at times corrupted along similar lines. One need look no further than the very analogous child abuse scandals of the Roman Catholic church in recent years. However, it is also worthy of note that the Roman Catholic scandals were worsened by the perceiv…

when most of the others were squirmingly silent was an act of pure kindness and self-sacrificing generosity. It was not especially noticeable. But if you were Rick Perry in that moment, you were well aware that Romney was the one who tried to save you….

is not to lay blame, but instead begin to ask questions about a system that seeks to protect itself and others not against true evil, but owns that evil and seeks to protect itself from the ramifications of the evil. People kept turning back to the sys…

of the American system, by separating church and government, church competition flourishes and serves as a further check on corruption inside religion. But with such competition comes a potential problem. If those churches stop competing for souls and …

there were really five agencies he should cut. And then someone did try to help him, and this to me was the most memorable moment of the evening. From somewhere on the panel, a voice reached out to the struggling Texan, a suggestion that might help Per…

there were really five agencies he should cut. And then someone did try to help him, and this to me was the most memorable moment of the evening. From somewhere on the panel, a voice reached out to the struggling Texan, a suggestion that might help Per…

to handle an issue that was fundamentally and basically human. When confronted with deep evil they did not turn to their own revulsion, but instead to a bureaucracy. As someone who spent one year of his college years in a major football program, you ar…

As Perry’s brain was hardening into arctic pack ice, Romney suggested that maybe the third agency he wanted to eliminate was the EPA. Yeah, that’s it! But no, it wasn’t. Pressed by Harwood, Perry said it wasn’t the EPA, but blast if he could remember w…

is not to lay blame, but instead begin to ask questions about a system that seeks to protect itself and others not against true evil, but owns that evil and seeks to protect itself from the ramifications of the evil. People kept turning back to the sys…

of the American system, by separating church and government, church competition flourishes and serves as a further check on corruption inside religion. But with such competition comes a potential problem. If those churches stop competing for souls and …