“So-called urban music, in particular, has become little more than a cult of social deviance”
Nation of Rebels, p. 322.
An Incongruity Barely Visible
“Man, this guy was good. But Rourke had been on the force for many years, and he was just as good. Rourke tightened the muscles in his jaw. That man across the table is telling the truth for now, just this moment. But he is a liar telling the truth, and it almost suits him”
NQN ICYMI
Inerrancy as the Queen Mum of Evangelicalism
Introduction: Secularists scoff at Bible. Postmodernists sneer at the metanarrative for not being their own. And liberals cherry pick what they find to be of lasting spiritual value, according to the ...
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Whooda Thunk?
“The whole idea that virtuous self-restraint on the part of corporations, or energy conservation on the part of consumers, must be a part of any solution to the problems of pollution is based on a fundamental confusion. The fact that we are always being urged to conserve energy is simply a sign that the price is too low. After all, the government doesn’t have to remind us to conserve coffee beans or molybdenum or wiper fluid or any of the other goods that we consume every day. Why not? Because when we consume these goods, the price that we pay reflects pretty much the entire cost that our consumption imposes upon society. In other words, when the price level is right, there is no need to encourage conservation.”
Nation of Rebels, p. 316
Different Approaches to Parental Authority
“‘That’ll take some getting used to on my part. In my church back home, if I had ever called Pastor Hill Bruce, my mother would have found the dullest butter knife in her drawer and skinned me with it. Then she would have had the knife mounted as a trophy. No remorse on her part at all’”.
NQN, Part Deux
Well, here it is, November once more. Many of you know the drill since I did this last year. But mark, you only know the drill if I do the same basic thing I did last year, which I intend to, but you didn’t necessarily know that, did you? And on top of that, some …
And Why Should He?
There Are People Who Hide Their Privilege Instead of Checking It
“The proper name for a technology that is available only to the few is not ‘appropriate,’ but ‘privileged.’”
Nation of Rebels, p. 298
As In, Plush
“They walked across about half an acre of carpet that you could lose a croquet ball in, came to another set of glass doors, and went through those.”