Introduction: When Samuel was warning the people of Israel about what would happen if they obtained a king "like the other nations," one of the central problems he said would arise was the fact ...
The Case Against Conscription
Trump Into the Briar Patch
In the rugby scrum that we like to call our presidential politics, I would like to point out that some of the candidates have had their shorts pulled down around their ankles, and a few of the others appear to be slashing wildly with their switchblades. I mean, the refs totally should have flagged that, …
The Challenge of Puritan Yeast
Introduction: I am currently enjoying Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. One of the ways I evaluate a really good book is by looking at all of the thoughts it churns up in my head, ...
Our Plantain Republic
Introduction: A plantain is a kind of banana cousin. It is larger in size, and it is significantly more starchy in consistency. Wise counsel would encourage you not try to consume any of them ...
Why Fox News Needs to Free Tucker. And Then a Word about the Gospel of Sovereign Grace
Political Diseases, Gospel Solutions: There are some who believe that our political diseases can be healed through bringing them into contact with other, more exotic diseases from other points on the ...
Romans 13, With 13 As Lucky Number
Introduction: Last week we saw a major victory in federal court, for which we give deep thanks to God. A good news story about it can be found here, and down below I have included two press releases that will fill in a bunch of the salient details for you. What I want to do …
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Trump, NFTs, Fremdschämen, and More
Introduction: First, the definitions. Trump, well, you know that one. NFTs stands for "Non-Fungible Tokens,"which is a cryptographic asset embedded in a block chain, meaning that it has a distinct ...
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Red, Red Whine
Introduction: So this is a time when good writers reach into their tool chest in order to trot out a phrase like "much ballyhooed." The much ballyhooed red wave has hit the beach. It was not ...
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The Bait Lies Before You Now. Do Not Take It.
Introduction: Either we are being ruled by a cabal of incompetents, whose twaddlesome deficiencies rise to near criminal levels, or we are being ruled by criminals, whose master plan is to continue ...
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And One Day, the Memes Just Started Making Themselves . . .
