http://rjmoeller.com In Defense of "Mere Conservatism" Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:58:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en President Reagan would have been 101 today.  Instead of fawning over the great man, I simply want to share a few of my favorite clips of The Gipper, in his own words. First, here is pre-politician Reagan in 1961 discussing the Left's attempt to socialize medicine (sound familiar?): A few years ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/02/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/ The president spoke at the annual prayer breakfast this week and had some "interesting" things to say about tax policy, New Testament theology, and the role a Christian should play (and pay) in society. I wrote about the whole thing over at AEI's "Values and Capitalism" blog.  Here's an excerpt: Most of ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/02/obamas-prayer-breakfast-exegesis/ Just to prove we don't only talk political/economic issues here at A Voice in the Wilderness, I wanted to quickly post a few videos of songs and bands that I currently enjoy listening to...while reading and writing about politics and economics. Keep in mind, this is purely a list of ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/02/some-good-music-for-your-ears/ The year was 1994.  I was about 11 years old.  My father, as he was wont to do, was watching his favorite weekly news program The McLaughlin Group.  As I sat and tried desperately to understand what was being said on the television screen about the 1994 mid-term elections a ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/michael-barone-brett-kunkle/ By: A.E. Carnehl, Guest Contributor -------------------- The turn of the 20th century was marked by a number of new philosophies that had grown out of the Darwinism, Marxism, and scientific skepticism of the 19th century.  Theosophists, or individuals following the ideas of Helena Blavatsky, maintained that personal spiritual ecstasy and open-mindedness were ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/g-k-day-dogma-matters/ By: R.J. Moeller -------------- We're roughly a year away from the next Inauguration Day.  At this time next year, one of three men will be sworn in as our president for the following 4 years.  For all intents and purposes, it's between Mitt and Newt for the Republicans, and then obviously between ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/a-different-time-but-the-same-place/ Men and Women live in the same world, so why do they see it so differently? Renowned relationship expert, Alison Armstrong, provides answers that are provocative and profound in this entertaining fully animated Prager University course, the first in a new series. Hope you like it! Let me ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/prager-university-men-and-women-are-different/ It's here.  It's what you've been waiting for.  Joining R.J. and Eric Teetsel on American Enterprise Institute's "Values & Capitalism" podcast this week is our first liberal Democrat! And who did we bestow this sacred honor upon, you ask?  Why, none other than Tim King, Director of Communications for Jim Wallis' ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/tim-king-and-eric-teetsel/ Few things interest this blogger more than WWII history.  It is the single most important event of the 100 years, and perhaps well beyond that.  Andrew Roberts is a fantastic historical writer from Great Britain and has penned an excellent new book, The Storm of War, for which he sat ... http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/andrew-roberts-the-storm-of-war/ Stream ProLifeCon 2012 live below! Follow me on Twitter at the hash-tag #ProLifeCon http://rjmoeller.com/2012/01/prolifecon-2012/