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September 2016

September 13, 2016

Nahum versus Nineveh: Take Nahum with the Points

Some Bible names are everywhere: forms of John and Mary have gone global, but at...

September 12, 2016

The Napoleonic University

Napoleon seduced much of Europe to his Empire by speaking of liberty, equality, and fraternity....

September 07, 2016

A Green and Pleasant Land (An Idea from Homer’s Odyssey)

Our school is building a fence, though we are paying for it. The fence is...

September 03, 2016

Saying the Man into Being: A Spiritual Reflection on the Odyssey

We need to see the man, say what incantation is necessary to be the man....

September 01, 2016

alt-Right: Things are Getting Better in So Many Ways

The alt-right is dystopian fantasy for adolescent boys of any chronological age. Sadly, unlike Hunger Games...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Black Lives Matter

If you are a Christian, black lives matter. "But wait," we start to say, "Don't....

August 23, 2016

A Pillar in the Heart of Our School: Saint Helen: What if you win?

Losing is easier than winning. If you win, then you have the responsibility to govern....

August 20, 2016

To Our Cat Athena

We had a cat named Solomon, who could open doors and play pool in the...

August 13, 2016

True Education: Seeing a World in a Grain of Sand

William Blake wrote: To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven...

August 12, 2016

On Phelps and Nero: Some Records Do not Matter (With Emily Dickinson!)

We are told that the Emperor Nero won quite a few Olympic prizes, including one...

August 11, 2016

The Temptation of the Team

"Sure he tells lies," he said, "but he is a good guy and on the...

August 10, 2016

People Kid Themselves: How Religion and Science Can Fail Us

Atheists sometimes pretend that if we all just followed "science," bigotry and intolerance would cease....

August 09, 2016

Stop Helping: the Dangers of Religious and Secular Charity

There is nothing worse than when people come to "help." By now Christians are aware...

August 08, 2016

Be Angry, But Sin Not

When times get tough, the tough get tender or at least that is what they should do...

August 07, 2016

Stop. Have a Tranya Day!

At some point in my childhood, Star Trek in reruns made "tranya" my favorite drink. While Diet Coke...

August 06, 2016

How Happy!

It is uncouth to be happy in difficult times and clever to be sad, but...

August 05, 2016

We have failed because we have embraced lies . . .

We live in discouraging times . . . and the temptation is to give up....

August 04, 2016

The Power of Paper: Our Constitution and the Demagogue

We have a marvelous, though imperfect, Constitution and unlike most politicians, the Constitution has gotten...

August 03, 2016

Day of the Demagogue

Hard times make for tough politics, but good times followed by not-great times create horrid...

August 02, 2016

On Fascism and Demagoguery and This Moment

Are we in a neo-Fascist moment? Is a demagogue in the Democratic or Republican Party...

August 01, 2016

On Misogyny: Disqualifying

Roger Ailes polluted the conservative movement with his misogyny for decades. Who knows how his...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Lincoln on Liberty: We are much in need of him.

A teacher sees politics play out on the playground. Strong kids grab the play equipment...

July 30, 2016

A Good Man Justifies a Wicked Deed: Grudem on Trump

We are not an age that likes absolutes. We temper, we hedge, we do not...

July 29, 2016

Maybe Cyrus is Cyrus: Pray God sends Help

If my social media feed is any indication, a great many Americans are looking for...

July 28, 2016

Adulthood and the Limits of Power

When I was a boy, I thought my mom and dad could do anything. Like...

July 27, 2016

The Bigot is Blind and So Fails

Don't pity Haman. Give him the Bronx cheer for his role in the drama of Esther...

July 26, 2016

Pass a Policy: Ineffective Leadership

A dying business multiplies binders and policies endlessly. There is no problem that cannot be...

July 25, 2016

Finding Us

Don't fix the problem that we do not have. Let's fix the problem we have...

July 24, 2016

Finding Intellectual Grifters: Five Rules that Help

So called intellectuals can be a snobby bunch refusing to consider their own opinions and...

July 23, 2016

City Upon a Hill: Salt Better Have Savor

They say the camera adds ten pounds, a situation I cannot afford just now. Worse,...