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March 2017

March 03, 2017

The Long Discussion: Such Larks!

Socratic discussion is my life's work and I am going to dialog with a religious...

March 02, 2017

Faith, Understanding

I have an idea: let's see and understand. Oddly, people keep pretending they can begin...

March 01, 2017

Malory and Machiavelli: Just Now We Need Both

Just as Malory was ending, Machiavelli was beginning and that is as good a summary...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

The Mentalist is a Good TV Show Like Life is a Good Cereal

Sometimes a man wishes for great television and sometimes he just wants to enjoy some...

February 26, 2017

Forgiveness is Not Cheap

Charlotte Bronte was right: forgiveness is the mightiest sword. Forgiveness cuts away the hate and...

February 23, 2017

Dickens on Education: Let Charles Dickens Save Us From Edu-Doom

Charles Dickens might save us from producing a Christian church ripe for destruction by zealots...

February 22, 2017

In Which Hugh Hewitt Meets a Live Blog for His Fourth Way

If there is a new Bill Buckley, his name is Hugh Hewitt. He is a...

February 21, 2017

Dear Milo

Dear Milo, I am not a fan. I could be a friend. You can check...

February 20, 2017

No Apocalypse Now: Be Calm, Be Joyful

We are in difficult times, as we always are. The church needs revival, but the...

February 18, 2017

The Two Atheisms: How to Know Smart People Cannot Get “Is” From “Ought”

When I was a boy, so long ago the New Atheists were young men, atheism...

February 15, 2017

Holmes, Houdini, and Looking for Mystery in all the Wrong Places

I love Sherlock Holmes stories. On any given night, I go to sleep hearing Charlton...

February 14, 2017

Knowing What the Card Means: Valentine’s Day

When I was a boy, so long ago that you could play outside all day...

February 13, 2017

By Any Means Necessary: A Worldview Failure

The greatest danger is not that we will lose, but that we will win having...

February 06, 2017

The American Story for the Loyal Opposition

Is the story of America one of manifest destiny? God forbid. Is the story of...

February 05, 2017

A Book for this Time: Watership Down

This is not a gentle time. People of the Word turn to words to step...

February 03, 2017

This Post Could Be the Last Post You Will Ever Read

I hope not, but this post could be the last one you will ever read....

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Delenda Est Bannonism: Bannonism Must Be Destroyed

Sometimes clarity is needed. A problem is so bad that we must speak out: Bannonism...

January 27, 2017

The Teddy Kennedy Exemption

For a good portion of his life, Ted Kennedy was not so good to the...

January 24, 2017

Avoid Self-Deception in News Reading: With an Example!

I am tempted to like stories more that fit what I wish was, is, and...

January 23, 2017

They did it! (On Blame)

An important job for thinkers is to look for the root cause of cultural problems....

January 22, 2017

The Wind of the City: Civilization and Contents

The wind is blowing hard in New York City. Compared to Houston it is a...

January 21, 2017

A Coming Problem: Far-Right “Christian Paganism”

A person I admire wrote on adoption and I said what a good book it...

January 20, 2017

Why Lying is a Such a Serious Sin

Better to die than to tell a lie. Why? Truth is out there, but it...

January 11, 2017

Go ahead and build on the sandy land . . . sort of.

Jesus said a smart thing: 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does...

December 2016

December 22, 2016

Rankin and Bass Solve the World’s Problems

Why read a book when you can find solutions to all the world's problems in...

December 21, 2016

The Christmas Cantata: A Short Story With a Remarkably Fecund Ending

Does anyone perform a cantata any more? What is a cantata anyway? When I was...

December 19, 2016

Lucy Saw Clearly: Give and It Will Be Give to You

Lucy was a young girl who gave all she had to Jesus and so she...

December 18, 2016

Rest Merrily

Be merry, God says, though perhaps I should start by being a gentleman! The least...

December 17, 2016

She Makes Bleak Golden

If you do not read Christina Rossetti, stop reading this now and go buy a...

December 16, 2016

The Holly and the Ivy or The Pony and the Elephant

Christmas has traditions that you should change and make your own, but some things get worse...