As if our mere presence on-line were not ridiculous enough, we are taking our act on the road. Last week, a contingent of Bereans invaded the friendly spaces of Brantwood Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio. We were warmly welcomed by Pastor James Risner and his flock. We enjoyed a good time of discussion. Topics ranged […]
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Bereans on the Road!
22 Oct 2014
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My Battle Against Culture Wars
16 Oct 2014
Gird your loins, fellow believers. Sharpen your spears. Lace your sandals. There are vineyards to trample and breastplates to don. Zion awaits, but only if we march apace. There are culture wars, and rumors of culture wars. The world is full of shadows, some of them treacherous and fearful. We have a mayor in Houston […]
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Remarks on Religious Freedom
10 Oct 2014
I was asked to speak at the Religious Freedom Summit that is still going on at Cedarville University. What follows is a copy of my remarks. They were lightly edited and altered when delivered since I did not read the text. *** Our tendency, when we think of religious freedom or anything else, is to […]
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Ebola: The President Needs to Act
02 Oct 2014
Maybe I watch too many movies. How often does a wheezy man with a runny nose sneeze in an airplane? Then, naturally, we see a world map where the contagion, whatever it might be, spreads across the globe thanks to patient zero. This is soon followed by an apocalypse that involves siphoning gas and killing […]
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Eric Holder–The Activist Attorney General
26 Sep 2014
Nicholas Katzenbach was one of my favorite Attorneys General. Though it may seem odd to begin a post about Eric Holder, the just resigned A.G., with a recollection of an Attorney General from L.B.J.’s administration, please bear with me. Katzenbach, who died in 2012, was a pivotal part of the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies. It […]
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Happy Constitution Day!
17 Sep 2014
There is much to laud about our founding document. The mechanics of our government have, largely, served us well over these two and a quarter centuries. Our founders were wise to construct a system that was at once powerful enough to govern, yet limited in what it could do. In the Federalist, Madison wrote: In […]
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S. Truett Cathy, R.I.P.
08 Sep 2014
I cannot claim to have known S. Truett Cathy, Chick-fil-A’s founder, who died today, but I will sing his praises. When I was writing my dissertation at the University of Georgia, I had the opportunity to teach history and government courses at Prince Avenue Christian School in Athens, GA. I also coached varsity girls and […]
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White Democrats in the South: Then and Now
04 Sep 2014
Michelle Nunn is the scion of a political brand. A Democrat running in what is now a deeply Republican state, Nunn is squaring off against David Perdue, a GOP businessman, for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. In a year when control of the Senate is in doubt, this contest, and others throughout the […]
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Quote of the Week!
28 Aug 2014
“the passion for economic equality…is…a passion for getting as much as those above us in the economic scale already get rather than a passion for giving those below us as much as we ourselves already get.” –Henry Hazlitt
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Golf is Not the Problem. Leadership Is.
25 Aug 2014
President Barack Obama’s golf habits have garnered significant media attention recently. Politico ran a long story on the politics of presidential golf, and Chris Cillizza, in the Washington Post, argues that Obama’s disconnectedness, symbolized by his proclivities for short pants and long drivers, threatens the Democrats’ chances in the upcoming mid-term elections. Even Jimmy Fallon, […]
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