Facebook recently decided to let people configure their profile with an available list of any number of genders. For them to publish a master list of the available options would obviously be way too confining, but one estimate puts the available options at 58 or so. One example … [Read more...]
For Millions of Dogs
The average reader of this blog no doubt knows already what the proprietor -- putting myself quaintly in the third person -- thinks of Obamacare. He thinks it is a dog's breakfast for millions of dogs. He thinks it is a smoking heap of legislative slag. He thinks it is a … [Read more...]
Why Nature Is Necessary
Let's clear a few things out in the first paragraph. Nature is nature, which seems obvious enough, but less obvious is that nature has a nature. The grain of the natural order runs in a particular way. It is not amorphous goo that can be shaped by any volunteer demiurge that … [Read more...]
What Mardi Gras Has for Breakfast
This is happening in lots of different areas, so I don't want to pick on Rand Paul. But for the sake of convenience, let us start with him. He recently called for a "truce" within the Republican Party on "social issues," but what such a truce would actually amount to is total … [Read more...]
Preparing for the Refugee Column
A couple of posts ago, I made a joke about "lesbyterians," which resulted in some objections and ongoing discussion. I have made a particular distinction on this topic before, but I really should mention it again. You could look here, or put apostle and refugee in the search bar … [Read more...]
Queer Theory for the Tea Party
Let us abandon for a moment the idea of culture war, and shift the image over to a game or a sport. Many conservative believers think we are in a straightforward contest of strength, something like sumo wrestling, when we are actually in a chess game with a master who is … [Read more...]
If I Were the Devil . . .
I believe I understand what Russell Moore and Andrew Walker were seeking to do with this piece, and I wish them well and applaud their efforts. There is much that is valuable about what they are saying, particularly in their recognition of the distinction between sins and crimes. … [Read more...]
Circumlocutions and Faggotré
Comes now the NFL, on the cusp of bringing in their first openly gay player, and they are also contemplating banning the n-word and the other eff-word at the same time. The Left is currently attempting quite a hat trick -- they are unleashing, simultaneously, their inner … [Read more...]
Pulpitoons
As we argue, urge, mobilize, vote, write and so forth, we need to remember that all these things, however righteous they are in themselves -- and they are -- cannot supply an essential element of cultural reformation. In order to turn our culture back from the brink, we need to … [Read more...]
Put an Egg in Their Shoe
In just a moment I would like to interact with a post by Kirsten Powers and Jonathan Merritt, which you can read here if you haven't already. In one sense, I wish they hadn't written that thing together, because I have some respect for Kirsten Powers. She has done some very fine … [Read more...]
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