When I met the great Lutheran theologian Robert Jenson, I was a young man, just starting out in academic life. He treated me like an equal, though—and did it in a particular way that I will describe. Continue Reading »
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By dropping core requirements, universities are choosing license over formation. Continue Reading »
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The Australian Left finds it impossible to admit its errors. Continue Reading »
We don’t have a crisis of truth, but a crisis of confidence in political authority per se. Continue Reading »
In one of his most irreverent moments, in the wild little book The Anti-Christ, composed not long before he completely lost his mind, Nietzsche states that there is only one admirable figure in the entire New Testament, one character alone who deserves our respect: Pontius Pilate. It’s an . . . . Continue Reading »
Samuel Johnson understood that a society without truth—a society of “fake news”—would inevitably collapse. Continue Reading »
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