I think, in many ways, Governor Palin is an interesting choice. A lot of people on the blogosphere are missing a critical point though: the issue here is not whether she has sufficient experience–the issue is that McCain can no longer credibly use experience against Obama. Democrats can’t really say that Palin doesn’t have the [...]

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I just want to go publicly on the record in saying that I think tomorrow Barack Obama is going to surprise all of us with his VP announcement. Increasingly, I am thinking he needs to dramatically alter the narrative trajectory of this race before story lines begin to harden. In order to do [...]

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Recently, I have found myself pouring over Matthew 19:3-12 in reference to Jesus’ interesting discussion of the eunuchs which is often taken as a commentary on celibacy. I recently stumbled across a post that the evangelical NT scholar Ben Witherington wrote in reference to Rob Bell’s most recent cross-country book tour. Witherington criticizes(scroll down to [...]

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While Matt is away, Tony does it solo. In this podcast, Tony relives a few moments from podcasts past and adds commentary. Tony talks about all things Obama: how Obama duped his supporters, Obama on gay marriage, racism in the primary election, etc. Tony also talks about making exclusive claims about Jesus, and certain [...]

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