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November 2015

November 05, 2015

Clinton accuses Sanders of sexism and racism

Hillary Clinton and her organization are fending off the threat from the left by accusing...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

The most-spoken language by 2050

Guess what the most-spoken language is projected to be by 2050, then see the answer...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

“The lie kills nations”

Hermann Sasse was contending with Nazi Germany, but his words about how "the lie" kills...

July 14, 2015

How a Nobel prize winner got fired

Timothy Richard Hunt is a biologist who won the Nobel Prize. A faculty member at...

July 10, 2015

“debt” = “guilt”

I've read two articles on Germany's hard line against bailing out Greece that blame in...

July 09, 2015

The “free exercise” of religion

Justice Kennedy, in his opinion establishing gay marriage, did affirm the right of religious people...

July 07, 2015

Supreme Court can’t tell what “legislature” means

Lost in the tumultuous week of Supreme Court rulings over Obamacare and gay marriage was...

July 06, 2015

The right to dignity

To find a right to abortion in the Constitution, the Supreme Court justices in Roe...

July 01, 2015

Changing language taboos

Some words are taboo, so that when they are used they constitute the "bad language"...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

New rhetorical strategies for the anti-gun crowd

Opponents of the Second Amendment, inspired by other rapid changes of public opinion, are formulating...

June 26, 2015

Supreme Court upholds Obamacare

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Obamacare, saying that the language of a passage...

June 24, 2015

Liberals vs. Leftists on political correctness

Both liberals and leftists share the goal of social and economic equality and other progressive...

June 23, 2015

Post-gender Europe

Europe has gone further than the United States in embracing the new ideologies about sex,...

June 22, 2015

Pro-abortion activists plan new strategy

The strategy of abortion apologists up to now has been to employ euphemism ("pro-choice") and...

June 03, 2015

From a little eggcorn. . . .

The dictionary has added a new word: "eggcorn." Read what it means after the jump. ...

June 01, 2015

Asserting vs. Explaining

On Trinity Sunday yesterday, I worshipped at the church of my son-in-law, the Rev. Ned...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

America’s most “churchless” and “dechurched” cities

The Barna group has data about which American cities are the most "unchurched," breaking that...

May 18, 2015

Everybody’s a populist

Just about everybody in politics is claiming to be a "populist" these days--leftwinger Elizabeth Warren,...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Hillary says “religious beliefs. . .have to be changed”

Hillary Clinton says that "religious beliefs. . .have to be changed" when they interfere with...

April 21, 2015

Access to the Bible

So what percentage of the world's 6,101 languages do you think have translations of the...

April 16, 2015

Language as “Darwin’s problem”

Noam Chomsky is not a conservative Christian but is rather a leftwing radical. But in...

April 10, 2015

Making dismemberment abortion sound better

Kansas has banned late-term abortions that dismember the child. Other states are considering passing the...

March 2015

March 05, 2015

Supremes hear case on Obamacare language

The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on the most serious legal challenge to Obamacare so...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Righteous eating

"Orthodoxy" means "right belief." Now there is a new word, "orthorexia," meaning "right eating." The...

January 2015

January 06, 2015

Epiphany as both theological and literary term

Today is Epiphany, a day and a season in the church year that I especially...

January 01, 2015

Happy Circumcision & Name of Jesus Day!

I hope you had a big celebration last night and stayed up past midnight to...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Why do Americans say "merry Christmas," while the British and denizens of its Commonwealth say...

December 10, 2014

Pun control

The Chinese government is forbidding the use of puns in state-supported media. Alexandra Petri objects. ...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Party riots

An essay in the Washington Post about the non-spontaneous riots in Ferguson, Missouri, included a...

November 20, 2014

Human ecology

A useful concept and a clarifying name from Pope Francis: People worry about the state...