I must first apologize for the length of this post. It is a bit involved, but because the subject is not so simple as we sometimes would like to believe. As I consider the current state of government and of colleges and universities, and their dysfunction, I can’t help but do so in terms of […]
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A Tale of Two Kinds of Institutions
26 Jan 2016
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Republicans on the Brink
22 Jan 2016
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” H.L. Mencken Perhaps the moment will melt in the snows of Iowa and New Hampshire, dissolved for all but those obsessed with electoral trivia. Paul Tsongas, Phil Gramm, and Pat Robertson were major players for […]
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Like many of our readers, I can’t watch Mr. Obama’s SOTU. His ability to distort reality is amazing, and simply raises my blood pressure. So why watch? Well, actually because I was hooking up a new TV setup while it was playing and had to check signal. I wasn’t listening very long (maybe a few […]
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Wheaton College and Theological Integrity
07 Jan 2016
An interesting situation is developing at Wheaton College in Illinois. A professor there, Larycia Alaine Hawkins, an associate professor of political science, has been placed on administrative leave and may face dismissal over comments she has made and actions she has taken in relation to Islam and Christianity. The full facts are not out yet, […]
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What Does the Lord Require, but to Do Justice….?
30 Dec 2015
Few things make me more angry than injustice to others. So I confess I was angry when I read an article today in the December 7, 2015 issue of National Review Online by Stuart Taylor and K. C. Johnson (neither one a conservative by the way), which discussed and criticized the recent abuses by the […]
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
20 Dec 2015
**SPOILER FREE PORTION** As I walked into Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I resolved to throw popcorn at the screen if: There was no famous word “crawl” at the beginning. Chewbacca died. Either Jar-Jar Binks, “Force Ghost” Anakin, or an Ewok appeared. Beyond that, my expectations were low, but as John Williams’ […]
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To set up today’s discussion about Mr. Trump and the latest terrorist violence, we need to review the concept of profiling. In my mind, the history of racial profiling is rightly condemned in the U.S. Like most, my own opinions on this are colored by what I’ve seen. My first experience with racial […]
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If you don’t have much to do at the moment perhaps you want to read about the proposed mens rea reform. Perhaps that topic might sound just a bit esoteric if not downright boring, but I venture to say that it may prove to be one of the more important measures discussed among legal scholars […]
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The Syrian refugee crisis, coupled with the ISIS attacks in Paris, have created a conundrum for political leaders across the Western hemisphere. While some evidence suggests at least one ISIS thug posed as a refugee to get to Greece, and from there traveled to Paris, the links between the refugees who need assistance, and the […]
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One of the more contentious topics that can be raised among Christian university faculty is that of the integration of faith with one’s particular discipline or area of knowledge. The reasons are not too difficult to discern. Mainly, most faculty at such institutions today (as opposed to a generation ago) have obtained their terminal degrees […]
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