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March 2016

March 09, 2016

If Trump fans are right, we should not vote for Trump: We Do Not Know Donald Trump

Talking to people who love Donald J. Trump is helpful. Leave out the Twitter-bot White...

March 08, 2016

Tuesday Night at the Election: Live Blog

Here we go . . . again. Together we will watch the returns to answer...

March 07, 2016

So Help Me God: Not Donald Trump

It happened twice. The speaker asked the people gathered to raise their right hand and...

March 06, 2016

Nancy: the Strength of Subordination

Nancy Reagan is dead. She is not the last of her era, George H.W. Bush...

March 05, 2016

Sometimes We Are All Chockers: Peter, Lincoln, and The Rest of Us

This is not really about politics. The other day Donald Trump said that "Little Marco"...

March 04, 2016

The Hands Campaign: Why It Matters

Dr. Ben Carson is famous for his book and film Gifted Hands. The neurosurgeon featured...

March 03, 2016

GOP Debate: Michigan Live Blog

Normal live blog rules: this is an immediate response to events as they unfold. Bias...

March 02, 2016

Post-Super Tuesday: Going to the Convention and a Split Party

Ben Carson is out and the brokered convention is now more likely than not. This...

March 01, 2016

Super Tuesday Live Blog

The first major returns in delegate terms come tonight. Here is my own view as...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

How I Will Vote: Ten Guidelines from President James Garfield

Tomorrow I will vote in the Texas Republican Primary. I told my team yesterday that...

February 28, 2016

Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?

The old joke has an answer: "Who is buried in Grant's tomb?" Nobody. Grant is...

February 27, 2016

On Locke This Presidential Year

America exists because of John Locke. There are reasons, of course, but this Republic owes...

February 26, 2016

Plato and Jesus

Certain critics of great books education fear that the books will replace the Book. They...

February 25, 2016

Remember the Alamo: Live Debate Blog

Remember the experts who told you that Trump would fade in the Fall? These same...

February 24, 2016

Eat Your Cold Cereal Now

A bowl of cereal is, I am told, too inconvenient for many millennials. One is...

February 23, 2016

Don’t Give Up Your Education to a Puppy Monkey Baby School

The worst commercial ever may have been the Super Bowl commercial where Mountain Dew decided we wanted to...

February 22, 2016

Six Sure Signs You Picked the Wrong Church

I learned about bad churches by talking to students. I had to do so, because...

February 21, 2016

Under the Plane Tree: Where Desire Meets Power

Love cannot abide the abuse of power. Or so it seems to me after a...

February 20, 2016

After South Carolina: The Undiscovered Country with a Brief History Lesson

Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary building on his New Hampshire win. He is...

February 19, 2016

Don’t Kill A Mocking Bird

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." - To...

February 18, 2016

Why does Bernie Sanders say he is a socialist?

As a full grown adult, Senator Sanders was a socialist. He still calls himself a...

February 17, 2016

Education: What Has Changed What Has Not

If Jesus had online educational capacity, He would not have had 612 apostles. Online education...

February 16, 2016

For the Love of the Poor Reject Socialism

I oppose socialism for the sake of my brothers and sisters who are poor. Charity...

February 15, 2016

An Open Letter to James Garfield On President’s Day

Dear Mr. Garfield, You were shot for refusing to be a partisan hack by a...

February 14, 2016

“OK, Next:” Be of Good Cheer

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself...

February 13, 2016

Live Blog of the Republican Debate in South Carolina

If you are a conservative, then today is a sad day. Justice Scalia, Reagan's intellectual...

February 13, 2016

Justice Scalia: A Great Man Has Fallen

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath...

February 12, 2016

The Party of Lincoln: GOP Voters Must Learn from our Founder

Abraham Lincoln was not the first GOP candidate for President, Fremont got that honor, but...

February 11, 2016

Socialism isn’t Wicked, It Just Turns Out Badly

Socialism is having a "cool kids" moment. The generation that did not know Eastern Europe...

February 10, 2016

Why a Christian in America Should Not Be or Vote for a Socialist

Senator Bernie Sanders is being promoted as a way for Christians to vote their values,...