Biden’s Strange Trip from Roe to Dobbs
President Joe Biden used his bully pulpit to chastise the Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade. When Roe was first announced, however, Biden was singing a very different tune. John […]
Category Archives: Politics
Katharine Hayhoe in Sight and Sound
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and one of the most widely heard voices taking the message to the masses. John recently talked with Katharine and the results are […]
Mourning the Children
In the tragic wake of the Uvalde shootings and the much less publicized deaths at a D.C. abortion clinic, John looks at the politics of compassion here at First Things.
Cuellar’s Scrape Along the Rio Grande
The last pro-life Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives faced another border battle for his seat. John explores the race at First Things here. (As of now, with all […]
Among the Integralists
John reviews Common Good Constitutionalism, Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule’s vision of a mighty leader bound by only the loose cords of a constitution, here at Front Porch Republic.
One of a Kind
Congressman Henry Cuellar will not go down in history as the best of the pro-life House Democrats (e.g. Dan Lipinski was a far more spirited champion of the unborn), but […]
Presidential Principles
On George Washington’s Birthday, John looks at some of the lesser lights to lead and one future president who drew a line. Here, on the Porch.
Bless Joe Biden
Cursing a person strikes not at flawed policies or poor decisions but at the image of God. The rise of coded and not-so-coded cursing of the President of the United […]
Supply Chain Gang
On the Porch, John rattles the supply chains with an assist from Ronald Reagan, Sam Walton, and an Amish guy on a bus. Read it here, assuming it’s not out […]
The Worst Things at First Things
Let’s hope this doesn’t become a regular feature—the Letter to the Editor that did not get published. First Things is a magazine that I have enjoyed since I would peruse […]
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