As wake this morning, the bellwether Ohio special election is too close to call, with Republican Troy Balderson a mere 1500 votes up with 3000 provisional votes and other absentee votes yet uncounted. I suspect he’ll hold on given the red nature of that seat. But conservatives have already lost as he is a panderer […]
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Short musings on today’s politics–conservatives lose Ohio, Trumpian trade travails, and the “S” word
08 Aug 2018
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One of the great selling points for pro-Trump conservatives during the campaign was that Trump would be constrained by wise, prudent advisors who would put guardrails around the president. Mike Pence, Ben Carson, John Kelly, James Mattis, and others would all push Trump toward better outcomes and they would make up for his historic lack […]
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Love of God & Love of Country
04 Jul 2018
I suffer no illusion what I’m saying is new or original, but sometimes truths must be repeated in new words or modes. It is why we roll down the windows on the highway, crank up the radio, and scream like idiots when particular chords are strummed. It is why we set aside at least one […]
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Can’t you feel it coming? The fuse is lit and the hypnotic hiss is curving toward the powder keg called “Armageddon.” There are no wise feet to stomp on the flame and no scissors to cut the line at the last second. The explosion could be unlike anything we have seen since the violence of […]
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Justice Anthony Kennedy has decided to step down from the United States Supreme Court. As the announcement rolled across social media, the reactions were animated. Progressives preferred expletive-laden diatribes, while conservatives sang hosannas. The emotional release is testament to the unique influence of Justice Kennedy and to the outsized role the Supreme Court has come […]
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Barr & Bee Boorish, Should Both Bear Blame
01 Jun 2018
Rosanne Barr, the comedienne, was fresh off the announcement her resurrected show, Roseanne, had been renewed for a second season. She traveled from obscurity to oblivion and back again when ABC decided to try a rebooted version of her once popular sitcom. It was something of a ratings smash, which necessitated the renewal. The perception, […]
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School Shootings: An Unthinkable Numbness
22 May 2018
Another week, another school shooting. Let me see, let me see. Man, I need to organize my digital files better. Got it. “School Shooting Template.” Is it 8 dead? 10? 20? Did the shooter die or is he in custody? What weapons did he use? Are there tragic stories of those cut down in the […]
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Sports Gambling is On the Way
16 May 2018
Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death continues to be prophetic. Back in the 1980s, the scribe argued America’s transition away from a print-based culture and toward an image-based culture was redefining our communication. Our modes of interaction, especially in news, politics, education, and religion, are more suited for amusement than argument, discernment, or reflection. In his […]
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Could Russell Moore be wrong? Maybe we don’t need less Christian engagement in Politics, maybe we need more?
25 Apr 2018
I love Russell Moore; I greatly enjoy his teaching and respect much of what I hear from him. Yet while a foolish person may be occasionally right, so too can a wise person be occasionally wrong. In an article over at 9Marks, Dr. Moore suggests that politics has consumed the Christian church. I read into […]
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I have always been puzzled by progressives unyielding faith in government as the solution to social problems, and indeed, almost always the federal government. In my mind, the repeated and demonstrable failures of government to solve problems that are unrelated to its constitutional (or better yet, Biblical) roles should give everyone pause. Yet progressives do […]
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