In the national liberal chatter over what could possibly have gotten into the American people over this health care business, the talk eventually turned, as you may have guessed, to race. The narrative is that Americans have not yet made their peace with the fact that Obama is black. This causes that kind of deep …
More Bread
I linked to a picture of the Palouse wheat fields yesterday. Here is a pic taken by a friend, with the wheat the color it is now (HT: Rob Sentz). That’s still a lot of bread.
Daughters and Grandsons
Apropos of nothing in particular, allow me just a few words about education and girls. In many ways, pastoral ministry is like playing that whack-a-mole game — one thing disappears under the mallet, and another one pops up. And it was probably one you thought you dealt with a few years before, and here is …
Unleashing Your Inner Fundamentalist
Suppose that John R. Rice, during his Sword of the Lord days, accidentally took a couple hits of acid, and prophesied wildly about what would happen down the road if women quit wearing their hair in a bun, and started wearing slacks like crazy. Suppose he got really out there, and promised us all that …
Audio Reading of Post
Some Recessionary Pink Elephants
What explains the lunacy of our present political leadership? The explanations are varied, of course, but they generally cannot be grouped under stupidity. Ignorance, often, but stupidity no. You don’t get to the positions of influence that these people occupy because you are unable to tie your own shoes. The question is not a matter …
Public Spirited Brick Throwers
The cash for clunkers program is a variation on a theme, one that highlights the economic illiteracy of our times, and the greediness of our leaders and people. Free money — who could be against that? Well, me, for starters. Here is the theme. Henry Hazlitt (Economics in One Lesson) pointed out what he called …
Pomo Goopy Thought
Justin Taylor links to an article by Kevin DeYoung on how it is the the new Calvinists are overwhelmingly complementarians. For those unfamiliar with the jargon, complementarian is the name of the position that resists the ordination of women, while egalitarians support that ordination. There are other issues involved, of course, but that is the …
The Economics of Sin
So, it is the Fourth of July. Eat your burgers and set off your squibs. Remember that we are not allowed to turn this into a lamentation commemoration until the president has us neck deep in five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains, and they have to be at least as onerous …
Our Bedlamite Riot
A friend sent me this link to a demolition job of Radical Orthodoxy. This is the kind of scholarship that makes you want to say something like “push ’em back, push ’em back, waaaay back!” I am glad we still have scholars around who have the ability (and the olfactory tolerances) to sift through steaming …
Goodreads Dot Com
Over on the left, you should notice a cluster of book covers that links to a site called Goodreads, a social networking site that revolves around books and reading. I am still just learning the ropes, but know enough to recommend it highly. After I joined, I spent some time backloading a list of books …