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The Not-So-Right Reverend Rick

I am not a big fan of Rick Warren’s. He thinks I’m going to hell. He said so in mixed company, at an Aspen Institute forum. He was asked if Jews were going to hell. He said yes. He can go ahead and feed every poor child in Africa and I’m still going to think [...]

President Bush Uses the D-Word

In fact, he used it five times this morning in an appearance before the American Enterprise Institute: And what makes this issue difficult to explain is — to the average guy is, why should I be using my money because of excesses on Wall Street? And I understand that frustration. I completely understand why people [...]

The Rick Warren Choice: Offensive, Foolish, or Just Uninspired?

From TIME’s Amy Sullivan: Liberals are furious with Obama for asking mega-church pastor and evangelical Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his Inauguration. Conservatives are furious with Warren for accepting the invitation (just as they savaged him two years ago when he invited Obama to speak at his annual HIV/AIDS conference). But amid all [...]

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Mary Schapiro to the SEC

Just in time to deal with the Madoff Mess. She’s got the qualifications and the chops. I love this exchange: Schapiro has shown aplomb during 20 years as a Washington- based-regulator. When she became CFTC chairman 14 years ago, then-Chicago Board of Trade President Thomas Donovan said he wouldn’t be “intimidated by some blond, 5-foot-2-inch [...]