While many men may be afraid to admit it or discuss it, annual surveys such as the Monitoring the Future report (scroll down to Figure 14) have found that about 70% of male high school seniors (wow!) have said that having a good marriage and family life is "extremely important." That's why I'm thankful for the team at Boundless. They've just announced what sounds like an excellent free resource: a guy's guide to marrying well.Most men hope to marry some day, but there's no guarantee they will. Increasingly, young men are — as one writer put it — "stumbling on to the altar as if by … [Read more...] about A Guy’s Guide to Marrying Well
The Forgotten Man – Amity Shlaes
Most of us grew up hearing that Herbert Hoover was a cold, unfeeling President who refused to take action to help the massively troubled economy of his day. Capitalism run wild was to blame, and Roosevelt rode in to save us from the vicious, greedy private sector with the largehearted New Deal. In The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Amity Shlaes, visiting senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and a syndicated columnist at Bloomberg, argues that federal intervention actually helped make the Depression so great. In the process, the common man (who ended up … [Read more...] about The Forgotten Man – Amity Shlaes
The Real John McCain – Mark Saltar
By way of disclaimer: I did not vote for McCain in the primary, and while I agree with those who have criticized the aggressive tone of the race, I do not think McCain was more negative than Obama. Quite the opposite, in fact, with McCain being quick to defend Obama from slander and refusing to use the Jeremiah Wright association to brand him. Mark Saltar is John McCain's biographer and has worked closely with McCain for many years. He was a senior adviser in McCain's failed bid for the presidency. Today he published a three-page reflection on the presidential race: the … [Read more...] about The Real John McCain – Mark Saltar
Evangelicals, Abortion, and President-Elect Obama
I've been curious about the extent to which Obama garnered evangelical support in his (massively) successful presidential bid. There appear to be various slants on the data, but here are some nuggets: 1. Exit polls say 26 percent of American voters in the 2008 general election called themselves evangelical or born-again Christians, and of these, 74 percent voted for McCain, with 25 percent voting for Obama. (HT: Ted Olsen) By comparison, George W. Bush won 78% of the evangelical vote in 2004. 2. However, Steve Waldeman reports that Obama doubled his support among evangelicals aged 18-29 … [Read more...] about Evangelicals, Abortion, and President-Elect Obama
Video of Albert Mohler on ABC News
The Charles Gibson interview (video and text). … [Read more...] about Video of Albert Mohler on ABC News
Albert Mohler To Appear on ABC World News Tonight
A Southern Seminary News Release: R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled to appear tonight on ABC World News with Charles Gibson. Mohler was interviewed today by correspondent Dan Harris on the evangelical reaction to the election of Sen. Barack Obama. ABC World News airs nationally at 6:30 PM EST. … [Read more...] about Albert Mohler To Appear on ABC World News Tonight