Cross-posted (and slightly edited) from my blog Formidable Courage. I feel like I’ve been on a long journey for the past few weeks. In a hypothetical sense I’ve been on the walls of the Alamo. I’ve looked out beyond the San Antonio River at the Mexican army, and then looked over my shoulder to the east where the safe, easy choice lies. And then I’ve | Read More »
[Cross-posted at my blog www.formidablecourage.wordpress.com] For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to | Read More »
[Cross-posted at my blog www.formidablecourage.wordpress.com] I like Rick Santorum. I think he’s a very kind-hearted man and a great father. His courageous fight against abortion has earned my eternal admiration. His wife is a beautiful and delightful lady and the way they handled that disgraceful Alan Colmes was an outstanding example of the oft-quoted proverb, “a soft answer turns away wrath.” But I do not | Read More »
[Cross-posted from my blog at http://formidablecourage.wordpress.com/] I’m laughing here with joy and relief because I was writing an entire defiant post about how I’d stick with Governor Rick Perry until/unless he dropped out. Well, turns out I was halfway through it and all of a sudden I see this tweet from Governor Perry: “And the next leg of the marathon is the Palmetto State…Here we | Read More »
[Cross-posted from my blog www.formidablecourage.wordpress.com with minor edits] I wrote “A Case for Governor Rick Perry” for a friend’s blog in early September. I was a very excited but extraordinarily naive political newbie back then. “This proud Perry supporter will go to the primaries with a clear and cheerful conscience,” I proclaimed, chipper and undaunted. Then reality hit. Debates, withering editorials, and embarrassing moments put | Read More »
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