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December 2025

December 12, 2025

Candlelight & Advent

Advent is a season of darkness. But the symbol of Advent is candlelight. The small,...

December 12, 2025

DISCUSS: The Case Against American “Creedalism”

Some conservatives are opposing the notion that American identity has to do with accepting the...

December 11, 2025

Why Hamann and the “London Writings” Are a Big Deal

(A free post.) Yesterday we discussed the new Lexham edition of J. G. Hamann's "London...

December 10, 2025

The Lexham Edition of Hamann’s “London Writings”

In 2022, the first English translation of the "London Writings" by J. G. Hamann was...

December 09, 2025

The More Technology Students Have, the Worse They Perform

Our schools' test scores are lower than ever. The problem isn't just cell-phones or AI....

December 08, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 12/8/25

Free money for investment accounts for babies and children. Quebec's new secularism law. And the...

December 05, 2025

Advanced Technology Makes Us More Primitive

When we think of our advanced information technology, we immediately marvel at how advanced our...

December 05, 2025

DISCUSS: Heritage Americans?

Many conservatives are now promoting the notion of "Heritage Americans," descendants of Americans who have...

December 04, 2025

Prospects for War

What do you think are the prospects for war? Not a limited "police action" in...

December 03, 2025

The Center of the Universe

According to today's cosmologists, one can say that the universe has no center, so that...

December 02, 2025

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Some of you are probably still eating Thanksgiving leftovers (my favorite part of the Thanksgiving...

December 01, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 12/1/25

Tackling global warming by blocking out the sun. UK conservatives flocking to church, appalling the...

November 2025

November 28, 2025

Advent, Waiting, and the Virtue of Patience

Advent is a season built around waiting. Today our culture demands immediacy and instant gratification....

November 28, 2025

DISCUSS: The Epstein Files

The Epstein Files implicate rich, powerful, and influential people from across the political and cultural...

November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving, Entitlement, & Grace

The opposite of gratitude is entitlement. But thanksgiving involves a sense of grace. That connection...

November 26, 2025

The New Economic Radicalism

Well-educated urban young adults are facing major economic problems, which have radicalized them, leading to...

November 25, 2025

The Next Phase of Wokeness

Despite the "vibe shift" against "wokeness," radical progressivism isn't going away. In fact, it has...

November 24, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/24/25

Court forbids mom from taking her daughter to church. Beware contributions with a pre-checked box. ...

November 21, 2025

The Limits of Algorithms

We now have mathematical proof that the universe is not just a computer simulation. But...

November 21, 2025

DISCUSS: War in Venezuela?

President Trump has been using U.S. aircraft to sink Venezuelan boats suspected of exporting illegal...

November 20, 2025

Intersectionality vs. Your Particular Beliefs

A defining dogma of woke ideology is intersectionality, which means in practice that someone who...

November 19, 2025

Items of Interest 11/19/25

A Psalm about AI. Martin Luther's handwriting font--and more. And my book on George Herbert...

November 18, 2025

“I Don’t Think Hank Done It This Way”

The #1 country song in America turns out to be AI-generated. What this tells us...

November 17, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/17/25

Mainline Methodists try unity by division. BBC heads resign over bias. And Bible reading is up--belief...

November 14, 2025

Those Who WANT Humanity to Be Replaced by AI

Some people think AI will benefit humanity. Some worry that AI might replace humanity. Another...

November 14, 2025

DISCUSSION: Conservative Civil War?

Tucker Carlson hosting the neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes and Kevin Roberts, head of the leading conservative...

November 13, 2025

Questioning a Defense of Purgatory

A "Wall Street Journal" article entitled "Three Cheers for Purgatory" argues that souls after death...

November 12, 2025

What the Democratic Socialists Believe

Since Democratic Socialism is becoming popular, we should learn what that ideology stands for. Here...

November 11, 2025

Interrogating the Faith & Work Movement

FREE POST: A new book on the Faith & Work movement--from a sociological, not theological...

November 10, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/10/25

Democrats are back in the game. Only a minority of Americans have a positive view...