Letter to the Editor: I think there is one thing that Mr. Renn missed; that very thing, I think, is foundational. I think that "men" (from back when that word had an objective, meaning sort ...
Yet Another Epistolary Event
As Seconds Amble
“The next thirty seconds at their table were truly awkward, and walked slowly by, trying to act like ninety seconds.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 94
In Which We Have An Opportunity to Talk About Ourselves in the Third Person
Introduction: I have previously used this space to commend a newsletter called The Masculinist, written and distributed by Aaron Renn. He provides a lot of trenchant analysis of the sort that you won’t find among the approved but gelded evangelicals, and hence it has a lot more explanatory power than what you usually get. If …
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Which Is Sorta Tight
“Because I am not blind, I do know that if she had put a quarter in her hip pocket, I would have been able to tell if it was heads or tails.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, pp. 92-93
More Approachable
Which Sometimes Happens
“Well, let’s state the facts accurately. I wasn’t leering. I merely glanced at her. I simply wanted to get her attention to find out if they put my cinnamon roll on the wrong train.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 91
An Odd Feeling
“He didn’t feel the way he had felt the night before, except in his gut. He felt normal in every respect, with the exception of his large intestine. He felt like his intestine had somehow gained thirty pounds. He thought he should be able to function normally without looking dejected. He was dejected though, or at least his intestine was.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 87
Warhorn, Moscow, and Binding Consciences
Introduction: As a number of you have no doubt seen, we were taken to task yesterday by Joseph Bayly and Brian Bailey, and given the nature of the criticism, I thought a response was necessary. I hope to keep the response centered on what I believe to be the central issue, and so perhaps this …
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A Soft Semantic Spread
“So my grandma smiled her brightest and most cheerful smile at the lady, and with her old-school Alabama accent, the kind you could spread on crackers, she said . . .”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 73
You Keep Having Things to Say
Letter to the Editor: Concerning "And now for some words of encouragement" What should one do if one's own church requires masking in order to attend (everyone, 3 years and up)? I've just ...