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November 2020

November 23, 2020

Earmarks–with Pork Barrel Spending–Are Coming Back!

One benefit of having an old-school Democratic politician in the White House: Earmarks--the practice of...

November 20, 2020

The USA is 1/3 Religious, 1/3 Secularist, & 1/3 in between

When it comes to religion, the best way to describe the nation overall is that...

November 19, 2020

Jerusalem + Athens + Rome = Western Civilization (and we’re losing them all)

Western civilization derives from three cities: Jerusalem, which gave us morality, purpose, and religion; Athens,...

November 18, 2020

Politics of Mobilization vs. Politics of Persuasion

Instead of trying to persuade voters of the wisdom of particular policies, both Democrats and...

November 17, 2020

The Fatherless, Identity Politics, & Violent Protests

Mary Eberstadt argues that the lack of a father figure in young people's lives can...

November 16, 2020

Women’s Power

According to a Swedish study of Americans, both men and women agreed that men had...

November 13, 2020

The Progressive Values vs. the Traditional Virtues

A "moral value" refers to an ethical principle that we especially desire or appreciate. A "moral...

November 12, 2020

Research Shows Benefits of a Classical Christian Education

There is now research that demonstrates the superiority of Classical Christian Education by almost every...

November 11, 2020

An Obi-Wan Kenobi Moment?

"We might be in an Obi-Wan Kenobi moment," says Peter Burfeind, "wherein striking Trump down...

November 10, 2020

A Civil War? An Internal Cold War?

The United States has become so polarized--as evidenced in our recent election--that some observers from...

November 09, 2020

Biden Wins Presidency; Republicans Win Everything Else?

Pending recounts, run-offs, late ballots, law suits, and Supreme Court reviews, it looks pretty certain...

November 06, 2020

Republicans Should Be Party of Working Families vs. the “Bigs”

Here is a way forward for the Republicans: be the party of working families and...

November 05, 2020

On the Wrongness of Polls

Once again, the polls were spectacularly wrong in predicting the recent election. Perhaps the problem...

November 04, 2020

Perspective on the Election

Chad Bird offers us some much-needed perspective in his post "God’s Not Worried About the...

November 03, 2020

The Election Vigil

Over half of Americans (55%) believe that today, Election Day, will be the most stress-filled...

November 02, 2020

The Most Important Election in History?

Both Biden and Trump supporters are saying that this is the most important election in...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

Reforming the Church around the Gospel

Reformation Day is about "re-forming" the Church; that is, to return to its "substantial form"...

October 29, 2020

Blind Willie Johnson on Our Pandemic

Chris Gehrz writes about the 1920s bluesman Blind Willie Johnson, whose sang about the Spanish...

October 28, 2020

Atheodicy: The Problem of Evil without God

"Theodicy" deals with the Problem of Evil, how to reconcile the reality of evil and...

October 27, 2020

Identity Politics on the Right?

Now that the Left has adopted identity politics, the mindset of intersectionality, and the rhetoric...

October 26, 2020

Which Should Weigh More, Character or Abortion Policy?

Conservative Christians tend to say that, yes, Donald Trump has character flaws, but they are...

October 23, 2020

On the Pope’s Endorsement of Same-Sex Civil Unions

Pope Francis is being quoted as endorsing same-sex civil unions. Though this stops short of...

October 22, 2020

The Final Debate

Tonight is the final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, their last confrontation before...

October 22, 2020

Fascism Then and Now

"Fascist" is not just an all-purpose insult, or a synonym for "conservative," or a generic...

October 21, 2020

Something Americans Can Agree On: Hating Modern Architecture

Americans are highly diverse and politically polarized. But they come to a remarkable consensus across...

October 20, 2020

The Mindset that Produced Slavery

To enslave another human being requires a certain mindset. And because slavery has been so...

October 19, 2020

Eugenics & the Baby-Manufacturing Industry

Sperm and egg-donation, combined with surrogate-motherhood for hire, has become a big business. Companies are...

October 16, 2020

Deciding How to Vote #2: The Voter

Voters can have motivations that have little to do with the qualities of the particular...

October 15, 2020

Deciding How to Vote #1: The Candidate

In deciding whom to vote for, we consider a candidate's beliefs, policies, personal qualities, and...

October 14, 2020

Not Relativism but “Myside Bias”

The reason we can't agree with or persuade each other is not relativism, irrationalism, or...