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October 2021

October 25, 2021

“The World Has Gone Mad”

Does it seem like the world has gone mad? Bari Weiss, the ex-New York Times...

October 22, 2021

The Great Resignation

While most people's preoccupation with the economy is usually about creating jobs, our economy now...

October 21, 2021

Should Christians Fight the Culture or Try to Be Accepted?

A controversy has broken out among evangelical Christians on whether Christians should fight the culture...

October 20, 2021

Vocation vs. Slavery

Historian Nadya Williams discusses the concept in ancient Rome of "otium," or leisure, as opposed...

October 19, 2021

What the Bible Says about Old Age

The Bible assigns a very high status to old people. But it doesn't draw back...

October 18, 2021

Elitist Education vs. Classical Christian Education

Harvard professor James Hankins notes that classical education used to be associated with the elite....

October 15, 2021

Three Score Years and Ten

Today I attain my Biblical allotment of three score years and ten, that is to...

October 14, 2021

The Mystery of Tom Bombadil

One of the puzzles in J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings...

October 13, 2021

Research on Sermons

Because of the COVID restrictions, thousands of thousands of sermons from all kinds and sizes...

October 12, 2021

Blue Country, Red Country

What if the 52% of Republicans and 41% of Democrats get their wish to split...

October 11, 2021

A Trillion

A billlion is a thousand million. But a trillion is a million million.

October 08, 2021

My Experience with Conservative Atheism

How wrestling with the ideas of Ayn Rand--her attacks on Christianity and her "virtue of...

October 07, 2021

Right-Wing Atheists

When some Christians get involved in conservative politics, they are often surprised to find themselves...

October 06, 2021

The Advantages of Authoritarianism

China's government is restricting children from playing video games, limiting access to one hour per...

October 05, 2021

What Lots of Biden & Trump Supporters Agree On: Destroying the Country

A study of our political polarization finds quite a bit of agreement between Biden supporters...

October 04, 2021

Americans Who Want Authoritarianism

The study that found that a third of Americans would be fine with a strong...

October 01, 2021

China’s Revival of Communism

The Chinese government, having achieved prosperity by emulating Capitalism, has started cracking down on its...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

The Shortage of Men Going to College

The percentage of men going to college as compared to women has dropped to record...

September 29, 2021

Lincoln on National “Suicide”

Abraham Lincoln said that no outside enemy could conquer the United States. If our nation...

September 28, 2021

Black Americans Discover Classical Education (part 2)

The COVID school lockdowns have led to a surge of Black parents homeschooling and looking...

September 27, 2021

Black Americans Discover Classical Education (part I)

Black Americans are the major casualties of the progressive educational establishment, which has been failing...

September 24, 2021

Mollie Hemingway’s Call for Counter-Revolution

My friend and fellow-Lutheran Mollie Hemingway has won the Bradley Prize, a sort of Pulitzer...

September 23, 2021

Our Elective Monarchy

"Great Britain is a republic, with a hereditary president, while the United States is a...

September 22, 2021

Attaining Reconciliation

Delving more deeply into the concept of reconciliation and trying to think through how we...

September 21, 2021

Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation

Forgiveness is about an individual wronging another individual. Reconciliation is about restoring a relationship. We...

September 20, 2021

The Gospel According to a Comedian

The late comedian Norm Macdonald was very funny, but he had a serious religious side....

September 17, 2021

An Unexamined Revolution

The $3.5 trillion social infrastructure bill would have revolutionary consequences for American society as a...

September 16, 2021

The Infrastructure Bill Would Turn America into a Welfare State

Most criticisms of President Biden's $3.5 trillion social infrastructure plan focus on its mind-boggling price...

September 15, 2021

Where We Are with COVID

When will the COVID pandemic finally be over? "The Science" can't give us definitive answers....

September 14, 2021

My Interview on Education with World Magazine

Marvin Olasky was passing through a few weeks ago and interviewed me for "World Magazine"...