I have made this point before, way back in 2006, but it bears repeating now. The Left has an incremental strategy of making their gains slowly and steadily, and they have been very successful. Conservatives have an incremental strategy of having the Left make their gains more slowly than they wanted and less steadily than …
Drumming Their Heels on the Carpet
Just a quick follow up note to the excitement at Indiana University Friday night. YouTube has a short clip of the the attempted “mic check” that was run on me, and if you listen carefully to their chanting, they say (in the midst of their tightly reasoned argument) something like “We believe in free speech, …
Another North Korean Missile Launch
Last night I had the privilege of speaking at Indiana University on the topic of “Sexual By Design.” There were about 350 people, standing room only. These things are hard to gauge, but I would guess there were about 1/5 Christians, 1/5 liberals who came to hear, and the rest agitators. The agitation was whipped …
That Bus Everybody Talks About
I like Jonah Goldberg a lot, and David Bahnsen here has done us a favor by pointing to this over there. Jonah argues his case well, and the best thing about it is that he really understands the problem a number of us have with Romney. In addition, I know I live in Idaho, and …
Three McGoverns at Once
I am not surprised that my comments on not supporting Romney generated some interest, and I would like to engage with some comments that were made here. I thought the disagreement was on point and respectful for the most part, and since Dr. Brian Mattson has pushed his blue chips out to the middle of …
Atop a Massachusetts Barn
It was declared inevitable a number of times prematurely, but it really does look inevitable now. Rick Santorum has bowed out, and Romney will clinch the Republican nomination some time in the near future. This means, among other things, that I will not be voting the Republican ticket in the fall. But it also means …
Simply a World-Class Dirty Bird
Whereas I will be speaking this coming Friday night on a sexual topic (Sexual By Design), and whereas I will be doing this in Bloomington, Indiana, and whereas Bloomington is the home of the Kinsey Institute, I thought I should say a little brief something about the odd backdrop. It is a little bit like …
When Wives Say No
Contrary to the prevailing winds of our culture, our ministry has long emphasized the responsible headship of the husband in marriage, and the loyal submission of a wife to her husband. This is God’s pattern for marriage, and this is also quite enough to set some secularists to frothing. You would think they would chalk …
Deacons, Defaults, and Daughters
Allow me to place two apparently unrelated points side by side, and then make a third point with the two of them together. Let me start by pointing to a particular feature of the European debt crisis, and then move on to the stealth campaign for women deacons in the PCA via Manhattan’s Redeemer. Then …
Conservative Republican Monkeys
Mittevitability is having a rough go lately. Last night Santorum — a Roman Catholic — took what might be called the hard evangelical states of Alabama and Mississippi. Any thoughtful student of American political history needs to say huh over that one at least a time or two. It took an administration jammed with Chicago …