Bookworm cites Charles Krauthammer: "Reagan's revolution was rooted in concrete political ideas (supply-side economics, welfare-state deregulation, national strength) that transcended one man. For Obama's movement, the man is the transcendence."
Bookworm was also quick to find the gold in a recent James Taranto column. Whether you call it the flaw in the argument or the fly in the soup, abortion will always bedevil its supporters. And that's not an adverb I chose randomly (On abortion's "reverse Midas touch," see, for example, this "Dead Reckoning" essay from 1998, or Anthony Esolen's "The Lovely Dragon of Choice" from 2004).
It's not every day that the Anchoress says, "That really fried my banana."
And on a more reflective note, Amanda found this yesterday:
Is Jonathan Briley the Falling Man? He might be. But maybe he didn't jump from the window as a betrayal of love or because he lost hope. Maybe he jumped to fulfill the terms of a miracle. Maybe he jumped to come home to his family. Maybe he didn't jump at all, because no one can jump into the arms of God.Oh, no. You have to fall.
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Dear Mr. O'Hannigan,
I have the Midas touch. My back yard if full of mufflers.
Regards,
Roy
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