https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HapLvuPwLHg If you are tempted to be discouraged by the madness of the year 2020, with the waves of our demented culture frothing the way they do, just remember ...
Effectual Call
“He certainly didn’t feel like he had decided anything. He felt decided upon. It was more like some kind of strange revolt had overtaken him from behind.”
Postscript
Last Monday I wrote about Minneapolis Burning, and I need to add an additional qualifier to what I said there. The article got a lot of traction, and there was one section in it which was a frequently cited pull quote — which is where the qualification needs to be made. This is what I …
Happens a Lot at Big Gatherings
Looking In, Looking Out
“Lambeth’s eyes were dark to begin with, but in that moment there had seemed to be layers of black malice going all the way down . . . He decided later on that he had realized in that moment, somehow, that if you looked into eyes like that long enough, a time would come when you would be looking out of eyes like that.”
Shady Covers It
“He had an affable face, one that didn’t mind spending time with you, and didn’t mind a couple of shades of dishonesty. Nothing black though. Gray tints were acceptable.”
The Nature of Reasonable Doubt
Introduction: So let me begin with the part that a lot of people are going to want to ignore. They will have to ignore it in order to say things like "how dare you?" but the need to say "how dare you?" ...
You’d Be Cheerful Too
“The crowd was still a crowd, and was surging cheerfully back and forth like a large lake on a choppy day.”
So Then. Letters.
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for saying here what isn’t being said elsewhere. But one point that I want to address is this growing trend of anti-cop, anti-government anger that is distancing ...
An Unwelcome Miracle
“She very carefully allowed her gaze to slide over the clock on the balcony again, and was dismayed to see that it seemed to be running backward, like Hezekiah’s sun dial.”