Daily Archives: July 20, 2012

Newt Gingrich’s To Save America 2

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

In my latest reading of Newt Gingrich’s To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine, Newt defines what he means by “secular”, “socialist”, and “machine”.  In this post, I’d like to focus on the “socialist” part.  Newt on page 42 defines … Continue reading →

Posted in Candidates, Economics, Health Care, Political Philosophy, Politics

So It Was Against the Law?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

For my write-up today on John Boswell’s Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, I’ll highlight something that Boswell says on page 243: “The Eclogues, a legal handbook issued in 741 by Leo III and Constantine V and constituting the major code … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Religion