by The Trinity Forum | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
At a recent lunch, several friends and I discussed the future of the Republican Party. I argued that the challenges facing the Republican Party, at least at the presidential level, are significant and fairly fundamental. After our conversation, I cobbled together some...
by The Trinity Forum | Feb 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
The most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey is filled with ominous news for the president. It’s not simply that the president’s approval ratings are near all-time lows for him in this particular poll (43 approve v. 51 disapprove). Or that for the...
by The Trinity Forum | Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
In David Remnick’s nearly 17,000-word article in the New Yorker, President Obama spoke about whether the use of drones was radicalizing civilian populations we need to win over: Look, you wrestle with it. And those who have questioned our drone policy are doing...
by The Trinity Forum | Jan 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
In an April 21, 1986 lecture at New York University (found in the collection Came the Revolution), Daniel Patrick Moynihan has some words to say about David Stockman. Moynihan quotes Stockman as saying (in his memoir), “To me, [Irving] Kristol was a secular...
by The Trinity Forum | Jan 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
The best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell has written an article in Relevant magazine, “How I Rediscovered Faith.” He recounts being raised in a Christian home and wandering off the path taken by the rest of his family. “I have always believed in God,” according to...