Since moving to Virginia I have experienced a divided mind although I know scripture warns against such. Growing up on the east coast of Florida, I have a strong inclination to side with the claim that the first Thanksgiving really occurred on September 8, 1565 between Pedro Menéndez de . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Monday! Let’s get to it. “Let’s face it,” Peter Lawler says over at Postmodern Conservative : “The FILIBUSTER isn’t in the Constitution.” Meanwhile, Carl Scott still doesn’t want you to read that biography of Woodrow Wilson, no matter how tempted . . . . Continue Reading »
In “ I’m Not a Spinster Aunt, I’m a PANK ,” Allison P. Davis describes the newish phenomenon of “aunthood as a marketing opportunity.” PANK is an acronym for Professional Aunt, No Kids. Marketers see the PANK as “the next key demographic” because of her . . . . Continue Reading »
Evidently, members of the Society of St. Pius X really do think they are more Catholic than the Pope—-more Catholic than Pope Francis, more Catholic than Pope Benedict XVI, more Catholic than Pope John Paul the Great. Although I understand the efforts of the Vatican to reason with these . . . . Continue Reading »
So congratulations to Pete for taking the lead in explaining why the Democrats’ semi-abandonment of the FILIBUSTER was stupid and will probably benefit the Republicans over the long term. Randy Barnett, for one, cited Pete as the expert on this issue. Randy, like most libertarians, has . . . . Continue Reading »
Church History, Not Parochial Mark Noll, Books & Culture America’s Best-Paid Fairy Tale Writer John Gray, New Republic ‘Now and Then I Feel It’s Working’ J. Peter Nixon, Commonweal Whither Oliver O’Donovan? James K. A. Smith, Scribd You Know What’s Funny? . . . . Continue Reading »
Bill Gates says art is evil. Terry Teachout says Bill Gates is a barbarian. Jay Greene agrees , and he has the data to prove it. In support of his view that art is evil, Gates cites the utilitarian philosophy of Peter Singer, who openly favors infanticide. I believe it was Hans Urs von . . . . Continue Reading »
Amity Shlaes, author of a fine book on FDR and the Depression, The Forgotten Man , and a biography of Calvin Coolidge I haven’t gotten to yet, has a long and quite educational review of Scott Berg’s new biography of Woodrow Wilson over at The National Interest . I had my suspicions about . . . . Continue Reading »
Excellent advice for pastors, and for the rest of us: Paul Levy writing on Reformation 21 on When Your World Caves in , writing in response to two pastor friends who’d “fallen morally” and lost their positions and families. For example: Online life is a killer . This isn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
The Fall, 2013 issue of Leadership Journal has an article by Stanton Jones up entitled, ” Help, I’m Gay .” It is billed as “A pastoral conversation about same-sex attraction.” The editors chose to illustrate the article with the picture at left. This would . . . . Continue Reading »
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