Evangelicals. (Wiggling fingers) Oooooh.

Sorry about the title, Good Readers, but I seem to be always encountering people online who react to That Word in much the same way that a vampire would react to a garlic crucifix, or possibly me towards the Special Limited Edition of Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers, provided that such a mythical thing existed (WHICH IT DOESN’T).

Umm.

Right. Moving along, Andrew Sullivan linked today to an interesting Boston Globe article by Alan Jacobs about evangelicals, fundamentalists and why Bush is one but not the other: Apocalyptic president?

AS THE PRESIDENTIAL election draws closer, some people are asking, in ominous tones, a question: What impact does President Bush’s evangelical Christianity have on his administration’s policies? As an evangelical, an interpreter of literary and cultural texts, and a long-time observer of the evangelical world, I have both a personal and a professional interest in this question. And I’m here to offer an answer: Probably not much.

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Originally a Nader post, but now it’s a Rice one…

…as I decided to be merciful to everyone, especially my readers. Instead, topic for speculation: Networks to Air Rice Testimony Live Thursday: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The three major U.S. broadcast networks said on Tuesday they will broadcast live National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (news – web sites)’s testimony before the commission investigating the Sept. … Read more

If you want to laugh at this, how can I stop you?

It’s funny, after all: Pictures of candidate in women’s clothes surface (Registration required) AUSTIN – His family made a fortune on men’s work clothing. But it’s Sam Walls’ apparent fondness for women’s apparel that is dividing the Johnson County Republican Party. Short version: this guy’s running for state office in TX and some photos of … Read more

Checklist.

1). I am, in point of fact, awake. I retain a full sensorium (I don’t usually dream smells or tastes) and I can read printed text (something that I almost never do in dreams, if ever). There are none of the freighted psychological images associated with dreams or nightmares currently present, and the rules of … Read more

Motto Contest!

Jim Henley dropped a classic bit in comments which I decided to use to test out our catchphrase feature… and it worked! Huzzah! Time for a contest for the real motto for the site. Nothing that would violate the Posting Rules and try to keep it below twenty words; funny good. We’ll give it a … Read more

Sated?

It’s odd that I missed this TCS article by Michael Totten (Are the Jacksonians Sated?) when it came out. He says that the answer is Yes, by the way: Now that Saddam Hussein and the Taliban have been routed, the Jacksonians have mellowed. There isn’t much of a push to open another front in a … Read more

Why are there no Great Centrist Demonstrations?

Because our slogans are kind of lame, that’s why. “WHAT DO WE WANT?” “MORE OF THE SAME!” “WHEN DO WE WANT IT?” “WHENEVER’S CONVENIENT!” Forgive the joke; it’s a segue (not a seque) into this blog I found while noodling around the Net: Centerfield, which is the official blog of the Centrist Coalition. Like ObWi, … Read more

Chag Pesach Sameach!

Apologies if the above does not mean Happy Passover: I don’t speak Hebrew. Anyway, no doubt a good number of you already know, tonight is the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover. While not Jewish myself, I think that it is not inappropriate for me to wish those of the Jewish** faith a … Read more

I would normally consider this just a stunt.

But mc master chef is all right*, so I figure that there must be something to it. The Bike and Build site is here; at first glance there doesn’t seem to be anything pernicious about it – indeed, quite the opposite. And that was my ‘crusty VRWC Death Beast grudgingly supporting a progressive notion’ impression. … Read more

Thanks for covering it, btw*.

Von and Edward seem to be be on top of the Iraqi situation for the moment, so I’ll let them get on with it. For the record, I am not as pessimistic as either about what’s happening, although I recognize that they have both raised legitimate concerns and I’ll be regularly checking up on developments. … Read more