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November 2016

November 11, 2016

Merry Veterans Day

Thank you, veterans, for serving all of us. A grateful nation offers you all kinds...

November 11, 2016

Unhinged over-reactions to the election

My daughter told me about someone coming up to her after Donald Trump's election as...

November 11, 2016

The journalistic sin of smugness

Will Rahn, the Washington editor of the Daily Beast, no less (known both for its...

November 11, 2016

A civil libertarian analyzes the election

Thanks to long-time reader Todd for linking me to the "Best article I've read on...

November 10, 2016

What Trump will do in his first 100 days

Back in October, Donald Trump released what he called his "Contract with the American Voter,"...

November 10, 2016

Putting together a Trump administration

There is running for office and then there is governing, two distinct tasks requiring two...

November 10, 2016

Whither Republicans? Whither Democrats?

Last Summer, liberal pundits were looking forward to "the end of the Republican party." That...

November 09, 2016

President Donald Trump

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The polls were wrong; the pundits...

November 09, 2016

People who got it wrong

Being one of the people who got it wrong by being taken by surprise at...

November 09, 2016

Congress, marijuana, beer, and other election results

The presidency was not the only important election last night. Republicans kept control of both...

November 08, 2016

Liveblogging the election

My custom has long been to stay up until the wee hours watching the election...

November 08, 2016

What do you think will happen today?

So what are your election day predictions? Who will win? By what margin? Will the...

November 08, 2016

How China is buying up Hollywood

During the Cold War, some Americans were worried that Communists were infiltrating the motion picture...

November 07, 2016

The Doctrine of Two Kingdoms as a Paradigm for Criticism

I spoke at Jordan Cooper's "Just & Sinner" conference, the topic of which was the...

November 07, 2016

Your last chance to make your case

Tomorrow is the election. Soon it will all be over. It looks like it is...

November 07, 2016

Australia notes: Guy Fawkes Day

On Saturday night, here in Australia, fireworks started going off everywhere. It dawned on my...

November 04, 2016

“See the place where they laid Him”

We blogged about the excavation of what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus...

November 04, 2016

India, Africa, Indonesia, and other Lutheran enclaves

Most people associate Lutheranism with Germany, Scandinavia, and the United States. Germany indeed is number...

November 04, 2016

Ivan the Not-So-Terrible

Ivan the Terrible is known for killing his own son and for slaughtering vast numbers of...

November 03, 2016

Blogging from Down Under

We're on our way to Australia to visit our grandchildren, daughter, and son-in-law (a new...

November 03, 2016

How can God love the world?

We often speak of God's presence in vocation, of His providential "providing" for His creation,...

November 03, 2016

Liberalism of the left & liberalism of the right

The well-regarded ethicist Stanley Hauerwas reviews a new book by John Milibank, of "radical orthodoxy"...

November 02, 2016

Why the Pope likes Luther

At the joint Catholic/Lutheran service in Sweden, commemorating Reformation Day, Pope Francis was said to...

November 02, 2016

FBI investigating Trump & Russia

In addition to investigating Hillary Clinton's illegal e-mail arrangements, the FBI has been investigating possible...

November 02, 2016

Our nation’s capital votes for physician-assisted suicide

The City Council of the District of Columbia has passed a measure to allow physician-assisted...

November 01, 2016

Saints I have known

Happy All Saints' Day! The Augsburg Confession, one of the definitive Lutheran doctrinal statements, says...

November 01, 2016

All Saints’ Day, the Reformation, and the shadow of Death

As he mourns a death in his family, Mathew Block brings together the Reformation and All...

November 01, 2016

CNN caught feeding debate questions to Clinton

Donna Brazile is a Democratic operative who landed a gig as a commentator at CNN....

November 01, 2016

Blaming the messenger

Many politicians, journalists, lawyers, and pundits are just outraged that FBI director James Comey has...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

The Reformation as a restoration of catholicity

Even some Protestants are saying that we shouldn't celebrate Reformation Day. Why celebrate the breakup...