Peter Lawler

Here’s one paragraph, from Bill Voegeli on Romney’s secret message to the rich guys, with which I agree: It’s worth noting that Obama and Romney were both attempting to describe Americans making less than half the median income to an audience of people making much more. Both . . . . Continue Reading »

And according to Gallup , both Obama’s convention bounce and Romney’s convention thud have worn off. . . . . Continue Reading »

“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they . . . . Continue Reading »

BIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a taste of his evening with Cardinal Dolan: Colbert took the opportunity to needle Dolan about the new English-language translation of the Roman Missal, the text of prayers and instructions for celebrating Mass. The translation was introduced last fall in U.S. parishes to initial . . . . Continue Reading »

big thoughts HERE. . . . . Continue Reading »

On everything, but let me just say something about abortion. I don’t have time to get the links going. But: Comparatively moderate old-school Democratic women like Eleanor Clift and Cokie Roberts are loudly complaining that the Democratic convention was over-the-top on abortion. Certainly . . . . Continue Reading »

Dylan refuses to be badgered into being for or against Obama. He makes the ROLLING STONE reporter look like an ideological tyrant, which he is. . . . . Continue Reading »

Walter Russell Mead , arguably the most astute blogger around, thinks that very current events will cause the president’s campaign to implode. I think it’s too early to tell. . . . . Continue Reading »

According to Krauthammer: “The problem for Romney is that there were only four events [that] could change the course [of the race]: the three debates and the conventions, and he apparently squandered the first.” Charles focuses on the tactical error that was Clinton Eastwood. What . . . . Continue Reading »