Something Like Dryer-Vent-Lint-for-Brains

Introduction: In order to keep these things plain and clear and lucid and comprehensible and transpicuous, you and I are going to have a little talk about this here election tomorrow. And in this little talk I am going to play the role of a Dutch uncle, which means, in its turn, that I am …

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Book of the Month/No Quarter November 2020

As we look back over the debris field of the year behind us, it is hard to believe what has transpired in just a handful of months. There we were last February, cruising at 30,000 feet, nibbling away at our little bag of pretzels, well adjusted to the cabin pressure, little realizing that our pilot …

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You Know the Drill

So here it is November yet again, and it is our third time around. I suspect that many of you know the drill, but in case you are new to these parts, I suppose I should take just a moment to explain the ground rules. Exactly what is No Quarter November? Or, as we will …

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Viewing the NQN 2019 Game Film

Introduction: Well then, we have completed our second edition of No Quarter November, and with none of the support staff being hurt or maimed in any way. And as you may recall, last year I followed up all the NQN doings with a post mortem, which you can read here. The salient questions were, at …

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Rabshakeh, Chief of the Pronoun Police

Introduction: By now many of you have heard that J.D. Greer, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, caused something of a stir a few days ago when in a podcast he urged Christians to lean toward “pronoun hospitality” in their dealings with those in the trans world who have been taught to demand that the …

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Heading off a Woke Thanksgiving

Introduction: So Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and perhaps you will be seated next to a garrulous and somewhat combative uncle, a man who drinks in his opinions at MoveOn.org, and who has voted for Bernie more than once. He lives in Massachusetts and really likes the way things are going out there. Thanksgivings in Arkansas are …

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