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February 2026

February 23, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 2/23/26

The Supreme Court vetoes Trump's tariffs. A religious liberty ruling with an illuminating frame of...

February 16, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 2/16/26

The government now owes more than the whole nation produces. Michigan defines opposition to abortion as...

February 11, 2026

Can Morality Be Coerced?

If religious coercion is wrong, counter-productive, and impossible, what about morality, which is often lumped...

February 10, 2026

Why You Cannot Coerce Religion

According to Luther, Christianity cannot be coerced. Not just should not be coerced, but cannot...

February 09, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 2/9/26

Doctors who trans minors found guilty of malpractice. The end of mass market paperbacks. And...

January 2026

January 30, 2026

DISCUSS: Immigration Enforcement and Its Protesters

Do you think I.C.E. is going overboard in its efforts to apprehend illegal immigrants? Do...

January 23, 2026

DISCUSS: A Law to Limit Social Media Time to One Hour

Virginia has passed a law limiting the time children can be on a social media...

January 12, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 1/12/26

New Venezuelan dictator, same as the old Venezuelan dictator. Free speech for little kids. And...

January 07, 2026

Two Policy Proposals for AI

Two documents outlining government policies for AI: one from President Trump in which the government...

December 2025

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 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 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

DISCUSS: War in Venezuela?

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

November 12, 2025

What the Democratic Socialists Believe

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

November 10, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/10/25

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

November 06, 2025

Surrogacy and Slavery

The UN task force on violence against women has issued a statement equating surrogacy with...

November 03, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/3/25

The Argentine free-market champion wins his election. Social contagion is real. And canceled professors are...

October 2025

October 27, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 10/27/25

The East Wing is NOT part of the White House. The issue that the Right and...

October 06, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 10/6/25

The military services are now meeting their recruitment goals. Back to the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the...

September 2025

September 03, 2025

Abortion May Account for ALL of the Decline in Births

Our fertility rate has been declining, to the point that it is now well below...

August 2025

August 29, 2025

How to Make Natural Law Arguments

[A free post] Is it possible to argue rationally and persuasively about moral and cultural...

August 26, 2025

Trump Wants to Go to Heaven

Ten years ago, Donald Trump said that he has never asked God for forgiveness because...

August 19, 2025

AI Is Sometimes PROGRAMMED to Be Dangerous

When AI chatbots do something bad or dangerous to users, we usually assume this is...

August 18, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 8/18/25

The 20 jobs that are safest from AI. Why traffic to the big porn sites...

August 11, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 8/11/25

A baby who is 30 years old. No confidentiality with AI. And Christian revival in...

August 04, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 8/4/25

Tariffs and our still-good economy. Planned Parenthood received more tax money than PBS and NPR. ...

July 2025

July 28, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 7/28/25

Minneapolis is also going for a socialist mayor. Europe is making itself go extinct. And...

July 17, 2025

Liberal Theology & Eugenics

Eugenics--the attempt to improve the human gene pool by breeding for desirable traits and sterilizing...

July 14, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 7/14/25

"Trump Accounts" give $1000 to babies for when they turn 18. Teen pregnancy is dying out....

July 08, 2025

The Legacy and Repudiation of Natural Rights

The Declaration of Independence, which we celebrated on the 4th of July, did more than...