Tomayto, Tomahto

An editorial writer for the Lewiston Tribune wrote that folks should “quit picking on” me, and I appreciate the sentiment. But this expression of charity was too much for one letter writer, a woman named Joan Opyr, who wrote an indignant response. It turns out that I have been picking on Moscow — for several …

Wahoo From the Yahoos

This falls under the heading of prayer request and thanksgiving. We are now in the week running up to our Trinity Fest, and all the indications show that we are set for a great conference. Registrations have been strong, the scheduled events are much broader and deeper than we used to have at the old …

Important Trinity Fest Announcement

We only have a week before Trinity Fest begins, and we have an important announcement connected with this. Before getting to that, let me encourage those who have not yet registered to go ahead and do so, and to come. This whole event gets more interesting every day. And that leads me to the announcement. …

But Secularism Really Is Ugly

In the world of postmodern politics, truth does not matter — and pressure does. One of the reasons postmodern theorists say that all truth constructions are really just disguised power grabs is to disable any who oppose them. Once the decks are cleared for action, up they jump with their own construction which (mysteriously) is …

Qualified Good News

Just a few quick words about this evening’s decision of the Moscow City Council. As the title indicates, it was qualified good news. A zoning complaint had been filed against New St. Andrews College by three gentlemen who have a highly rarified and abstract love of the zoning code. The city official responsible for making …

Beware All Isms Except for Prisms

One other follow-up on the accusations of my adversaries that I am a racist. Instead of denying the charge (as framed by them), I simply want to point out the grotesque nature of racism inflation. That all-purpose word is now supposed to represent anyone or anything that opposes or interferes with their agenda. And if …

Home Grown Hatred

An insightful correspondent noted something peculiar about the charges against the Australian evangelicals that I wrote about yesterday. They were guilty of an offending statement, which he tinkered around with, substituting words like Bible for words like Koran, and Christ Church for things like Islam. What we find is some compelling evidence of some home-grown …

Seething With Hatreds

The province of Victoria in Australia passed a “Racial and Religious Tolerance Act,” which now looks to end in what happening? You guessed it — several evangelical teachers going to jail. A judge has ordered these two Christians to apologize for comments they made in a seminar on Islam or face some jail time. Check …

Lambs and Geese, Foxes and Wolves

Also in this morning’s paper was an editorial response of mine to the column of Rose Huskey and Saundra Lund last Saturday. Here it is: If I might, I would like to briefly respond to Rose Huskey and Saundra Lund, who served up a veritable casserole of charges to your readers on Saturday last. This …