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August 2017

August 25, 2017

If You Wish to Be Called Al, Then Teach This Way

The best teacher I know is called Al and we honor the best students in the...

August 24, 2017

House Ties: On Dress and Education

We need school ties. That seems odd, since any given piece of clothing is not...

August 23, 2017

If Only You Could Call Me Al: Three Truths for Educators

A wise song says that given certain conditions you can "call me Al." That should be...

August 22, 2017

Classical Education: A Way of Being and Not a Curriculum

Some old things should be forgotten, yet much that has been forgotten should not have...

August 21, 2017

Getting Schooled . . .

When school starts, most Americans do not go. We are done, graduated. Thank God. Or...

August 20, 2017

Eclipse: a Philosopher Annotates “Total Eclipse of the Heart” using Republic

Life passes and makes what once was good, a shame. My love, still difficult to...

August 19, 2017

Beauty and the Bestial School

"Beauty had charms to tame the savage beast," so Disney and fairy tales tell us....

August 18, 2017

How to Respond to Confederates and White Nationalists: We’ve Done This

The proper role of the Federal Government is to stand between white nationalists and the...

August 17, 2017

Finding Demons – Questions from M*

Satan is real, he is active, and he must be opposed. Christianity suggests this is...

August 16, 2017

My Candy Cigarettes

This birthday Mom and Dad bought me a box of candy I loved as a...

August 15, 2017

Somebody Pay the Writers More or Find New Writers

I started a new children series and stopped, not because I was offended, but because...

August 14, 2017

Why Racism Matters More in America: Don’t be Distracted

Basic moral rule: if you see evil, call it evil.

August 13, 2017

Ten Tips for a Great School Year: K-College

Some advice is so good it works for everyone. At the kindergarten through college program, where...

August 12, 2017

No: No to Racism, No to the Alt-Right, No to Fascism

Nationalism is not patriotism. "Blood and soil" nationalism has a particularly evil history and in...

August 11, 2017

She is Bigger than the City!

There is a reason the love of money is the root of all kinds of...

August 11, 2017

Virgins Conceiving Everywhere!

We are almost to the Annunciation when an angel came and gave a Jewish woman...

August 10, 2017

Satan is Alive Yet Unwell on Planet Earth!

Devils are dull, deadly dull. Whenever I have run into traces of evil that might...

August 09, 2017

Abounding Miracles: Help My Unbelief

I have known marriages destroyed by unbelief and souls saved by unbelief. The lover that...

August 08, 2017

Miracles: Happening Now

I watched a man run away from church, out of his mind, dirt flying as...

August 07, 2017

The Wolf Who Broke His Teeth on the Fold – Questions from M

Much is lost that should not have been forgotten, but what has been recollected comes...

August 06, 2017

Dung to Lilies: In the Beauty of the Lilies He Transfigures You and Me

Sometimes you will pick up the cutest child only to catch a whiff of the...

August 05, 2017

Being for More

"What did the pastor preach?" "About sin." "What did he say?" "He was against it."...

August 04, 2017

The 100% Solution: Questions from M

An odd thing about folks is that if you put a number on it, they...

August 03, 2017

A Patriot and Not a Nationalist: Conclusion of the Post-Barton Dialog

God save the Republic! Following the arguments of Hunter Baker and Warren Throckmorton about the...

August 02, 2017

After the Barton Debacle: Baker and Throckmorton Respond to Each Other

David Barton is a mess. No scholar I know, no matter how conservative, will defend...

August 01, 2017

Post-David Barton: Christianity and the Constitution

David Barton is wrong. And so are the godless constitutionalists.

August 01, 2017

Post Barton – Christianity and the Constitution- Warren Throckmorton

A Note from John Mark N. Reynolds: Christians in the academy disagree on many things,...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

The Bible and Contradictions: Canaanites and Childish Delights

There is value to child-like wonder, but little in childish anger. If you think children...

July 30, 2017

Dunkirk: When the Titanic wasn’t your bravest day

Imagine living a life where being brave and surviving the Titanic disaster was not your...

July 29, 2017

Lyston: Thank You (Giving Class to Carnival)

Do not be discouraged. Good people abound. Here is a shout out to Lyston who...