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September 2024

September 23, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 9/23/24

"We're going to have supervision"; snowflakes in the workplace; and church buildings going traditional.

September 20, 2024

Consciousness Does Not Reside in the Brain?

"Contemporary Western cultures insist consciousness resides exclusively in our brains, but an abundance of recent...

September 20, 2024

DISCUSS: Policing the World

The Free Press is sponsoring a debate on the topic "Should the U.S. Still Police...

September 19, 2024

“What Does It Matter in Light of Eternity?”

A high-powered lawyer learns some things about vocation in light of eternity from a rental-car...

September 18, 2024

Why Tariffs Cannot Work

A few weeks ago, we criticized a key part of Kamala Harris's economic program in...

September 17, 2024

“Everyone Has a Vocation, But Not All Have Jobs”

"Everyone has a vocation, but not all have jobs," observes economist Anne Bradley. "Meaningful work,...

September 16, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 9/16/24

Welfare and our fiscal woes; the problem with Ranked-Choice voting; and Artificial Intelligence providing both...

September 13, 2024

Nostalgia Fixation and the End of Progressivism

Have you noticed how many movies today are remakes of --almost always better--movies made years...

September 13, 2024

DISCUSS: The Presidential Debate

What are your thoughts about the debate between our presidential candidates?

September 12, 2024

The Woke Right?

There is a woke left. But there is also a woke right. And the two...

September 11, 2024

“Incomplete Religions”

Many observers have noticed that when religion declines, other things--most noticably politics--rush in to fill...

September 10, 2024

“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”

Synonyms are two words that have the same meaning. They are often used interchangeably. And...

September 09, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 9/9/24

The problem with 15-week abortion bans; Switzerland is reconsidering its neutrality; and leftist dictator changes...

September 06, 2024

No Freedom without Government?

According to conventional conservative wisdom, big government is a threat to freedom, while small government...

September 06, 2024

DISCUSS: The Responsibility of Internet Platforms

Should internet platforms, the companies that operate them, and the people who work for them...

September 05, 2024

Leftwing Conservatism

To the many different kinds of conservatism today, we can add Leftwing Conservatism. This is...

September 04, 2024

Trump the Moderate?

Donald Trump is usually portrayed as a right wing extremist. But Batya Ungar-Sargon argues that...

September 03, 2024

Praise for the LCMS Victory Over Liberal Theology

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the split in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod...

September 02, 2024

Vocation Day Miscellany, 9/2/24

In this Vocation Day (a.k.a. Labor Day) Miscellany, we reflect on how one in five...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

“Whatever Is Sacred Calls for Veiling”

An article on women bringing back the old custom of wearing veils at mass quotes...

August 30, 2024

DISCUSS: Has Trump Completely Abandoned Pro-Lifers?

To Philip Klein, Trump's pledge to uphold women's "reproductive rights" means that "Trump’s Abandonment of...

August 29, 2024

A New Reason Why Some People Are Believing in God

Many secularists are starting to believe in God. Not because they have been evangelized (though...

August 28, 2024

From My New Book “Embracing Your Lutheran Identity”

(A free post.) A sample from my new book "Embracing Your Lutheran Identity." In our...

August 27, 2024

The Book You Asked For Is Now Available

(A free post.) Two years ago, I wrote a post entitled "Teaching Lutheran Identity" about...

August 26, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 8/26/24

Putin offers conservatives sanctuary in Russia; consciousness detected in 25% of the comatose; and watch...

August 23, 2024

“You can belong and never believe”

In San Francisco, the cool place to be is in church. That is to say,...

August 23, 2024

DISCUSS: The Democratic Convention

What are you thoughts about the Democratic National Convention?

August 22, 2024

Why Price Controls Cannot Work

Kamala Harris has announced her economic policy, which includes price controls. But regardless of ideology...

August 21, 2024

“Ready for Either”

Tracing the origin of the story from yesterday's post about the ox who is ready...

August 20, 2024

The Altar or the Plough

A meditation based on a Roman coin depicting an ox that faces two possibilities: he...