Dear Gavin, I knew it would be just a matter of time before you ran into the IQ bros. "Whites are superior, whites have a higher IQ on average, whites are supreme, whites rock, and there you ...
IQ and the Flynn Effect
Link and Chain
The father of one of the children being baptized here today was one of the first infants that I ever had the privilege of baptizing. The fact that he was my grandson was not doctrinally part of it, but it did put an exclamation point on the doctrine. This underscores one of the emphases that …
On the Deification of Diseased Daydreams
Introduction: The great Thomas Sowell has written a slew of books, and I in turn have read a passel of them. Part of making America great again is bringing back words like slew and passel. At any rate, Thomas Sowell has written a pile of books, and I have read 11 of them. To be …
In Defense of Worldview Thinking
Introduction: In conservative Christian circles, worldview thinking was quite a hot item for a while. Most recently, I reckon it became “a thing” among us during the Francis Schaeffer times, and it then burgeoned into something of an industry. In North American circles, the kick-off was Schaeffer’s How Shall We Then Live?—the book and film …
Book of the Month/February 2025
My selection for February’s book of the month is a most satisfactory book. Really good. And, not to keep you in suspense, I am talking about My Dear Hemlock by Tilly Dillehay. The very first thing to address has to do with the central conceit of the book. It is structured in the same way …
Book of the Month/January 2025
One aspect of our morning routine is that Nancy and I read together. We each have our own Bible reading and devotional time, but then we come together to read and pray. We pray for our people, and pray for the day. We also read through the New Testament together, and in addition to that, …
Book of the Month/December 2024
The board of New St. Andrews College meets four times a year. One of the things that we do together is assign a book at each board meeting, and we read it together with a plan to discuss it at the following meeting. It is quite a beneficial exercise, and there is a wide array …
Love for Your People, Disordered Affections, and Failing the Stress Test
Introduction: At the end of last month, I posted a thread of eleven comments on what I was there calling Hell-no-nationalism. It stirred the pot significantly, garnering almost 300K looks, and if we ...
Coalitions and Weirdos
Dear Gavin, Thanks for the nudge. We apparently got distracted from our task. Your letter reminded me that we still have a considerable amount of ground to get to. So we already covered how it is okay to be white. Radical, I know. People who are white should be grateful to God for it, but …
Prop 1: A Five Gallon Bucket of Bad Ideas
Introduction: I would like to take a moment, dear reader, to explain why ranked-choice-voting is a really bad idea. I am doing this because certain malevolent forces have managed to get the option of approving said ranked-choice voting onto the ballot this November in Idaho. I said that this was a really bad idea, but …