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October 2016

October 31, 2016

Pope praises Luther

Pope Francis is set to celebrate Reformation Day in a joint service with Swedish Lutherans....

October 31, 2016

The medieval Christian–not pagan–origins of Halloween

We have long been told that Halloween goes back to the ancient Celtic pagan holiday...

October 31, 2016

What percentage of Christians observe Halloween?

Seven out of ten Americans observe Halloween. 28% of evangelicals don't. But most Christians seem...

October 29, 2016

Subverting people’s need to constantly justify themselves

In the discussion of Michael Lockwood's new book The Unholy Trinity: Martin Luther against the Idol...

October 29, 2016

FBI re-opens investigation of Clinton

While investigating charges that former Congressman Anthony Weiner sent obscene pictures of himself to an...

October 29, 2016

Bob Dylan was just “speechless”

What was Bob Dylan's reaction to the news that he had won the Nobel Prize...

October 28, 2016

Excavating the empty tomb

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is traditionally considered to be the site...

October 28, 2016

The “not voting is copping out” fallacy

Some people just aren't going to vote for president on November 8. They may vote...

October 28, 2016

The other races

Democrats need to take 30 seats to win control of the House of Representatives. But...

October 27, 2016

Reaching today’s idolaters of the self

How do you proclaim the forgiveness of sins to someone who doesn't think he has...

October 27, 2016

How to defeat conservatives

James O'Keefe, the undercover videographer who enrages leftists by recording what they say, has recorded...

October 27, 2016

Don’t know much about history

A study has found that quite a few young Americans are open to Communism. And one...

October 26, 2016

Tom Wolfe takes on Darwinism and its failure to explain language

Tom Wolfe is among our best contemporary writers. The founder of the New Journalism, which...

October 26, 2016

The “a vote for a third party is a vote for Clinton” fallacy

Those who say they are voting for a third party or independent candidate often hear that...

October 26, 2016

Obamacare blows up

2017 may be the year that Obamacare blows up. The number of mandated free coverages...

October 26, 2016

Conference on Christ, Culture, and the Two Kingdoms

I'll be speaking at the 2016 Just and Sinner Conference this Thursday through Saturday. The...

October 25, 2016

Which kind of conservatism?

Matthew Continetti has written an essay that is sure to get attention, as the Republican...

October 25, 2016

How Hillary treats her underlings (including those who protect her)

You can tell a lot about a man, according to an old saying, by the...

October 25, 2016

The “throw away your vote” fallacy

If you vote for a third party or an independent candidate, some say, you are...

October 24, 2016

The Lutheran pre-school before the Supreme Court

Once again, a congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is appearing before the Supreme...

October 24, 2016

The “Hillary as Obama’s third term” fallacy

I keep hearing that if Hillary Clinton is elected, it would be the equivalent of...

October 24, 2016

Assange blocked from internet, so supporters bring down US sites

Wikileaks has been releasing hacked e-mails embarrassing to Hillary Clinton, so--surprise!--the head of that enterprise,...

October 24, 2016

The teams with longest championship drought made the World Series

The two teams that have gone the longest without winning a championship are in the...

October 21, 2016

Restoring society by going to Church

In the course of a review of R. R. Reno's Resurrecting the Idea of a...

October 21, 2016

The “Bill Clinton is worse” fallacy

Donald Trump responds to videos and testimonies about his treatment of women by saying, "But...

October 21, 2016

What Trump gets right

The empty factories have their windows broken and weeds are taking over the parking lots,...

October 21, 2016

The new and improved Iraqi army

The way the Iraqi army used to deal with ISIS, when that movement was taking...

October 20, 2016

The Berenstain Bears go Christian

The Berenstain Bears have been children's favorites since the first title was published in 1962....

October 20, 2016

“America needs a religious right”

New York Times Ross Douthat offers a defense of the Religious Right. In fact, he...

October 20, 2016

Post-mortem for the final debate

So what's to say about the final debate? Who won? What are the take-aways? I'll...