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July 2026

July 24, 2026

The Two Kingdoms in a Democratic, Constitutional Republic

Part V of our series on the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: This teaching applies...

July 23, 2026

Clarifying the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Part IV of our series on the Lutheran doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Summing up the...

July 22, 2026

Protecting the Church from the State

Part III of our series on the Doctrine of the Two Kingdom: When the state...

July 21, 2026

Protecting the State from the Church

The doctrine of the Two Kingdoms protects the church from the state, but it also...

July 20, 2026

Misconceptions about the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Beginning a series on Luther's doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Despite being enormously helpful in...

July 17, 2026

Pop Music Is Increasingly about “Harm and Degradation”

Complaining about young people's music has become a cliché of getting older, as have complaints...

July 16, 2026

Weimar America?

One historical parallel to what we are going through today may be the Weimar Republic,...

July 15, 2026

Post-literacy

Illiteracy is being unable to read. Aliteracy is being able to read but not reading. ...

July 14, 2026

Leisure Doesn’t Make Us Happy

Wouldn't it be great not to have to work? To devote ourselves to constant entertainment?...

July 13, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 7/13/26

Republicans are re-funding planned parenthood. The end of having brothers and sisters. Prestigious literary prizes...

July 10, 2026

How the Weekend Was Invented

Did you know that the weekend--that is, two days off after five days of work--didn't...

July 09, 2026

AI + Population Collapse = The World as a Small Town

I have been critical of the AI revolution, but economist Tyler Cowen offers a more...

July 08, 2026

Sports and War

Hayden Daniel relates the different kinds of sports to the different kinds of war: Military...

July 07, 2026

The Problems with a “Confessional State”

Some Christian nationalists are calling for a "confessional state," establishing Christianity as the national religion...

July 06, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 7/6/26

What Ukraine has done with drone warfare. Netherlands euthanizes children. And the government releases super-AI...

July 03, 2026

America at 250

The United States of America turns 250 on July 4. But Americans are having a hard...

July 02, 2026

When I Was at the Bicentennial

I happened to be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 1976. ...

July 01, 2026

How the U.S.A. Could Come to an End

The United States of America has been around for 250 years, as of July 4. ...

June 2026

June 30, 2026

Socialism on the March!

The 250th year of the American republic is marked by what could be a significant...

June 29, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/29/26

Is America's 250th birthday all about Trump? Support for LGBTQ causes is down. Anthropic's super-AI...

June 26, 2026

Freecons vs. Natcons

Ramesh Ponnuru discusses the differences between "freedom conservatives" and "national conservatives"--a.k.a., "freecons" and "natcons"--arguing that...

June 25, 2026

A Defense of Teaching Students What to Think

We often hear educators saying, "We don't teach students what to think; we teach them...

June 24, 2026

The “Passion Translation” of the Bible

The Passion Translation of the Bible puts "passion"--that is, emotion, that of Bible characters, authors,...

June 23, 2026

Blue MAGA

Many Democrats, whose constant criticism of President Trump's character has seemingly borne little fruit, seem...

June 22, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/22/23

Peace in our time? Getting the human out of government and business. Canada may now...

June 19, 2026

Dad Jokes

We celebrate Father's Day weekend with Dad jokes, the paternal attempts at humor designed to...

June 18, 2026

Woke Therapy

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert discusses a trend in his profession: Approaching patients' psychological problems by applying...

June 17, 2026

Shifts in America’s Moral Profile

The latest Gallup "Values and Beliefs Poll," surveying Americans about what they consider "morally acceptable"...

June 16, 2026

The Two Kinds of Atheism

Drawing both on Christopher Beha's book and his own experience, David Brooks identifies two different...

June 15, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/15/26

Churches that accepted gay marriage are now pressured to accept polyamory. Oregon referendum would ban...