Daily Archives: 24 November 2008

Wishful thinking?

Worldview Item of the Day A Russian political analyst claims that the current crises in the United States–economic and political–threaten the republic’s collapse. This is not a new idea, but is it an idea that deserves any consideration?

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Solutions in Indiana?

Over the past several days, I have read several articles touting conservatives from Indiana as the future of the chastened Republican party. In the latest, Mitch Daniels, Indiana’s governor, is lauded as a strong fiscal conservative who could lead the party back to its small government roots.

The question for the rest of us, then, is whether we’re ignoring what is going on in Indiana as a source for the future of American conservatism. […] Continue reading

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