For delaying the Hagel confirmation . The latest outrage is that Hagel once indicated that decisionmaking in Washington might in some way be influenced by Israel. How preposterous! Crush him! No dissent allowed! Give us another rubber stamp! There’s the “conservative movement,” 2013 edition.

…I just discovered this.

Or so we’re told. The idea is that if prices fall, people will expect them to continue to fall and will therefore postpone purchases, awaiting still better deals. The postponement makes prices fall still further, which makes people postpone their purchases still longer, and so…
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Now they want Marco Rubio. Gary North poked fun at his State of the Union response. Many of the comments were unfriendly. On his subscription site, Dr. North noted today : It was a pathetic speech. It was maudlin. It pandered to welfare state voters. It invoked his relatives,…
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Senator Rand Paul has told CNN that he considers it appropriate for the Senate to filibuster the Chuck Hagel nomination . I’m starting to have some doubts and my doubts are that if you’re going to run the Department of Defense, you really need to reveal if you’ve had financing…
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This list of papal candidates seems reasonable. Far and away my two preferences would be Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith of Sri Lanka, whom I have liked for a long time, and Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera (and not just because he wrote the foreword to one of my books ). Both would be good news liturgically, especially Cardinal Ranjith. Naturally, though, both…
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Here’s a sample of the eloquent and thoughtful Rubio (that’s sarcasm, fyi), with thanks to John Baeza.

My 2006 review of this important book. Pope Paul VI had said, when unveiling his new liturgy in 1969, “We are parting with the speech of the Christian centuries; we are becoming like profane intruders in the literary preserve of sacred utterance.” Thou sayest it. Msgr.…
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Some people were wondering whether FreedomOnTour.com , where the Iowa GOP is promoting my tour of the state to speak directly to the public there, was a secure site. It was all along, but the https is now clearly apparent (click on the link, and you’ll…
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