Magazine that i edit also thinks to peter who is the editor for contributing so much to making this evening have been really it was his idea to have a big event like this to mark the publication of this important book and also i would like to think the people at the american conservative who is a tireless blocker as we all know. [laughter] actually right now he is posting. [laughter] and i would like to think that we are trying to think about how to move forward in Tumultuous Times of change not just in the political culture but also there is a spiritual earthquake abroad in the west and in our society and we try to do about what that really means so the plow magazine is on everybodys chair and so is the american conservative there are subscription cards in the magazines ready for you to fill out because were cheap thats not true we did the provide everybody a copy because we assumed an audience like this you were all subscribers already. But if yours was lost in the mail we would be h
Good evening. Ang evening of conversation and discussion about our christian witness in the 21st century. And the occasion is, of course, rod drehers new book on the benedict option. Before i introduce our speaker i want to thank the cosponsors of this event. My name is rusty reno and one of the sponsors of the event is first things magazine, that i edit, and the other sponsor is plow, and id like to think peter munson, the editor, for contributing to make this happen. It was peaters peters idea to have this event and id like to thank the folk tuesday american conservative, where rod dreher is the Senior Editor and a tireless blogger, and as we all know. In fact right now he is posting. And the folks the american conservative that and the folks at plow id like to thank those at first things are trying to think about how to move forward in very Tumultuous Times of a very deep change, not just in the political culture but thick also theres a sort of spiritual earthquake abroad in the wes
Good evening. Ang evening of conversation and discussion about our christian witness in the 21st century. And the occasion is, of course, rod drehers new book on the benedict option. Before i introduce our speaker i want to thank the cosponsors of this event. My name is rusty reno and one of the sponsors of the event is first things magazine, that i edit, and the other sponsor is plow, and id like to think peter munson, the editor, for contributing to make this happen. It was peaters peters idea to have this event and id like to thank the folk tuesday american conservative, where rod dreher is the Senior Editor and a tireless blogger, and as we all know. In fact right now he is posting. And the folks the american conservative that and the folks at plow id like to thank those at first things are trying to think about how to move forward in very Tumultuous Times of a very deep change, not just in the political culture but thick also theres a sort of spiritual earthquake abroad in the wes
Bundle it to any candidate other than those for which theyve registered, it seems to me we may be missing a chance, we may lose somebody may attack it and some court may say, you should have tattered your bundling, but i would be disposed to try and stop the bundling. So, the rational for preventing in this proposal, direct contributions to the lobbyist to a direct [inaudible] that theyre supposed to o lobby, we think that contribution will allow them to curry favor with the official, make the official more receptive to whatever the lobbyist is proposing or advocating for or maybe opposing in some instances. I think and correct me if im wrong, i believe that the commissions view on bundling is largely the same, its not different inkind, its different in scope, that instead of simply talking about a single up to 500 individual contribution from a lobbyist, we should also be concerned about the corruptive influence of not my 500 check if i were a lobbyist but a fairly decent stack of 500
Candidates focus back on their campaigns today after a debate last night in texas. Marco rubio and ted cruz took turns attacking donald trump on the issues. While ben carson and john case ick kasich didnt really stand out. C b s news correspondent Omar Villafranca is in houston texas. 3 pkg natsrepublican president ial frontrunner, donald trump, was the target of most of the punches in last nights debate. Many coming from marco rubio. This Fiery Exchange on healthcare was one of the most tweeted moments of the night sot trump the biggest thing we gototnd the ason we have no competition isecause we have lineses around the state. sot rubio so thats the plan . Just the line the fact that we have intersta competition . sot trump the nice part of the plan is that youll have many different plans sot rubio tacks between trump and ted cr got personal. sot trump im having a lot of fun up relax sot trump im relaxed. Youre the basket casetrump also took hits from people off candidate said he hasn