In my last post, I discussed the increasing fissures across the political spectrum that are being exposed by multiple conflicts, including the Israeli-Hamas conflict. The latter issue continues producing profound division on the left, as young progressives are not in the slightest backing down from their rebuke by the Biden Administration and the Democratic Party’s […]
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Israel-Hamas conflict reveals religious worldview teaching in so-called secular schools.
21 Oct 2023
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I was recently in a classroom listening to another professor and students discuss woke, and part of the conversation correctly identified that often people don’t really have an idea of what they mean; woke is simply a pejorative label. And while there are good explanations of what woke is and what it is not (let […]
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In the case of the Hollywood writers’ strike, who has the moral high ground? Many have seen the consistent refrain that Hollywood executives are taking advantage of poor, overworked writers via streaming culture changes and AI’s rise.* Hollywood studio executives are trying to cut costs to preserve profits in a new and changing environment for […]
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Reality in the Biden Era
01 Apr 2022
When I talk to other conservatives that are lamenting the decay of our culture, I will often console them by noting that “life is conservative.” In other words, the realities inherent in all our lives tend to validate the conservative position. There is a reason why the book of Proverbs can resonate with anybody, a […]
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This past week, dear reader, you may have noticed the kerfuffle in the news about Simone Biles, especially if you’ve been following the Tokyo Olympics. Biles, a many-time national and world champion gymnast from Columbus, Ohio, has set enough new marks of excellence for American gymnasts that some pre-Olympics commentary mentioned her as the greatest […]
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Common Sense Violence Control
20 Apr 2021
Americans have seen a significant increase in violent crime last year despite many years of steady decline. Unfortunately, this year is on pace to keep the numbers up. Of course, some high profile recent events have brought the discussion to a national level, and many Americans are genuinely wrestling with different policy options to help […]
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It is a confusing time within the Democratic Party as the party struggles with identity. Yes the party of identity politics is having an identity crisis. The front runner, Bernie Sanders, is an avowed Democratic Socialist, and has been for years. He’s historically supported Castro, Ortega, Chavez, etc. and Democratic elites know that if he […]
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This is a claim I make to our principles students in the first part of our economics class, as I reflect on the economic way of thinking, a discussion topic fairly standard in more textbooks. Essentially, the economic way of thinking forces one to fully consider all costs and all benefits of any choice. In […]
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Berean Exam #1, Fall 2019. Is Wealth Immoral?
22 Aug 2019
In honor of the start of the new school year, I propose an exam. Read the following article, and without searching online for other reviews (yes there is an honor code!), provide 2-5 short bullets for how you would critique this thinking. Ready, set, go…. Ok, since it’s been five days I’ll share the original […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 34
29 Jul 2019
Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com. Well, enjoy this mailbag because I’m taking next week off. A good friend is getting married soon, and I’m MCing the whole shindig […]
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