Two things of note. First, John DiIulio is back. In the 1990s, DiIulio emerged as one of the most consequential voices in public policy. Articles like this one and this one and this one and scores of others challenged the status quo and changed social policy. After his time in the Bush White House, however,…

Thinker suggest the study suggesting there are “five kinds of Christians” missed one. Here is a a snippet: Let us include the “anonymous” Christians… …A friend of mine was once a missionary in Guatamala for an evangelical church. There could not have been more passionate Christians than my friend and her husband. It was in…

There is a debate going on inside the Romney camp over whether or not he should give a “religion” speech. The concern is that such a speech would simply draw attention to the “religion issue.” I hope he gives the speech. There are certain things I’d love to hear him say. The latent speechwriter in…

John DiIulio, noted sociologist (and criminologist and political scientist and head of Bush’s Faith-Based office)(and dear friend) has written a piece in First Things about which candidates are the best on poverty issues. His answer? “Honest Mike and Sister Hillary” Clinton conceives government’s role as empowering average citizens to lead productive if not uniformly prosperous…

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