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May 2012

May 03, 2012

We’re back online!

Finally! Long time no see. This blog went down on May 1 and just came...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Bonus day

Today is the added day for Leap Year, February 29. Once every four years we...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

State of the Union

I always make a point of watching the annual state of the union address--no matter...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

Ron Paul’s baggage

As a Virginian, my only choices in the Republican primary are Mitt Romney and Ron...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

Why our foreign relations are in such bad shape

President Obama at a meeting of world leaders at the UN:

February 2011

February 23, 2011

Battle of the eighth graders

Webmonk alerted me to a post on Freakonomics about a test for eighth graders from...

January 2011

January 07, 2011

Signs and Portents?

Good thing we don't believe in signs and portents like the ancients did. First, on...

March 2010

March 05, 2010

Current events quiz

How informed about current events are you? Try this to find out: Test Your News...

February 2010

February 08, 2010

Super Bowl post-mortem

Well, I was surprised. Comment here on the game, the commercials, the half-time show, or...

December 2009

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Today we will have no political arguments, theological debates, cultural lamentations, snide remarks, or forensic...

December 18, 2009

So how is “Avatar”?

Avatar opens today, the 3-D science fiction epic by James Cameron that some say will...

December 17, 2009

Person of the Year

Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2009 is Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben...

October 2009

October 02, 2009

St. Damien

Father Damien was a priest who served the leper colony at Molokai in the Hawaiian...

September 2009

September 29, 2009

The great Bob Dylan challenge

In our discussion of Bob Dylan's upcoming Christmas album a few days ago, some of...

September 08, 2009

Back to school issue

Today, as the kids go back to their studies and their parents breathe a sigh...

September 07, 2009

My book on the subject

I guess I can justify plugging my book on Vocation, seeing as how it is...

September 04, 2009

The great tomato recession

You will perhaps recall The great tomato ideological experiment, in which I planted a hybrid...

August 2009

August 03, 2009

Leaving the beer summit

Explicate this picture: HT: Carl Vehse

May 2009

May 28, 2009

Luther on Natural Law

In answer to an issue that came up on yesterday's very helpful discussion on the...

May 15, 2009

Review Bob Dylan’s new album

It's called "Together through Life." Have any of you heard it? Could someone tell us...

May 12, 2009

Getting the verdict ahead of time

Another note from our church's Good Shepherd seminar. . . .Prof. Pless quoted theologian Gerhard...

May 11, 2009

Forgiveness won and delivered

More from last week's Good Shepherd seminar at my church. . . .Prof. Pless quoted...

April 2009

April 20, 2009

“We Do Not Consider Ourselves a Christian Nation”

When he was in Turkey, President Obama made this statement: "Although ... we have a...

March 2009

March 09, 2009

Is Rush Limbaugh conservative?

So the Democrats are saying Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican party, which...

March 02, 2009

Obama gives in to the Russians

Last year we had several posts on American plans to install missile defenses in Poland...

November 2008

November 04, 2008

Election-induced insanity

Psychiatrist Phyllis Chesler is worried about Pre-Election Psycho-Somatic Hysteria: There are important reasons to vote...

September 2008

September 18, 2008

Dying for your faith in India

Growing numbers of people converting to Christianity has sparked a wave of persecution in parts...

June 2008

June 20, 2008

Kids suing parents

It isn't just the deconstruction of marriage we are facing, it is the deconstruction of...

April 2008

April 17, 2008

Summer Camp at Patrick Henry College

I keep bragging about Patrick Henry College, where I teach and am provost, to the...

April 02, 2008

In praise of Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton, like other country singers, is self-deprecating enough to allow herself to be turned...