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March 2017

March 27, 2017

I Don’t Know

Let me tell you here first, “trust in God” has never floated my boat as...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Who Would Jesus Bomb?

It's President's Day, which for all college professors means--as do all Monday holidays in the...

February 10, 2017

Saying What Cannot Be Said

I recently led a discussion group focused, among other things, on the inadequacy of traditional religious...

February 01, 2017

Playing with Fire

Somewhere I heard or read that one of the top television programs in Finland (or...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Playing the Nazi Card

We ought not to hide from ourselves that Nazi Germany is a mirror for all...

January 20, 2017

Why I will not be watching: Inauguration Day Reflections

Eight years ago, I poked my head out of my little apartment on a Minnesota...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

Clouds of Glory

The great but incredibly difficult German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in a rare moment of clarity,...

December 16, 2016

I Will Bring You Home

Baptist preacher's kids get to do some very odd things. I memorized large portions of...

December 02, 2016

What Cuba Taught Me About My Faith

For many reasons, I have been interested in Cuba for the past dozen years or...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

Christians in the Public Square

Not long ago, in the middle of the political campaign that ended last week, I...

November 14, 2016

Is He My President?

Jesus spoke the truth AND confronted those who used their position to justify their lies,...

November 07, 2016

Life After Tuesday

A Facebook friend, who has helped the traffic on this blog increase exponentially over the...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

The Designer God Project

Voltaire once said that if God did not exist, we would have to invent him....

October 21, 2016

Something Rather Than Nothing

One of the most reliable ways to deaden a lively conversation in class is to...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

The Rule of the Best

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill I...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Believing What I Think

Last week at the Republican National Convention, the Republicans nominated as their candidate for President...

July 09, 2016

Welfare in my Back Yard

Although I am a very liberal guy, I occasionally worry about the welfare state. I...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Raising the Bar

One of my greatest joys as a philosophy professor is that I get to be...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Remembering the Revolution

There is a saying, particularly popular among conservatives, that “A conservative is a liberal who...

April 25, 2016

The Freedom of a Tree

I read once that there are two kinds of living things—they are distinguished by the...

April 20, 2016

Family Values?

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

March 2016

March 20, 2016

Blessed Is He Who Comes

Rodney Delasanta was one of best teachers and colleagues I ever had the privilege of...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

A Lenten Valentine

I don’t know whose idea it was for Valentine’s Day to fall on the first...

February 01, 2016

Hope in Exile

As is the case with any profession, the life of an academic includes some great...

January 2016

January 02, 2016

Goliath was a Wimp: Random Observations for the New Year

The first measurable winter precipitation of the season rolled through town last Monday night, on...

November 2015

November 13, 2015

Welders and Philosophers

After attempting to watch significant portions of the first three debates among the multitude of...

October 2015

October 07, 2015

Confessions of an Ocean-Hater

As I'm reviewing various posts for a current large writing project, I came across a...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

The Wicked

The morning after the recent Fox News-hosted debate amongst candidates for the Republican presidential nomination,...

July 2015

July 01, 2015

Face to Face with the Universe

A recent edition of Harper’s Magazine includes a fascinating essay by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman entitled...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

Justifying My Existence

It is unsettling, even scary, to relinquish who we think we are, and scary to...

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