The morning after the Clinton Debacle appeared among us, I was walking somewhere in our little town. The sun was shining, and everything was bright and calm. Our little town is divided, but as the primaries here in Idaho showed, it was more of a Sanders/Cruz divide than it was a Clinton/Trump divide. In the …
So You Can Play With Your Ears
I would like to begin by commending this interview of Michael Munger by Russ Roberts. They are discussing the shifting attitudes of white Southerners on slavery in the ante bellum period. Slavery began as a necessary evil and by the 1830’s wound up being thought of as a positive good. How did that happen? This …
The Content Cluster Muster (08.25.16)
Friday Open Road: The more often I get you to go over to Daily Timewaster for Friday Open Road, the better I like it. More on Thabiti: In light of my recent interactions with Thabiti, I thought I might commend to you some books he wrote a few years back. Very grateful for his gracious …
Cracking Down on Crackers
Over the years, as I have written on culture and race, I have had to write on two fronts. In order to engage with the MSNBC-approved narrative, I need to engage with the Black Lives Matter kind of evil, which is all the thing these days. It is evil and popular with the cool kids. …
On Not Blowing Sunshine
Introduction: A few weeks ago, Thabiti contributed to our ongoing discussion of the presidential election and race relations with this post. I responded briefly here, and promised to say more about it later on. It is now later on, and so here I am. Productive Discussions: Thabiti said that he and I manage to have …
John the Baptist’s Yard Sign
Introduction: A few days ago, I replied to Thabiti’s initial post about how he felt constrained to support Hillary as the lesser of two evils. He was kind enough to issue a rejoinder here, and now with the tennis ball over here in front of me again, I suppose it is my turn. Before getting …
On Dodging the Flaming Hailstones
Introduction: So I think it would be fair to say that I have been pounding away at Trump for lo these many months. Now that the primary season is over, and each major party is now stuck with its nominee, people are starting to coalesce (or not) behind somebody. I mentioned yesterday that Wayne Grudem …
How Many Chicagos?
Introduction Allow me to begin by giving you all a round-up of links that offer some very different perspectives on Debacle 2016. Wayne Grudem presents a case arguing that Christians can vote for Donald Trump. Thabiti Anyabwile presents his reasons for voting for Hillary here, which will be the inspiration for my comments today. And …
Racial Held Evans
It is somewhat difficult for me to piece this together because Rachel Held Evans has blocked me on Twitter, and so I only get oblique references from other directions. But apparently there has been another outburst of indignation against me on Twitter for my views on race and Southern slavery, and some of her comments …
Talking About Cromwell Instead
Thabiti has written a kind-hearted piece about how to deal with the “crazy Confederate uncles” of the extended Reformed family. Having dealt with some of the crazies that are out there, I believe that in some respects Thabiti is being too kind, while in other respects he is not being kind enough. And that is …