When you write things that are kind of “out there,” as I have sometimes done, you do have to explain different aspects of the situation from time to time. Consider this is one such attempt. First, let’s deal with the optical illusion of “out there.” The situation was first created when a bunch of us …
Fix Me Already
Elsie Dinsmore With a Beard
Update: Those who wish to help the Kleins may still do so here. So I explained in a previous post how the homo-jihadis had successfully spiked my guns for a week or thereabouts. In response to my musings on this topic — which was of some interest to me, I will admit — one Christian …
Christian Kid Lit
Here is a quite interesting review of what’s going on in Christian kid lit from Elizabeth Bird.
How Blue the Sky Was
All right. I suppose I should explain to you all what was up with my near-week-long involuntary hiatus from blogging. There were various factors in play, but the central one was my misguided belief that I was somehow included in all that free speech business that Madison wrote about in the First Amendment. You see, …
7 Theses on Historical Loyalties
Grounded loyalty is an inescapable part of historical studies, and attempts at academic detachment are simply attempts that reveal misplaced loyalty to a guild of historians (say) instead of to (say) your nation. What I want to do here is offer seven theses that might help us approach this most helpful truth from various angles. 1. …
Writing About Critters
If you go to this link, and scroll down to Departments, you will see that my brother Gordon Wilson and my friend Joe Francis have won a writing award from the Evangelical Press Association. They won this award for a three part series on critters. Warm congrats.
Well, Whew
Which Is How We Got Here
“In the Olympic games of our culture wars, it is possible to win a gold medal from God when a bunch of your fellow Christians are embarrassed even to look at you” (Rules, p. 111).
The Town Drunk on a Park Bench
Last night I watched Marco Rubio announce his candidacy for the presidency, and as far as such speeches go, I thought he did a very good job. I also observed that those who want him to go far thought he did a better job than he actually did, but still, I thought it was a …