http://rjmoeller.com In Defense of "Mere Conservatism" Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:09:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By: R.J. Moeller My father has been a pastor and marriage counselor for nearly three decades and through the years has heard countless stories that go something like this: Woman marries (or shacks up with) Man.  Things are great for a while.  Eventually Woman comes to learn that Man has a proclivity ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/battered-citizen-syndrome/ I am very excited to be in Miami, FL this week for a conference hosted by the conservative think-tank The Acton Institute.  I will be here until Sunday morning, so for the next four days blog-posts here at AVITW will be limited to what time I have in between sessions ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/moeller-does-miami/ This is a big week for the health care reform battles in Washington, so I thought today I'd just post something that made me laugh when it I saw it the other day.  It's from the episode of Saturday Night Live that comedian Zack Galifianakis hosted (who, btw, was the ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/something-a-little-lighter-from-snl/ Paul Ryan is a Republican congressman from Wisconsin and one of the sharpest tools in the GOP shed.  In today's Washington Post, in a piece that can only be described as "systematic" and "brilliant", Rep. Ryan presents the problems with the current health care "reform" bill being proposed by the ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/rep-paul-ryan-a-voice-of-reason-in-a-congress-gone-mad/ I've posted this video before, perhaps a year or two ago, but I think it's worth a second go-round. Mark Steyn discussing the disastrous results of "multiculturalism" in Europe: http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/steyn-on-europe/ The time for talk is over. So proclaimed the most talkative president in modern memory. I can't remember when Barack Obama said that. Maybe it was during the first "final showdown" on health care. Or maybe it was the third. The fifth? It's so hard to tell when pretty much every ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/jonah-goldberg-health-care-hell/ This week marks the 25th anniversary of the speech in which Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union precisely what it was: an evil empire.  Speaking to the National Association of Evangelicals, President Reagan made his case for Judeo-Christian values and called God-fearing Americans to action in the struggle for moral ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/reagan-and-the-evil-empire/ The Heritage Foundation is the standard for conservative think-tanks.  Heritage is involved in everything from Foreign Policy to Health Care Reform to Economic Freedom.  Today Heritage posted "Ten Steps to a Free Iran", an abbreviated list of ten things the US and Europe can (and should) be doing to help ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/can-iran-be-free/ by: R.J. Moeller My favorite director is Alfred Hitchcock.  No one told a story on the silver screen quite like "old Hitch."  I especially love Vertigo, North By Northwest, and Notorious.  Hitchcock mastered the psychological thriller, loved setting his stories amidst grandiose backdrops and landscapes, always paid great attention to detail, ... http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/shutter-island-hitchcock-inspired-moeller-approved/ Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) is being forced out of office today by the White House (and union supporters) because he does not support Obamacare. Here is Massa, in his own words, explaining the bizarre pressure the current administration (namely, Rahm Emmanuel) has been putting on him. http://rjmoeller.com/2010/03/dem-on-dem-action/