25 years ago, Queen Elizabeth broke with tradition and ordered the US National Anthem played at Buckingham Palace.
Today, by command of The King, that same anthem rang out again on the anniversary of 9/11.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester stood in for His Majesty, joined by US Ambassador Warren Stephens.
Never forget. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Just to review today:
The Dept of Ed made a post saying they were just like Hitler.
Ted Cruz had a retweet of an account named ‘Ted Cruz’s Tiny Penis’
The WH posted a screen shot of an eagle on top of a Canadian goose but in the video the goose wins.
Trump made a ‘Mission Accomplished’ post on Iran that included George W. Bush & Iraq.
A GOP Rep. banned Jelly Roll from his district because he made a fat joke about Trump.
And the sealant on the Reflecting Pool is peeling again.
friendly reminder that everything on the island was REAL. they didn't die in the crash. they lived and died at different times (some on the island, some years later). the "flash-sideways" church was an afterlife purgatory they built to find each other, let go and move on together
"It's hard to believe that it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand."
At last, the ballroom we've all been praying for lo these many years.
The "data" behind the claim that voting for and supporting Trump is not an inherently pro-life act is that *abortions went up during his presidency.* The evidentiary burden beyond that is not on @DavidAFrench or I (see my book Reclaiming Hope for a definitive assessment of the abortion debate during the Obama years), but on the people who persist in justifying persistent support for Trump on abortion--sometimes, nearly exclusively--in spite of his record.
I think David's argument re: the libertine impulse is compelling. Conservatives used to understand that culture is important even if you can't always assess its impact in linear, obvious ways. It's been so strange to see conservatives argue that character and culture somehow don't matter, when it's an understanding of those things that, in my view, make conservatism so potent and resilient. It's why George W. Bush was so correct to speak of a "culture of life."
Relatedly, Trump's clear insincerity on the issue, and so much of the pro-life movement's willingness to attach itself to Trump, undermined how Americans viewed the sincerity of pro-life arguments in general.
I hope conservatives reclaim their insights regarding character and culture, because the nation needs them.
Please don’t let the hypocrisies of those who claim Christ keep you from Christ. Numbers 23:19 says God is not a human that he should lie or a son of man that he should change his mind. He is not us. We must know Jesus firsthand so we recognize who he is and who he’s not.