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December 2012

December 24, 2012

Christmas Carol (IX): Ghost of Christmas Future

We discount Scrooge's sins too steeply if we make him merely stingy. Scrooge's stinginess made...

December 20, 2012

Christmas Carol (VIII): Ignorance and Want

Christmas Carol has targets in mind and it isn't Ebenezer Scrooge. Charles Dickens is after Ignorance...

December 18, 2012

Christmas Carol (VII): The Ghost of Christmas Present

Ebenezer Scrooge has refused to make merry on Christmas and so Christmas jests with him....

December 06, 2012

Christmas Carol (VI): Ghosts of Christmas Past

Unlike Ebenezer Scrooge, the memories of my Christmas past are happy. My parents worked hard...

December 06, 2012

Guns, Football, and Fornication

The murder, abuse, and suicide of a NFL player has brought all kinds of emotions...

December 04, 2012

Christmas Carol (V): On Marley’s Message

He is a ghost, not a musician, old Jacob Marley, but his message, though less...

December 04, 2012

Hope and No Change

Recently, I have been asked why I do not just admit my "views" on any...

December 02, 2012

I don’t want to be a Misfit Toy

The Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer invents an Island of Misfit Toys. These rejects garner sympathy...

December 01, 2012

Christmas Carol (IV): Average Christmas

Dickens made me love the biffen so much I named a cat after the apple....

November 2012

November 29, 2012

A Christmas Carol (III): Let Us Keep the Feast

I like giving gifts and I like receiving them. This must be understood or nothing...

November 27, 2012

Christmas Carol (Part II): Improve the Union Work Houses!

What to avoid feeling like Scrooge? Recall all the tax money you paying to help...

November 26, 2012

Christmas Carol (Part I): It is Bad to Be Scrooge

Your favorite television show must do an episode based on it. It will not be...

November 17, 2012

Accounting for Time: I am too young.

When confronted with a life story to make an argument it helps if the life...

November 13, 2012

In Which I get a Life

Moans about the election from the conservative community are understandable. Losing stings, but for me...

November 12, 2012

Red Poppy

May the just warriors be happy today and may the saints amongst the soldiers rejoice...

November 08, 2012

I was wrong.

As I wrote before the election, if my "call" was wrong (and it was) there...

November 05, 2012

My Call, My Reasons, and Five Things I Regret

I am voting for Mr. Romney and now on the last day of the election...

November 01, 2012

If I am wrong: Ten Things I will do and not do.

I have long believed economic and social forces make 2012 a mildly Republican year. I...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

For Justice: Mitt Romney

As I prepare to vote, I look to the American constitution to determine how I...

October 29, 2012

Cloud Atlas: Sigh

Read She and Return of She and you think for a long time that something important...

October 22, 2012

Dear Spice: On a Mormon Foreign Policy

Dear Spice, Thank you for your kind notes. We do not agree (always!) politically, but...

October 18, 2012

No Theocracy!

A theocracy is very bad. It is bad because it dishonors God and elevates men....

October 17, 2012

Romney Winning . . . but Obama not Done

The last debate was a draw, but because Living Obama replaced Zombie Obama, the President...

October 16, 2012

Candidate’s Religion Counts

Religion is the most important thing about any candidate for office. Not only should a...

October 15, 2012

Small Government Christian

The United States of America is nation of Christians, but not a Christian nation. Christians...

October 12, 2012

He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last

Last night Joe Biden laughed about havoc and chuckled his way through talk of war....

October 08, 2012

Caesar is Not Lord

Jesus is Lord and Caesar is not. No polity that disregards those two truths is...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

On Further Review: Replacement Refs

As the referee peers "under the hood" during a football game to review the call...

September 19, 2012

Mrs. Jesus says, “Romney cannot win.”

Yesterday, two news stories broke. Both were important, but both immediately generate buzz that suggested...

September 18, 2012

Wishing for One Hundred Percent

The main problem with Mitt Romney's statement about the forty-seven percent is that it gives...