Society & Culture

Mere Comments considers the presidential canidacy of Mitt Romney

Does anyone remember that just a few months ago the MSM story was, “Rove is guilty of ‘outing’ an undercover CIA operative, Valerie Plame, and should go to jail?” Now we know that story was the real smear and all a lie. Go here.The above link is the best summary of the case that I have yet read.

The Dean of the Liberal media, David Broder, is advising the MSM to give Rove an apology for their treatment of his reputation. Go here for the article.I wonder if some who write on SI will be willing to do as Broder suggests and give Rove an apology. We now know that Armitage over at the State Dept. was Novak’s source in the Valerie Plam case, not anyone in the White House.

Walter Russell Mead looks at Fundamentalists, Liberals, and Evangelicals and their impact on US politics in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs

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HT: CrunchyCon

At Mere Comments, Russell Moore analyzes the NY Times’ report on Greg Boyd’s denunciation of “politics” and its affect on his congregation.

Harvard professor Harvey Cox with a brief history and commentary on the state of the religious right and a return to political progressiveness amongst Christians in The Boston Globe

Go here to read the story.Did you know that this “add-on” to the US economy is bigger than the entire economy of Communist China? This is real story about the US economy that the MSM does not want anyone to know about! What is truly incredible about the US economy is that the US is by far the largest economy in the world and yet it grew by 20% in less than three years.

Holding a cross and the Ten Commandments with “Jehovah” on her crown, yesterday in Memphis Lady Liberty appeared in revised form.