Whose Side?

This sort of feeds into the ongoing discussion about faith and national allegiances:
I don’t tend to react very well when a person claims God for their agenda or their side or their country. As an American citizen, born and raised in Hong Kong, and educated in London, I have somewhat of an outsider’s perspective [...]

Rethinking What Is Pro-American

So Sarah Palin wants to be vice president, but only likes to visit “pro-American” parts of the country. I’m so glad she knows where Pro-America is and what make Pro-American pro-American. Since pro-American regions would naturally support those things which are unique to this country and promote the economic, politics, and culture of America, I [...]

Live From New York…It’s Time for Campaign Finance Reform

Last Saturday night, Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin made two cameo appearances on the recently revived comedy show, Saturday Night Live. She’s not the only candidate to appear there in recent months; both John McCain and Barack Obama have made appearances as well. And each of them, despite the clear liberal bias of the [...]

A Candidate’s Church Activity: Enough to Earn an Evangelical’s Vote?

With Sarah Palin on John McCain’s ticket, evangelical leader James Dobson is ready to say he’ll support McCain (he won’t endorse McCain, but he’ll vote for McCain). Dobson is not endorsing McCain/Palin, but he is “supportive” of them (this after Dobson denounced McCain in 2000 by pointing out McCain’s adultery and ethical issues).
Palin’s calls herself [...]