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October 2024

October 22, 2024

The “In Terrorem Effect”

Prosecutors have found a way to punish people without convicting them. Simply putting someone on trial--even...

October 21, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 10/21/24

FBI's revised 2022 stats show violent crime was up, not down as reported; "one of...

October 14, 2024

Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day Miscellany, 10/14/24

The rest of the story about the jobs numbers. What happened to the government's "internet...

October 10, 2024

A Solution to Disinformation

Today when truth is widely seen as a "construction," information (facts), misinformation (incorrect facts), and...

October 09, 2024

“Reformation Begins with Ourselves”

Herman Bavinck, another Dutch Reformed theologian who worked with Abraham Kuyper in the Anti-Revolutionary Party, urges...

October 08, 2024

The Anti-Revolutionary Party

As Christians are trying to figure out how they should pursue politics and cultural influence...

September 2024

September 20, 2024

DISCUSS: Policing the World

The Free Press is sponsoring a debate on the topic "Should the U.S. Still Police...

September 16, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 9/16/24

Welfare and our fiscal woes; the problem with Ranked-Choice voting; and Artificial Intelligence providing both...

September 09, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 9/9/24

The problem with 15-week abortion bans; Switzerland is reconsidering its neutrality; and leftist dictator changes...

September 06, 2024

No Freedom without Government?

According to conventional conservative wisdom, big government is a threat to freedom, while small government...

September 05, 2024

Leftwing Conservatism

To the many different kinds of conservatism today, we can add Leftwing Conservatism. This is...

August 2024

August 16, 2024

Beyond the Political Binary

Our choice between Harris and Trump offers us a "political binary." We have a two-party...

August 13, 2024

A Lutheran Vice-President?

Kamala Harris's vice presidential running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, is a Lutheran. This will doubtless...

August 09, 2024

DISCUSS: Christianity and the American Identity Debate

How does Christianity apply to the controversy over "America as an Idea" vs. "America as...

August 08, 2024

The Future of Our Political Parties

What will happen to American political parties after one of them wins and the other...

July 2024

July 30, 2024

The Conspiracy to Hide Biden

Have we had a functional president over the last few years? Or has the Executive Branch...

July 24, 2024

Postliberalism

Graedon H. Zorzi gives a very cogent explanation of "Postliberalism," the kind of conservatism J....

July 23, 2024

J. D. Vance, the New Right, & the New Christian Politics

J. D. Vance, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, has been called "the standard bearer of...

July 16, 2024

Why Is Trump So Hated–and Beloved?

Why do conservatives like Donald Trump so much, and why do liberals despise him so...

July 15, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 7/15/24

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Also, Republicans have their convention and Generation Z takes...

July 11, 2024

Technocratic Government

The most important question about the evident incapacity of President Biden is not how this...

July 09, 2024

No, We Don’t Now Have a King

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that presidents have an immunity from prosecution in carrying out...

July 08, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 7/8/24

The Democrats' conundrum--and a way out. The future of marriage: different spouses for sex, companionship, money,...

July 04, 2024

America vs. Political Panic

If you listen to our politicians from both sides, you would think that America is...

July 03, 2024

The Characteristics of Totalitarianism

Political scientists Carl Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzezinski (who would later become President Jimmy Carter's National Security...

July 02, 2024

Cold War II–and We Are the Soviets

Niall Ferguson has been arguing that a new cold war is emerging, with the alliance...

July 01, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 7/1/24

The great debate. The Supremes take down the administrative state. And the $100 million campaign...

June 2024

June 27, 2024

The Constitution Is About Managing Disagreements

As a reaction to our political polarization and associated dysfunctions, all sides are expressing a...

June 26, 2024

What Does “Establishment of Religion” Actually Mean?

Louisiana's law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms is designed to cause...

June 25, 2024

A Policy Both the Left and the Right Are Pushing

Our current political climate is highly polarized, with the left and the right not being...