As we get close to the election, I’ve met two types of Obama advocates: 1) Those who insist Obama is going to lose, on the theory that saying he’ll win will jinx the outcome 2) Those who insist Obama is going to win because by embracing that happy thought they can, through the power of…

To me, the most neck-snapping Republican endorsement of Obama comes from Charles Fried, the solicitor general under Ronald Reagan. To say Fried is an important legal figure in the pro-life world is an understatement. As Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan, Fried was the one who argued that the court should overturn Roe v. Wade in…

Matthew25, the progressive religious group, is now running this unusual (for a Democrat) ad on Christian music stations in Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina:Can you imagine if Sarah Palin ran an ad describing how, “Kneeling beneath that cross, I felt that I heard God’s spirit beckoning me”? On the other hand,…

“Jewish Americans cannot afford to make the wrong decision on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008,” reads an email that says it’s from the Republican Federal Committee of PA – Victory 2008. “Many of our ancestors ignored the warning signs in the 1930s and 1940s and made a tragic mistake. Let’s not make a similar one this…

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