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March 2021

March 29, 2021

Pornifying Tolkien

TheOneRing.net reported recently that the talent agency in charge of hiring actors for Amazon’s upcoming prequel...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Christians’ Complicated Relationship with Experts

Another week, another lengthy YouTube video alleging a coronavirus-related conspiracy reaching to the highest levels...

February 2020

February 04, 2020

Okay, Doomer

Two of my best friends and I have an informal liturgy: whenever we go camping,...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

“I Understood that Reference!” Tempering the Tyranny of Pop-Culture Obsessions

There’s a delightful scene in 2012’s “Avengers” where Marvel’s man-out-of-time, Captain America, blurts out his glee over...

July 2019

July 10, 2019

The Case Against the Internet

This piece was originally published at BreakPoint.org on August 22, 2016. Late last month, the...

July 17, 2018

Batman’s Passion

Ten years after its most famous entry hit theaters, Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” movies are...

June 2018

June 05, 2018

Miss America Swimsuits Separate Traditionalist Men from Right-Wing Boys

The Miss America pageant (which will no longer be called a "pageant," but a "contest")...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

Jordan Peterson and the Return of Earnestness

The digital ink spilled over Canadian clinical psychologist and author Jordan Peterson by now could...

April 2018

April 09, 2018

Biblical Illiteracy Isn’t Funny, It’s Scary

Last week biblical illiteracy in the news media was put on display like never before....

February 2018

February 05, 2018

Don’t Blame Homeschooling For Child Abuse Cases Like The Turpins’

Homeschoolers: guilty until proven innocent.

October 2017

October 27, 2017

The Media Myth of Casual Sex

The dirty little secret of the modern era is that the kind of behavior entertainment...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Hugh Hefner’s Legacy Is Remaking Women in Man’s Image

More than anything else, Hefner will be remembered for remaking women to be as much...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

No, ‘Game of Thrones’ Nudity Isn’t ‘Meat Sacrificed to Idols’

Ah yes, the excuses Christians come up with for watching "Game of Thrones."

August 16, 2017

Want to Fuel the Alt-Right? Tear Down More Statues

Left-wing vigilantism directed at a statue is exactly the kind of thing that fuels the...

August 10, 2017

On the Christian Bubble, and Being the Bad Guys

A recent episode of the Disney Channel cartoon show, "Doc McStuffins," which is aimed at...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

The Writers of ‘Planet of the Apes’ Went Bananas with Christian Imagery

It's summer, and I don't need any other excuse for this post. I just saw "War...

July 10, 2017

Americans Think the World Is Way Worse Than It Actually Is

For the most part, Americans form their political opinions without the slightest reference to reality....