Micah , I’m fascinated by this discussion of negative book reviews. I had taken it for granted that the reviewer’s task is to evaluate—making allowances for reasonable differences of opinion and taste, of course, and trying to be of service to a diverse population of book-buyers . . . . Continue Reading »
Glenn T. Stanton on what we can learn about marriage from same-sex couples : Liza Mundy highlights some of the most important research on same-sex marriage, presenting much of its critical findings. What’s curious is how she spins the evidence she presents. A more honest reading would give us . . . . Continue Reading »
While the Bible speaks of praising God with musical instruments (e.g., Psalms 147, 149 and 150), there is an ancient tradition of unaccompanied singing in the church. The Orthodox Churches, Reformed Presbyterians and the Churches of Christ sing a cappella in their worship services. Such groupings . . . . Continue Reading »
Following his piece on the policy at the Los Angeles Review of Books not to review first books negatively, D.G. Myers, Mark Athitakis, Joyce Carol Oates, Chris Bea, and Rohan Maitzen discussed negative reviews on Twitter yesterday—whether or not critics should write them and why. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is my argument with Pete this morning. The current progressive tax system is based in a class-envy model of taxation. But we have lived with that for a long time. It has fueled ever bigger government, but we have lived with that for a long time. Our income tax system is . . . . Continue Reading »
In recent years, Southern Baptists have been debating Calvinism’s role within the convention. Over the last couple of decades there’s been a resurgence of Calvinist theology in the SBC which some members have not welcomed. Though there are many points of tension, predestination is the . . . . Continue Reading »
Islam and Christianity in Britain: An Exchange [podcast] Damian Thompson & Michael Nazir-Ali, Telegraph Summer Reading for College Graduates Brett McCracken, Mere Orthodoxy The Schtick of Time Robert Fulford, National Post A Most Sincere Affectation Jonathan Askonas, Fare Forward Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »
So Larry thinks I don’t know ANTS as well as I should but I’m getting there when it comes to members of OUR SPECIES. He “highly recommends” my sympathetic account of moderately socially conservative Darwinian or evolutionary psychologists, particularly Jonathan Haidt (who, . . . . Continue Reading »
and everybody else too. . . . . Continue Reading »
There has been a bit of back and forth recently at Psychology Today concerning the prevalence of ADHD in school-aged children in the U.S. and France. Here at First Thoughts , Collin Garbarino reported the opening piece by Marilyn Wedge and offered his own controversial opinion on the matter. Since . . . . Continue Reading »
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