If studies on lab rats are any indication, human beings have a deep-seated fear of a big, scary cat being let into their cage.
During the [Barack] Obama presidency, the Dow doubled in real terms. What's more, its growth has been remarkably steady.
In other words, in the same way that mass incarceration surged because of a real thing, it's finally starting to ebb because of a real thing: the actual, concrete decline in violent crime that started in the early 90s and which appears to be permanent. America is simply a safer place than it used to be, and looks set to stay that way.
The fallout from the Supreme Court halfway killing Obamacare would likely be more serious than conservatives believe. . . Even their own base, which has been told relentlessly that Obamacare represents the end of the America they love, might start to demand a fix once it becomes clear just what they’re missing - and what all those blue states with their own exchanges are getting.
There's no liberal equivalent of Donald Trump.
[Ronald]Reagan and[George W. ] Bush were far more radical than other presidents.
Donald Trump lied about criticizing Mark Zuckerberg. Ben Carson lied about Mannatech. Carli Fiorina lied about the size of the tax code. Marco Rubio flatly refused to answer a question ("discredited attacks from Democrats") that I guess he didn't think he could just lie about. This is quite a debate.
When I talk of reality, I am always thinking of essentials. Profundity is not located in some remote, inaccessible region. It is rooted in everyday life.
Our passion is to imitate the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit. This requires we must follow Jesus out of baptismal waters, through our personal deserts, and into the harvest. We want to take the ammunition of the balanced evangelical theology with the fire power of Pentecostal practice, loading & readying the best of both worlds to hit the target of making & nurturing disciples.
Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.
A woman unsatisfied must have luxuries. But a woman who loves a man would sleep on a board