Introduction: We are certainly living in interesting times, as the old Chinese curse puts it. On a related point, the great lexicographer Samuel Johnson once said that there was one good thing about being hanged in a fortnight—he said it concentrated the mind wonderfully. Over the last few years, a number of events have caught …
Young, Restless, and Red-Pilled
Dear Gavin, Thanks very much for contacting me. I am glad that Dawson encouraged you to do that. Dawson is a great kid, the best of relatives. From what you wrote, and from what Dawson told ...
The Kind of Election We Are Not Going to Have
"With him the love of country meansBlowing it all to smithereens" Robert Frost, A Case for Jefferson And no, the reference is not to Trump. Introduction: I ...
The Case Against Conscription
Introduction: When Samuel was warning the people of Israel about what would happen if they obtained a king "like the other nations," one of the central problems he said would arise was the fact ...
Ragnarok and the Administrative State
Introduction: In 1983, Ronald Reagan ordered the invasion of Grenada by American troops, and the Caribbean island was liberated from its Marxist rulers—an event the islanders still celebrate. ...
The Challenge of Puritan Yeast
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, ...
Cultural Revolution and the Sons of Issachar
Sermon Video Introduction: You have no doubt noticed that we live in tumultuous times. Many of you have learned that you should no longer say things like “now I have seen everything,” because ...
Augustine, Priorities, Rightly Ordered Affections, and the Red Pilled Among Us
Introduction: I think we need Augustine's help to get us out of a frightful muddle that our partisan rancor has gotten us into. I am not talking about the enmity between the orcs and elves, between ...
20% of a Wave
Introduction: Allow me to write, if I may, a little bit about some of the doings in our little town. This is my artistic interpretation of this irony-ridden event. It may not be evident from this work, just a sketch really, but I once took some courses from the Juilliard School of Cartooning Arts and …
The Duties of Christian Cops
Introduction: So we live in topsy turvy times, do we not? That being the case, we need to budget for the topsies turving, and turvies topsing. We all need to do a little better at anticipating what ...