Fred Thompson on the Issues

For a record of where Fred stands on the issues:
Fred Thompson on the Issues

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Undeclared Momentum: Fred Ties, Wins by 1, Then Wins by 4

A Rasmussen report gives the details:
The biggest question in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination is whether or not former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson can sustain his warm-up act once he becomes an actual candidate. The actor once did what many politicians could never imagine by walking away from a career in the Senate. [...]

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Pro-Orthodox, not Anti-Pope

Tom over at Una Sancta writes an incredibly polemical piece on why Protestants become Orthodox rather than Roman Catholic:
One problem that arises when a Western Protestant chooses Orthodoxy is the intentional NOT choosing Catholicism. Thus, the convert to Orthodoxy feels the need to revisit old conflicts and take sides, even though he is in all [...]

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New Page Tab

I have collected here on my blog the essays on my pilgrimage from my Restoration Movement roots, in and back out of Anglicanism, and ending up in Orthodoxy.  They are accessible via the “Pilgrim Essays” tab up at the top of this home page, next to the “Home” and “About” tabs.
You navigate through the essays [...]

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The Apostles’ Fast

In addition to the regular fasting and abstinences on nearly all Wednesdays and Fridays, Orthodox observe four major fasting periods: Great and Holy Lent, the weeks leading up to Easter or Pascha; the Dormition Fast, the two weeks from 1 through 14 August preceding the Feast of our Lady’s Falling Asleep; the Nativity Fast, the [...]

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Fire Meet Belly? (A Fred fer Prez Post)

Bloomberg has a pretty negative news article on Thompson which paints him as essentially lazy, opportunistic and attention-seeking. But the article does, in fact, raise the important question: Does Fred really want to run? Does he have it in him? There’s a mythic romance about the “accidental” candidate, but winning elections is no accident.
That said, [...]

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Mr. Mom Weekend IV: Post III–Of Airplanes and Thunderstorms

I had meant to share more about my just-concluded Mr. Mom Weekend IV over the past four days, but the days were very, very busy.  Church and naps and groceries on Sunday; work and dishes and babysitters on Monday; canceled flights and pending hotel charges and much phone calls on Tuesday; personal leave and more [...]

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More on the Dialectic of Opposition: Some Practical Comments Regarding Scripture and Tradition

First of all, I failed to make clear in my earlier post linking to the dialectic of opposition comments at All Saints Forum, my indebtedness to Perry Robinson and Joseph Farrell’s book, Free Choice in Saint Maximus the Confessor, for highlighting this dynamic for me. It’s definitely not an original thought on my part. [...]

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How Orthodox Anglicans Can be Orthodox

Anglicans Online in their weekly commentary, make some, at least superficially, “surprising” admissions about the term “orthodox”:
It’s become common for Anglicans who are not comfortable with the contemporary church to refer to themselves as ‘orthodox’. That venerable word when applied to Christians has several meanings in the dictionary, but the generally accepted meaning of that [...]

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You Know Yer a Front-Runner When . . . (A Fred fer Prez Post)

. . . Dems launch attack ads against you
Even before his expected July announcement, Fred Thompson’s all-but-declared entry into the Republican presidential stakes has prompted the Democratic National Committee to attack him as a potential GOP front-runner and to use his prospective candidacy to raise money.
Democratic strategists say Thompson’s populist style and show-biz allure could [...]

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