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More good polling numbers for Bush

As previously reported, the news of Bush's polling numbers are positive for his reelection efforts. Another encouraging demographic is that of white males, who are trending overwhelmingly Republican. The flipside of this data is that no Democrat presidential candidate can compare to Bush in terms of those qualities that appeal to this voting segment: strong national defense, economic liberty, and socially conservative on issues like guns and the family. Here's an article with further elucidation...

Curious eschatology?

Another NRO piece examines the impact of recent events in the world--especially in Iraq--on the ever-burgeoning end-times "movement." Does dethroning Saddam really set the stage for a New Babylon to arise via the work of the Anti-Christ. Check out the article here...

Defaming the Founders

An important essay appeared on NRO discussing the disturbing tendency among scholars in academia to use to the slavery ownership issue against members of the founding generation in an attempt to discredit their massive achievement. It merely highlights how imperative it is for those of us who believe in what our country was founded upon and now stands for to be vocal in our acclaim...

Do Bush's approval numbers portend reelection?

Here's an interesting article explaining how a president's approval rating at the end of his third year in office is nearly dispositive of his reelection chances. Let's hope the trend continues...

More on Dean

Stuart's recent post regarding Dean's brother in Vietnam brings to light how he will manipulate any story or issue for seeming political advantage. Here's another example: Dean now is set to embrace the importance of his faith in Jesus Christ after having spent much of his campaign espousing secularist viewpoints. Clearly this is meant to appeal to voters and is not an accurate reflection of his heart. I only hope that people will see through the obvious smokescreen.

Posting from Tennessee

After being in NYC last week and Atlanta for Christmas, I'll be in Gatlinburg, Tenn. for the next week working at a Christian youth conference. This may actually allow me to post more than I have in the past week. I've got a great deal to write about, but haven't had much time to do it over since I left for NYC.

Krugman's latest

Paul Krugman has blessed us all by sharing his New Year's resolutions. He says:

Political operatives have become experts at manufacturing the appearance of outrage. In the last few weeks the usual suspects have been trying to paint Howard Dean's obviously heartfelt comments about his brother's death in Laos as some sort of insult to the military. We owe it to our readers not to fall for these tricks.

I recently read (I can't remember where, but I'll find and post it) that Dean falsely implied that his brother was KIA in Vietnam when he answered a question posed by an Iowa newspaper. Of course, Dean's brother wasn't a soldier in Vietnam. In fact, he was an ardent anti-war protester. Dean purposely lied on the questionnaire about his brother's service in the military, maybe Krugman doesn't feel that's an insult to the military but I do. If by "not falling for tricks," Krugman means we shouldn't believe Dean's lies, then count me in.

News of the economy

Durable goods orders fell last month possibly signaling a slowing of the economic recovery of recent months. Let's hope that interest rates continue to remain at record lows and that retail spending over the holidays was robust.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone.

"Christmas is the perfect time to plead for tolerance...of Christians."

Deroy Murdock is right on when he says that Christians have put up with a great deal as Christianity has been denigrated in the public sphere. Here's to a revitalization of Christian spirit in fighting the p.c. police, postmodernists, and the ACLU in 2004.