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, ...
The Challenge of Puritan Yeast
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 . . .
Affection for Israel as Biblical Requirement
Introduction: This could be regarded as one of my periodic forays into the tangled thicket of "what gives with Israel?" You are to imagine it as me putting on a gray coat and blue trousers in order ...
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Hanlon’s Razor and the Mar a Lago Raid
Introduction: My grandson has informed me of Hanlon’s Razor, which states “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” I was previously aware of the sentiment, but not the attribution. These are words to live by. But of course we should also keep in mind the fact that stupid people can be …