Letter to the Editor: Thank you for the reminder to "Not Take the Bait". This, of course, is wise advice. I worry that some numbskull will go off half-cocked and do something really stupid. ...
Letters on Bait, Baggage, Books and More
A Nest of Asian Murder Hornets Mistaken for a Piñata
Whenever something like this Meet the Press thing happens, all kinds of thoughts crowd into my head unbidden. And while one must always keep in mind that trenchant observation of Wodehouse, which is that some minds are like the soup in a bad restaurant, better left unstirred, it remains the case that other things simply …
Life After Roe
For those in the local Moscow area, I wanted to remind you of the Life After Roe event, which is this Friday at 7:00 pm at the UI Pitman Center. The event is free, but please register in advance, which you can do via the QR code on the flyer or at this link here. …
NBC News Lends a Hand
Judging from my Twitter feed, many of you saw the segment on Moscow and Christ Church that Meet the Press did. As I have said elsewhere, I am grateful that it was not a hit piece—they let both sides talk, in other words. It was even-handed in that way. At the same time, it was …
Sounds Legit
Clear Preferences
“The message of ‘tax-supported anything but Christianity’ comes through loud and clear.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 140
Courtship and Sexual Baggage
Dear Darla, So it is very good that your father is putting Trent through his paces. I take it that apart from the central question of your last letter, everything appears to be going swimmingly? So let’s get to it. As to that central question, you raised the issue of his past porn use generally …
Audio Reading of Post
Therapeutic Aerobics
“A conceited man thinks about himself all the time. A morbid, self-absorbed man does the same, and this means the two men have the same problem . . . ‘Learning how to love yourself’ is not the first step in obedience; it is clambering onto a veritable squirrel-cage run of disobedience.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 137
Letters Waft Gently Down, Like Autumn Leaves
Letter to the Editor: With reference to your post entitled "So the Answer is 'No'" I don't have a particular argument to make with regard to women in the military, and I am not a Hebrew scholar, ...
Not Whether You Want, But What
“So a humble man and a proud man are not distinguished from one another because the latter does what he wants and the former does not. Rather, they are distinguished because they want different things. No creature ever desired anything from a base outside its own desires. So a humble man delights in God, and a proud man delights in that which is not God.”
The Cultural Mind, pp. 136-137