So the other night at the recent Republican debate, three candidates said they would be fine with women having to register for the Selective Service. Those three were Christie, Bush, and Rubio. After the debate, Cruz said that he thought the idea was “nuts.” “We have had enough with political correctness — especially in the …
Review: God Is Not a Story: Realism Revisited
God Is Not a Story: Realism Revisited by Francesca Aran Murphy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Good book, but dense. It is sad that she had to write it, what with so many bright souls writing so much theology with six-syllable words in such a way as to require an answer. But she did …
Title Nine, Schmitle Nine
While nobody was looking, the swells who run our international affairs effectively destroyed the entire concept of women’s athletics. We have now advanced well past the absurdity horizon, the point past which no recovery is possible without resorting to the forces of dark bigotry and reaction. It used to be that for a male to …
Courtship and Rape Culture
Let us begin with what I believe to be a common sense observation, which is that when everything is rape then nothing is. We live in a time when the truth of much of this is playing out in real time. Let us begin with one side of the equation, which would be the current …
Ipso Pronto
This last summer, the pro-abortion world was rocked by the release of a series of sting videos that showed Planned Parenthood illegally serving as merchants of baby parts. I hesitate in using that word illegally because their practices are ghoulish and appalling long before they become illegal. What they do is manifestly illegal, but that …
Hazlitt and a Spear of Ash
The results from Iowa were almost ideal, whether we are talking about the Republicans or the Democrats. But first, the Democrats and Hillary. It is of course a major big time desideratum that she implode, and I am sure that I am joined in this pious wish by friends of the Republic everywhere. But if …
Rachel Held Evans and the Anvil
From time to time, I have had my differences with The Gospel Coalition. Most of the differences have been adjectival, but they have been real nonetheless. But with that said, I do want to take an occasion that has recently presented itself to make a point that underscores how much we are on the same …
Review: Favorite Poems
Favorite Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enjoyed very much. Particularly like running across well-worn phrases that I presume originated with Longfellow — ships passing in the night, patter of little feet, into each life some rain must fall. I particularly enjoyed Miles Standish, which I somehow don’t think I …
Review: The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond by G.K. Chesterton My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Chesterton’s non-fiction, top drawer stuff. But I must confess that I sometimes find his fiction tedious and contrived, with fun spots here and there. Oh, well. View all my reviews
Book of the Month/February 2016
Tim Bayly recommended this book to me a few years ago, and so I promptly bought it. It takes very little to get me to buy a book. But since that time I have been nibbling on the book and just now finished it. The book is a delightful read, full of the kind of …