Introduction: The second chapter of Disarming Leviathan is an interesting affair that might best be called Campbell v. Campbell. The first part of the chapter is at complete odds with the second ...
The Salad Bowl of Diversity
Gamaliel, Hot Heads, and Pan-Flashes
Introduction: Early on in the book of Acts, the apostles were hauled in because of their disruptive preaching, and after they told the Council that they were going to obey God and not them, the ...
The Epsteen, Epstyne, Epstain Affair
Introduction: So last week, the Trump DOJ announced that somehow or other they had decided to get a lot of Epsteinian egg on their collective face. Official observers were divided as to what ...
Let’s Play Chase—Anglican and Puritan Version
Introduction: I have an exhilarating task before me. I want to argue with C.S. Lewis about politics, and I also want to praise him highly at the same time. The praise is because he puts his finger ...
Israel, Iran, and Good Old Vermont
Introduction: Whenever I write anything about Israel—anything whatever—I open up my Twitter feed a couple hours later only to discover a misty cloud-sourced analysis of my many and sundry ...
The Woke Right, Real and Imagined
Let me begin with an observation that I read somewhere, many years ago. I believe that if we think carefully about it for a few minutes, it will help us navigate our vexed topic. That vexed topic is whether or not there is even such a thing as “the woke right” and, if there is …
Battle of the Gods
Introduction A few days ago, when the news about that huge Hindu image of Lord Hanuman was first going around, my friend Joe Rigney inquired if anyone knew whether @MichaelCassidy had anything ...
The Grace of Wrong Answers, Marked with a Red Pen
Introduction: Let's talk about socialism in the light of the last judgment. Some of the following was churned up in my mind through my discussion with Joe Rigney last week (see below). As I have ...
The Revolution Will (Still) Not Be Televised
Introduction: Back in the day, 1970 to be precise, a gent named Gil Scott-Heron released a spoken-word piece with the title that I referenced above—The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. The phrase ...
Shall I Explain What’s Going On? No, Seriously . . .
This will not be a sustained argument, explaining everything in cogent and meticulous detail, but rather a random collection of observations, somewhat in the style of Mystery Science Theater. Don’t try to figure out the flow, in other words. But if you stay with me, as you know you probably should, by the end you …