Category: Politics

This may not surprise many people, but it will some. Young voters will be swayed by environmental issues in the next election. Whereas traditional "Christian voters" have always been activated by issues such as family values, abortion and taxes, in the next election young evangelicals will vote for the environmental candidate. Increasingly, emerging evangelical leaders…

I watched the State of the Union tonight. There were at least 2 hours of lead up before the speech and an hour or more of post-game coverage. All of the hopefuls for 2008 lined up to talk on all the networks. All of the networks continued their intense bashing of the president. I have…

I’m not sure what to think about this. While I’m not going to take a stance on John Edwards ticket for president, it’s clear that he understands (or at least his people do) the power of viral marketing. Don’t just notice the political stuff he uses, check out all the non-traditional marketing he’s using.

So the elections are over, the Democrats have the House and Senate… and American conservatives were lulled to sleep. We were fools to believe that the conservatives would win an election based purely on war. Clearly, the American people have voted on the war and they said ."no more." It’s not that this has been…

The last 36 hours have been huge politically. I’m not really a political person but I can tell something significant has happened. As a fan of the 2 party system I can actually see how having a split here between the Executive and Legislative branch may actually get things moving faster. At the same time,…

For a long time I’ve joked that one day soon Hillary Clinton will run for president and Oprah Winfrey will be on her ticket. Not only is Oprah not running in 2008, she is suing the pants off of some poor guy who is suggested she run. As I read the legal notices sent by…

It is the week between the NFL Playoffs and the Super Bowl and it is the week of the State of the Union address by President Bush. I don’t envy him. Even with so much going right in the economy and in Iraq, Bush will likely get hammered for not doing enough. It seems like…

The man could preach you know? [Check it out] I have often been amazed at how few people have ever heard Martin Luther King, Jr. preach a sermon. Yes, he was one of the great oritors of the 20th Century… but he was also one of the most profound preachers I have ever read. Of…