Winning a war of independence and fathering a country have secured George Washington’s reputation for greatness. But our first president now stands accused of a violating a sacred public trust: He checked out library books and never returned them . Librarians in New York’s oldest . . . . Continue Reading »
There was a thoughtful opionion article in the New York Times Sunday about industrial farming and the potential over use of antibiotics to keep the animals from becoming infected. I found myself in complete agreement with the approach and, as a consequence, very open to the . . . . Continue Reading »
My latest book review is here . It is a review of Mr. Gooch’s biography of the Southern, Catholic writer Mary Flannery O’Connor. Mary Flannery is a favorite. . . . . Continue Reading »
As the coup de culture progresses, hedonism increases, leading to some decadent behaviors that are destructive to intrinsic human dignity. Bestiality is one such behavior, and in Washington State, a man has alleged to have, in effect, pimped his animals for sex. From the disgusting . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Michael Liccione offers a meditation, drawing on his own painful experiences, in Crucifying the Pope . . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So the final event of THE BUILDING BETTER THAN THEY KNEW TOUR at Furman was really enjoyable. You’ll not be surprised to know that I finished my big talk by explaining that there’s no solution to our so-called crisis in health care (with its deeply demographic dimension) that . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at The American Conservative, Larison uses the NY Times/CBS News poll to argue that the Tea Partiers aren’t populists but rather “base” conservatives . He echoes Peter Beinart, who points out the differences between the Tea Partiers and the followers of William Jennings . . . . Continue Reading »
With the ongoing discussions about Bruce Waltke’s video at the BioLogos website and his subsequent resignation from RTS, as well as the long comment thread here at Evangel about events in Genesis, I thought I would post some thoughts about the relationship between science and religion that . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a very helpful introduction to reading the Fathers from Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III, delivered this past week at Together for the Gospel:For more from Duncan, see the interview Patristics for Busy Pastors, where he answers questions like:Why should a busy pastor invest time in reading the . . . . Continue Reading »
I was going to joke that someone would say the current volcano in Iceland was caused by global warming. But as I always say, you can’t get ahead of them—if you say something sarcastically, someone will make the same claim seriously.For example, I used to kid to human unexceptionalists . . . . Continue Reading »
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