Introduction: I would like to draw your attention to comments that were recently made by Neil Gorsuch, one of the more sensible members of our Supreme Court. And, as those comments should reveal, it ...
The American Creedle
Both Brilliant and Blind
Introduction: I first read Eric Hoffer's book The True Believer in 1984, over forty years ago now. I had also read Orwell's 1984 in that same year because I thought it was an appropriate time ...
The Rise of the Islamo-Commies
Introduction: A decade ago, Canon published Empires of Dirt, and given our cultural moment now, the subtitle is interesting to look back on. That subtitle was “Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative.” In some respects, the terrain back then was quite different than it is today, but in other ways, it is still …
Religious Liberty Is a Religious Value
My comments at the Grace Agenda pre-func men’s conference. Introduction: One of the downsides of our failure to recognize that secularism functions as a religion is that as a consequence we fail to recognize that secularism as a system gives birth to certain values that are in fact religious values. One such value would be …
Yearning for a Doug-Free Zone
Introduction: So The Dispatch has expressed a certain level of displeasure with me. I acknowledge at the outset that this apologia for my activities might seem like I am trying to aim my answers ...
Darryl Hart, the Wall Street Journal, and the First Person Singular Pronoun in the Objective Case
Introduction: So last week, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Darryl Hart on Presbyterians and Christian nationalism. The link is here if you want to check it out, and in ...
Birthrights and Black Pills
Introduction: The Supreme Court’s failure last week to uphold the president’s executive order on birthright citizenship was genuinely disappointing. At the same time, it should not be an occasion ...
No Enemies Inside the Castle
Introduction: We are going to be talking about Nazis in just a bit, but we need to start with something else first. Bear with me. It will all flow together shortly, as when you fold whipped egg whites into the batter for chiffon cake. Something like that, at any rate. One searches for the right …
From Trash World to Even Trashier, Nazi Chic, and the Immanent Frame
Introduction: The very newest n-word, like we needed another one, is Nazi. More than a few disillusioned young people have given up on the founding myth of the secular post-war consensus—and ...
A Diamond-Studded Turd
The Occasion for Writing About This: Last week, as we were enjoying another round of "Christ is King" posturing, a thought occurred to me, and so I went ahead and tweeted it. And when I tweet my observations, ...