Peter Laarman Posts

California’s governor was trained by Jesuits and understands what we mean by the words “moral economy.” Nevertheless, the nation’s oldest governor has gone completely off the rails in his rage against a federal court order to reduce state prison populations to 137.5 percent of their design capacity.

Peter LaarmanThe president’s re-election and the remarkable Senate gains speak for themselves. Many breathe easier. I do.I am not here to parse the election result but to say just a word about the Next Big Thing: the coming lame duck session and the “fiscal cliff&...

Mitt Romney’s endorsement by various televangelists obscures the more important ways in which the candidate himself now projects the essence of televangelism. As the campaign enters the final days, Candidate Romney increasingly exhorts hi...