Everybody’s a Critic
“What Time It Is” in the Light of Eternity
Introduction: The late Andrew Breitbart once said that politics was downstream from culture, which was really observant. But there is more. Consistent Christians should want to say that culture ...
Letters in the Month That Rhymes with Moon
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for taking a stand against neo-nazis. Those of us on the center-left and center-right should not and cannot not let the radical-Left or the radical-Right take ...
Land Acknowledgements and the Problem of Israel
Introduction: So let us talk about that impotent contemporary ritual called the “land acknowledgment.” Nowadays when an event or activity is going to be taking place somewhere, or an institution is opening, the proceedings will often begin with a land acknowledgment. This is a little empty gesture recognizing the indigenous people who used to live …
The Burden of Proof Lies with the Accuser
“If I give a cup of cold water in Jesus’ name, it might be that I am showboating, or revealing my latent Pelagianism, or simply imitating Jesus. Before undertaking any obedience, I must prove to myself that what I am doing is true imitation of Christ and not false, but accusations from outside need to demonstrate the existence of the problem. It not enough to demonstrate that this is a situation that might involve this sin.”
Good to Know
Whither?
“What this boils down to is that the camel is all gone, and we still can’t find the gnat.”
From Trash World to Even Trashier, Nazi Chic, and the Immanent Frame
Introduction: The very newest n-word, like we needed another one, is Nazi. More than a few disillusioned young people have given up on the founding myth of the secular post-war consensus—and ...
Whatever Is in the Pipes
“I do write in a particular way. I think in metaphors, and whenever I open the spigot, what comes out is whatever was in the pipes. But bright yellow metaphors and incarnadine similes are not the same thing as snark. Writing in an interesting way is not the same thing as sarcasm.”
Letters Fully Junified
Letter to the Editor: Could you please cash out what a general strike, as you suggested, would look like? What steps would need to be taken specifically? What is needed? How do you do it? ...