Introduction: David French recently wrote about what he sees as a significant developing problem with the issues of empathy and sympathy in the church. As yours truly got mentioned in his piece, ...
Should Be a Lot More
“We already know that tormented and driven men can do an awful lot. When we look at the accomplishments of many men, we can almost see the lash behind them. But what can free men and free women do? What can gratitude accomplish?”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 30
The Gay Pulpit
These are the notes from my presentation at the Fight Laugh Feast conference, Lebanon, Tennessee, 2021. Introduction: I came all the way from Idaho to middle Tennessee because I have something ...
Incrementalism and the Texas Abortion Law
Introduction: The left just had a collective hissy fit over the SCOTUS refusal (5/4) to strike down a Texas abortion law. That law had some unique and creative features, along with some good ...
The Nature of a Transitive Verb and the Failure of Conservatism, Inc.
Introduction: What is a conservative? What is a true conservative? What is a populist? What is a faithful populist? The answer to both sets of questions is something that runs along the ...
Letters About Our Incipient Criminality
Letter to the Editor: What if you made one of your books to contain a complimentary fake ID, based on a discount code field that only in-the-know people had and that actually makes the price ...
Afghan Travesty
Introduction: The feckless American retreat from Afghanistan needs to be marked down as one of the more remarkable combinations of high hubris and low incompetence ever accomplished. The ...
The Scouring of the American Shire
"Do you not yet understand? My time is over: it is no longer my task to set things to rights, nor to help folk to do so. And as for you, my dear friends, you will need no help. You are grown up ...
Galadriel and the Chimp
Introduction: Like many obviously correct religious phrases, the soothing and very centered one about being gospel-centered, or Christ-centered, or Bible-centered is obviously correct. But ...
The Coming Preference Cascade
Introduction: The wave is still gathering, and rising ominously, but it is not yet a breaker. It has not yet crashed onto the beach. But if you are willing to look, you can see it rising. And you can ...