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March 2009

March 17, 2009

The coming evangelical collapse #2

More from Michael Spencer's piece in the Christian Science Monitor, The Coming Evangelical Collapse. (He...

March 16, 2009

The coming evangelical collapse #1

Michael Spencer, a.k.a. Internet Monk (not to be confused with our own Webmonk), describes himself...

March 05, 2009

A different kind of conservatism

There is a kind of conservatism that is against big business, as well as big...

February 2009

February 23, 2009

The state is like food, drink, & air

The post about God & the State led to even more discussion of a previous...

February 20, 2009

God & the State

Friends, in looking at the discussion about marriage, I am astonished that so many of...

February 18, 2009

Civil unions instead of marriage

Legal unions for homosexual couples won't have any impact on traditional marriage, or so the...

February 18, 2009

The new features of despotism

William over at the Liberal Morality blog linked to us here (so thanks for that),...

February 11, 2009

Family breakdown as victory for human rights

Divorce, single parenting, and weak family values are not bad things, according to a UN...

February 09, 2009

Why the poor are more religious

Anthony Sacramone gives a good answer to those studies--like this one--that show that poor states...

January 2009

January 26, 2009

All roads lead to Washington

The new urbanist scholar Joel Kotkin points out that Washington, D.C. is rapidly becoming the...

January 13, 2009

Big Hollywood

Here is a site of note, Big Hollywood. Here is the description by the founder,...

January 07, 2009

Celebritocracy

Reports are that Barack Obama is appointing as Surgeon General that doctor guy on CNN,...

December 2008

December 30, 2008

Atheist promotes Christianity in Africa

British atheist Matthew Parris says that what Africa needs is Christianity--not just the material help...

December 24, 2008

Christmas-phobia

Our two-year-old grandson is here. We Tivo'd some episodes of his favorite show, "Thomas and...

December 10, 2008

Santa Claus is coming to slap

Paul McCain posted that old chestnut I wrote for World about St. Nicholas, so I...

December 02, 2008

Teenagers’ dishonesty

A new study reveals the extent to which high school students are lying, stealing, and...

November 2008

November 03, 2008

Politics as the triumph of celebrity

Australian journalist Greg Sheridan observes the American presidential election and criticizes both sides, the media,...

October 2008

October 29, 2008

Reconstructionism

Commenter Paul gets the virtual prize for his suggestion on the "What shall we call...

October 27, 2008

What shall we call it?

If, as I suggest in the previous post and elsewhere, that the relativism of postmodernism...

October 27, 2008

Postmodern conservatism

First Things, the magazine, has a fascinating article on conservative champion Russell Kirk, who would...

October 22, 2008

Legalizing prostitution

From an AP report, San Francisco weighs decriminalizing prostitution: In this live-and-let-live town, where medical...

October 21, 2008

Silver lining?

Joel Kotkin, the "new urbanist," thinks our economic problems could have a good effect on...

October 16, 2008

The moral challenge of the economic crisis

My colleague Mark Mitchell, a government professor at Patrick Henry College and currently a visiting...

October 02, 2008

The Age of Obama

Gwen Ifill, who is moderating the Vice Presidential Debate, is the author of a pro-Obama...

September 2008

September 25, 2008

Jordin Sparks defies her peers

At the MTV music awards, one of the hosts, British comedian Russell Brand, amused the...

September 03, 2008

Backlash

One thing that really bothers me about the Democratic attacks on Sarah Palin is the...

August 2008

August 07, 2008

Absolutes or Relativism

In a tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Masha Lipman describes two worldviews: Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a...

August 04, 2008

Christian Samizdat?

Speaking of Solzhenitsyn. . . .At the Circe conference, Barbara Elliott spoke about the role...

July 2008

July 28, 2008

Cult and Culture

I've been at the CIRCE conference in Houston, which offered not only tips for classical...

July 25, 2008

Orthodoxy & culture

The Russian Orthodox church is calling on the Russian government to denounce communism. OK, it's...