“One Little Hour”

During the 2008 presidential campaign, religion and politics wonks made much ado about very little over the emergence of the Evangelical Left. Certainly the white evangelical left exists (ie Tony Campolo), but despite all the hype over evangelical enchantment with Obama, the evangelical left did not have a break out year in 2008.

Yet the Evangelical Left should be heartened. (more…)

I am a fiscal libertarian and social conservative, yet I have supported John McCain’s bid to be President ever since Sam Brownback dropped out last October. Most of my friends supported other candidates in the South Carolina primary. The 29614 (Bob Jones University) vote overwhelmingly split its support among three candidates: Mitt Romney (the BJ establishment choice), Mike Huckabee (relatively apolitical staff and students), and Ron Paul (my libertarian friends…Michael Collins, I am thinking of you). So why did I choose the Republican candidate popularly thought to be the most liberal? (more…)