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July 2020

July 23, 2020

Defending Boyhood

Anthony Esolen's book "Defending Boys" explores the nature of boys, what they need, how they...

July 22, 2020

Encouraging Research about T Cells and COVID-19 Immunity

The baffling questions about the COVID-19 virus--why it affects people differently, contradictory findings about anti-bodies,...

July 21, 2020

Dispatch from Indian Territory

Here in Oklahoma, we woke up a couple of weeks ago to learn that, according...

July 20, 2020

Christ & Calamity (a free or nearly free book of pastoral care)

As we face sickness, death, economic disaster, uncertainty, fear, and every other kind of suffering,...

July 17, 2020

Progressives Canceling Each Other

Now liberals and progressives are also being canceled--censored, derided, fired--by their fellow liberals and progressives....

July 16, 2020

Should We Repudiate America’s Past or Its Present?

America is exceptional both in its achievements and in its capacity for self-criticism. Perhaps it's...

July 15, 2020

The Intelligentsia & Radical Politics

Why are so many academics and other "intellectuals" so radical in their politics, to the...

July 14, 2020

Canceling Science

Science, the realm that purports to be totally objective, must now conform to the dictates...

July 13, 2020

The Art of the Cranachs

A video about the patron of this blog, Lucas Cranach and his son, exploring their...

July 10, 2020

The Lutheran Aquinas

The scholastic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas was masterful in its systematic rigor. There was...

July 09, 2020

Cancel Margaret Sanger

As we cast down monuments and reconsider former heroes, we must not forget to cancel...

July 08, 2020

A Great Awakening without Christianity

Some people who were zealous for social distancing, mask wearing, and avoiding crowds to counter...

July 07, 2020

Protestantism without the Christianity

"Post-Protestant" refers to the Protestant mindset that continues, even though the Protestant religious beliefs that...

July 06, 2020

Why a “Conservative” Supreme Court Will Issue Liberal Rulings

Conservative legal theory will mean that a conservative court will sometimes make liberal rulings. A...

July 03, 2020

First Came the Declaration, then the Achievement

The birth of America is celebrated not on the date the British were defeated, or...

July 02, 2020

China’s Cultural Revolution and Our Own

A survivor of Chinese Communism notes similarities between the cultural revolution promoted by America's progressives...

July 01, 2020

Overturning Taboos & Replacing Them with New Ones

Traditional taboos are being cast down, but they are being replaced by new ones. A...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

A Second American Revolution?

The Canadian social scientist Eric Kaufman discusses the prospect of a "Second American Revolution," as...

June 29, 2020

Should We Change America’s Name? What Else Should Go?

When members of a culture turn against that culture--repudiating its symbols, values, and heritage--the culture...

June 26, 2020

Protests and the Flag

Here is something that can help us navigate our way through our current protests and...

June 25, 2020

Destroying Art

History records many instances of protesters taking out their rage by destroying art. The Black Lives...

June 24, 2020

Can We Have Christian Influence without Christianity?

A new book by a secular historian demonstrates how Christianity gave our civilization such values...

June 23, 2020

The Left Discovers the Second Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms is usually thought of as a conservative issue....

June 22, 2020

Tulsa’s Sigh of Relief

President Trump held a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that was supposed to ignite his campaign....

June 19, 2020

Power and Moral Purity

The anti-racism protests are a repudiation of moral relativism, which is healthy. Human equality and...

June 18, 2020

The Ultimate Devotional Resource

A review of "The Treasury of Daily Prayer," the ultimate devotional resource. It includes a...

June 17, 2020

On Disbanding the Police

The revulsion against police brutality against black people has led to serious calls to eliminate...

June 16, 2020

The Liberal Theology of the Nazi Church

Christianity--especially Lutheranism--is sometimes blamed for Nazism. It is true that the German state churches were...

June 15, 2020

Spiraling out of Control/Spiraling into Control

According to a recent poll, 80% of Americans believe that the country is "spiraling out...

June 12, 2020

Dog People, Cat People, and Religious People

A study of pet ownership has found that religious people are just as likely to...