Daily Archives: March 15, 2010

In Texas, Thomas Jefferson and the Enlightenment lose to Thomas Aquinas!

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Last week the Texas Freedom Network live blogged the Texas State Board of Education and bore witness to Thomas Jefferson and the Enlightenment going right down Orwell’s memory hole: 9:27 – The board is taking up remaining amendments on the high … Continue reading →

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Health care reform and Barack Obama: Howard Fineman thinks Barack Obama’s stock is destined to rise big time, especially if health care reform passes

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Apparently based on health care reform’s revived prospects, Howard Fineman says this: If I were a broker and Barack Obama were a stock, I’d have a one-word piece of advice today: buy. Republicans should be scared. Very scared. Democrats are … Continue reading →

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Yes we can! Nancy Pelosi is bullish on health care reform’s passage

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

If what Greg Sargent is reporting today is true, American politics is on the verge of a seismic shift: In her most expansive case yet for health reform, Nancy Pelosi argued in a small roundtable with bloggers today that passing … Continue reading →

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Would the Ante-Nicene Fathers call contemporary American Protestants Christians (followers of Jesus)?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Early Orthodox (or proto-Orthodox) Christians writing after the apostolic period but before western Christendom’s adoption of the Nicene Creed (325 CE) are sometimes called the Ante-Nicene Fathers, and there is a fascinating (and rather thick) book I’m reading that catalogues quotes from … Continue reading →

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