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January 2023

January 18, 2023

Reserve

We are rightly concerned about violations of our privacy. But sometimes we violate our own...

January 11, 2023

Secularist End Times Despair

We have been writing about the End Times and how many Christians misunderstand the concept. ...

December 2022

December 01, 2022

The Making of the Non-Binary Gender

When we think of "transgender," we usually think of men wanting to become women and...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Land of 130 Genders & 15 Pronouns

The city of San Francisco is launching a program called Guaranteed Income for Trans People...

November 17, 2022

Identity for the Christian

People today are obsessed with their identities. But the Bible explicitly says that the identity...

October 2022

October 20, 2022

A Civilization Racing Backwards

What if our civilization is devolving instead of evolving? That is, what if we Westerners...

October 05, 2022

“Ridicule Is Man’s Most Potent Weapon”

Saul Alinsky's rule for radicals #5 is "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." Today it...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Cannabis as the New Opioids

Marijuana in the 60's had a THC level of just 2%. Breeders raised that to...

September 07, 2022

The Price of Secularism

Does it seem to you that our society is mentally ill? There is a word...

July 2022

July 29, 2022

“Gotta Serve Somebody”

Thaddeus Williams tells of discovering Nietzsche and his ideal of personal autonomy as a teenager....

July 11, 2022

The Nature of Fun

Novelist Walter Kirn distinguishes "fun" from other pleasures. In his essay "The Holy Anarchy of...

June 2022

June 21, 2022

Breakdowns in Intersectionality

The principle of intersectionality teaches that members of various "oppressed groups" should be allies of...

June 16, 2022

Decadence

After the life leaves the body, it decays. The same could be said when the...

June 13, 2022

Temptation of the “High IQ Stupid”: Preferring Theory to Reality

Peggy Noonan coins the term "high IQ stupid" for the syndrome of highly-educated people who...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Entertainment in Our Culture of Death

The killer at Uvalde, Texas, didn't seem to have anything against the fourth graders he...

May 30, 2022

Memory and Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a holiday devoted to memory. Memory is a super-power that human beings...

May 23, 2022

Normalization

"Normalization" is both a sociological and psychological phenomenon and a self-conscious tactic in changing culture....

May 18, 2022

“Possession” and Psychiatry

Demonic possessions seem to be increasing since the pandemic. And some psychiatrists are recognizing the...

May 10, 2022

Other Parallels with Orwell’s Ministry of Truth

The Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board is being compared to the Ministry of Truth in...

May 05, 2022

The Fear Index

Americans are not just unhappy or angry or polarized. Americans are afraid. More than we...

April 2022

April 25, 2022

Mirror Images

When you look in a mirror, you see not just your image but a reversed...

April 11, 2022

Secularists Seeking Forgiveness

Vox has been running a series on the importance of forgiving and finding forgiveness. Though...

February 2022

February 17, 2022

Masks as Veils

As mask mandates are rescinded, some experts say that wearing masks should continue even after...

February 14, 2022

Don’t Have Too Many Valentines

Research shows that the more romantic, sexual, or cohabiting experiences a person has had, the...

February 10, 2022

The Myths about Cohabitation and Late Marriage

The conventional wisdom today is that living together before getting married can help you make...

January 2022

January 20, 2022

How the Loss of Family & Church Gave Us Identity Politics

Mary Eberstadt argues that the decline of the family and of the church--the traditional sources...

January 18, 2022

Nudge vs. Mandate

Though President Biden campaigned on his ability to bring the country together, his rhetoric is...

January 13, 2022

Burnout and Vocation

The Wall Street Journal has a story "When You're Burned Out at Your Job, But...

January 12, 2022

Faith & Mental Health

A new study shows that having a strong faith is correlated with positive mental health....

December 2021

December 09, 2021

The Progressive-Or-Bigot Binary

If you aren't a progressive, you must be a bigot. This binary way of thinking,...