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A Little Skynyrd
As I have mentioned before, we are having a grand time preparing and practicing for the Logos Benefit Concert. Speaking of a grand time, here is a link to a grand piano that has been donated for auction to help us raise funds. And while you are there, check out the nifty graphic on the …
Fountain Pens and Signing Ceremonies
The basic question in politics is this: what is our warrant for making people do things? George Washington once noted that government rests upon force. In the last analysis, however you want to describe it, government makes some people do what they don’t want to do. The point of traction in government is therefore coercion. …
One More Visage
The most recent guest caricature has now been posted on the Logos Benefit Concert site — the visage concerned being that of Mark Reagan. For those interested, the night of the concert all the originals for these pictures, all by our own Jay Niemeyer, will be auctioned off.
My Kayak of Consistency
There are two basic streams of conservatism, and I have the misfortunate to belong to both of them. This means that as I am going down this particular river, whenever I get to the rapids, my kayak of consistency gets bounced around a bit. It can be done, but it requires some fancy paddle work, …
Who Owns the Job?
Just a quick note about “collective bargaining.” The real question for those who would understand the nature of unions is the question of ownership. Say there is a particular job at the office building, or at the factory, or in the shop on Main Street. Who owns that job? The assumption behind collective bargaining is …
Family Conference in London
Even though it has been snowing, I am already thinking in terms of “this spring.” And later this spring, Nancy and I will be traveling to Europe, and will be visiting our friends in the UK on the way back. We will be doing a family conference in north London, and more information can be …
Edits on Birth Control
Quite a few of you read Eleven Theses on Birth Control. This is to let you know I made some significant edits to points 4 and 5. Here.
Gay Marriage as Failure to Launch
If the Bible teaches, as it does, that the woman is the glory of the man, what follows from this? Among others things, we find an answer to one of the central challenges of our culture wars — by which I mean the cultural infantilism of homosexual marriage. “the woman is the glory of the …
No Indivisible Clump
When we consider the technological developments that surround us on every hand — such as the fact that I am typing this on my phone in the car while my wife is running a quick errand at the mall — our reaction tends to treat the entire human race as though it were an indivisible …