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January 2019

January 18, 2019

Forbid Them Not: The End

Forbid Them Not, pp. 447-449 And we're finally here! The last installment of this wild,...

January 11, 2019

Forbid Them Not: The Weird, Weird Supreme Court

The problem is that there are three court hearings, and in each case Farris chooses...

December 2018

December 21, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Part Spy Novel, Part Sunday School Literature

First, Jody needs to go to the police. Or the FBI. Or someone. This is...

December 14, 2018

Forbid Them Not: A Man, a Plan, Stalling a Supreme Court Nominee

I'm reminded of the reality that, ten years after this book was published, the Right...

December 07, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Media Circus and the Marital Interview

Laura is upset. She watched the Politics and Hollywood segment, and it upset her. She watched it...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Bikini Babe and the Hollywood Host

Does Jody have no one from the U.S. government that she can go to about this?...

November 23, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Proposal

Take a breather, Laura. You still need to figure out who you are, apart from...

November 16, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Lies, Lies, and More Lies

Farris has his reasons for wanting to keep his base opposed to the passage of...

November 09, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Confronted with His Deceptions, Cooper Phones a Friend

Cooper decides to let Peter do the heavy lifting. No really! He calls Peter---whom he...

November 02, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Decent Man and the Girl Next Door

If your reaction to the above is what in the blazes is this, you're not alone. It's...

October 2018

October 26, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Inexplicable Ambassador and the Hurried Suitor

Jody is calling Cooper from Geneva. It's 6am in Geneva, and Jody has "sequestered herself...

October 19, 2018

Forbid Them Not: A Tale of Three Phone Calls

Let's recap, shall we? Rather than telling Laura that Terry has been sharing information with...

October 12, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Eager Chatter and the Angry Jogger

We all knew that the funding from Randall was toast after the New York Times...

October 05, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The European Car Chase and the Million Secrets Club

It feels like Farris watched a bunch of James Bond movies and read a bunch...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Virginia Gentleman and the Angry Fiancé

Forbid Them Not, pp. 238-254 It's now June 10th, by the way. School is out...

September 21, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Hidden Children and the Internet Theologians

Cooper hasn't told anyone. When he says he's confessed he means he's confessed it to...

September 14, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Sexy Chat and the Robotic Spanking

I actually didn't spend any time in chat rooms in the early 2000s. Instead, I...

September 07, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Today Show Goes South

I get that everyone has bubbles, and I get that that some (liberals and conservatives...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Cooper’s New Car (and Old Girlfriend)

While I don't think Farris should have interfered in his teenage daughter's love life, what...

August 24, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Secret Money and a Romantic Cab Ride

If you learned that your lawyer went on a romantic horse-drawn carriage ride in the...

August 17, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Distracted Lawyer and the Incompetent Hearing

If we needed any further evidence that Cooper should not be the one arguing this...

August 10, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Lazy Lawyer and the Terrible Proposal

So of course, Cooper decides not to call Concerned Women for America. He got a...

August 03, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Billy Graham in the Thirty-Year-Old Body of Matt Damon

I'm curious why Cooper has never gone out with Sally. They've clearly known each other...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Homeschool That Wasn’t

Pp. 101-126, chapter 9 This section is long. For that reason, I'm adding section headings....

July 20, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Silent Freak-Er-Out-Er

Rick isn't even giving Deanna a chance at any of this. In some sense, he's...

July 13, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Trevails of the Lawyer with Brilliant Silver Hair

In other words, this hearing is going to be about procedural issues only. And thank...

July 06, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Mahogany Desk and the Helpful Copier

There was a lot in this chapter. Cooper was inducted into the old boys' club...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Forbid Them Not: The Not-Date

You know what? This feels like it's veering into stalker territory. Cooper met Laura the...

June 22, 2018

Forbid Them Not: A Dinner Party

And we're back! More intrigue with the UN and its lawsuit and the hard-working Christian...

June 15, 2018

Forbid Them Not: Meet the Lawyer

Rick, you see, is a Manly Man, a Protector and Provider. Deanna is freaking out...