Flags, Fireworks, and Fun

“In my experience, those who are most ambivalent or cynical about patriotic pieties—flags, fireworks, and fun—are most likely to support the abuses of statist power when the state is attempting to become some jitney god in the lives of the citizens. But those who wave the flag at the parade and eat their hot dogs …

Surrounded With Beer Cans

If, under the new covenant, the promises of Deuteronomy can legitimately be applied to a nation today, then it is possible for us to sort out what we should think about immigration biblically. If the promises of Deuteronomy do not apply, then we (and the refugees) are cast upon our own resources. The whole subject …

Modified Stationary Freak-Out

Introduction: So Donald “Jehu” Trump comes to the Left’s estate sale, looks at an expensive vase left by their deceased grandmother, and offers them ten bucks for it. “Ten dollars?!?!,” they screech in unison. “That is worth two thousand, at least.” What kind of idiot offers ten dollars for a two thousand dollar vase? After …