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June 2016

June 15, 2016

You go ahead and keep feeling; I’ll do the thinking for both of us

It seems to me that when it comes to controversial topics like gun control, we...

November 2014

November 07, 2014

When goods don’t cross borders, armies will

The quote that forms the title of this post comes from Otto T. Mallery (1881-1956), perhaps...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Who is really naive–those who think violence can solve their problems or those who don’t?

I've received a fair bit of flack over a post I wrote last week that essentially...

October 23, 2014

Why “terrorists” are suddenly attacking Canada

The answer isn't complicated. We are exporting violence right now at a level not seen...

October 22, 2014

There is no B/13

Yesterday I got into a bit of an altercation with a student during a lecture...

October 16, 2014

The Unbelievers isn’t a documentary, it’s hubris of the highest order

Let me begin by making one point clear: Unlike many of my peers, I really like...

October 14, 2014

Why having everyone agree with you would be the worst thing ever

One of the key ways we distinguish ourselves from the masses is through a definitive...

October 10, 2014

How to criticize bad ideas

"We have to be able to criticize bad ideas--and Islam is the motherlode of bad...

October 06, 2014

We didn’t fall from Eden–we are slowly but surely crawling out of hell

"A loathing of modernity is one of the great constants of contemporary social criticism." So...

October 01, 2014

Obviously, air strikes fix everything

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Have you fallen for the myth of pure evil?

In his book Evil, psychologist Roy Baumeister busts what he calls the myth of pure...

September 25, 2014

Am I smarter than President Obama? I don’t think so…

In his his Sept. 24 speech to the UN general assembly, President Obama said, As an...

September 24, 2014

Is your utopian vision blinding you to reality?

In a recent piece written for the Huffington Post, theologian Stephen Phelps argues that the US political...

September 19, 2014

Frame or be Framed

Several years ago I worked on a documentary called spOILed, which takes a rather unique look...

September 18, 2014

A good introductory video for those who think non-violence is unthinkable and impractical

September 18, 2014

Hermann Goering was right about at least one thing…

September 17, 2014

Teach me how to treat you

I have four children, ages 6-14. Two boys and two girls. I absolutely love being...

September 16, 2014

Why violence is the perfect solution to every problem

Simple: It demands the least of us in terms of both compassion and creativity. Rather...

September 10, 2014

David French needs to read some MLK

In a recent blog post, David French, Senior Counsel at the staunchly Zionist American Center for Law...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Perhaps violence isn’t so black and white after all…

To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Idiots, Maniacs and Me

I spend a lot of time arguing with people on Facebook. Perhaps too much time....

March 2014

March 10, 2014

What is the best foundation for the existence of objective moral values–theism or atheism?

Either I'm getting old or something is happening at precisely 4:48 a.m. each morning to...

March 03, 2014

Moral outrage and other ways to “win” arguments

If you'd like to read a fascinating critique of penal substitutionary atonement theory, I heartily...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

A momentary lapse of reason?

I've been following with great interest Sam Harris's extended exchanges with his critics. First it...

February 04, 2014

The best of all possible stories — can it be true?

That's the title of the paper I'll be delivering at Trinity Western University's Hell and...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

Can we be scientific about theology?

I say, "Yes!" But if we are going to be scientific about theology, it seems...

January 20, 2014

The NSA: From “No Such Agency” to “New Snowden Age”

In early 2001, I was doing research for a novel about a radio operator on...

January 16, 2014

A few thoughts on avoiding extremes

Just because something isn't what you expected doesn't mean it isn't good. Just becomes something...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

This would be comical if it weren’t so ludicrous

Apparently, some troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp--where prisoners have been routinely held...

December 13, 2013

“Just war” or Just war?

It's fittingly ironic that I spent part of yesterday afternoon reading and ruminating on President...