square off against one another in a "modified Lincoln-Douglas debate" in Houston next month, Santorum likely will be hundreds of miles away, somewhere in Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina.In a campaign that has seen…
The Lost Paradise of Budget Surpluses
Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Hard to believe, but once upon a time, economists worried that the U.S. government would pay off all its debt. Also hard to believe, once upon a time was only 11 years ago.President Clinton had bequeathed his successor budget surpluses “as far as the eye could see.” He wanted some of them used to speed up repayment of the remaining $3.6 trillion still owed the public in Treasury bonds. He said it could all be paid off by 2013.No magic there. A modest tax increase, controlled spending and a strong economy made more confident by disciplined budgeting had ended a scary era of deficit…
Are Evangelicals or Professors More Irrational?
Dennis Prager, NRO
Last week, The New York Times published an opinion piece by Karl W. Giberson and Randall J. Stephens, a physics professor and history professor at Eastern Nazarene College, respectively. The authors take evangelicals to task for being anti-intellectual, anti-reason and anti-science. Their evidence:– Evangelicals doubt man-made global warming,– Evangelicals believe that gays can “pray away” their homosexuality.– Evangelicals believe Earth is only thousands of years old and that men lived alongside dinosaurs.– Evangelicals oppose same-sex marriage.Given how often they are made,…
