Seemingly forever ago, Dr. Clauson and I sat down to record a podcast. This is it. Does it sound as if produced by amateurs? Why yes, yes it does. Appropriate, I think, given that I am the technological guru of the group–which shows the extraordinarily low bar I managed to clear to be designated as […]

  its getting serious.  News reports continue daily on the deteriorating state of dysfunctionality called government in Venezuela.  Not only is food shortage a significant problem for many, but basic protection and law and order functions are missing in action.  This is leading to vigilante justice, with some suspected criminals being burned alive on the […]

The following is just a little briefing that focuses our attention on some important recent issues (or at least what I think is interesting): Full disclosure: I am not a prolific user of social media, and I sometimes look down (secretly) on those who are—maybe I am really just jealous and I certainly am technologically […]

“Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world . . . But for Wales!” Thomas More, Act 2, A Man for All Seasons Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency, yesterday released a list of Supreme Court prospects that might fill Antonin Scalia’s vacated seat. The […]

What do we mean by the term “liberal arts”?  By a “liberal arts college” or a “commitment to the liberal arts”?  The definition is important, but even more important is why we should care that a college has a commitment (at the least) to the liberal arts?  Moreover, what is the difference between simply liberal […]

Religious liberty is seemingly coming under greater attack, either culturally or legally.  As of now, a good many of the instances of this attack are represented in opposition to Christian attempts to claim what we may call “conscience rights.”  What is conscience, that which someone called “that little voice in our heads”?  What legitimate role […]

I was reading a book the other day and happened across mention of part of a poem by William Butler Yeats, written in 1938, entitled “Politics.”  I thought it was interesting in the context in which it was cited, which was a discussion of the term and concept, “politics.”  One might think a poem with […]

This is the third and last (some are saying “how long O Lord”) of a series of blogs on Christian worldview.  I defined what is meant by worldview, by integration of worldview in academic disciplines, the role of presuppositions as a starting point, the elements of any worldview and the issues of the relationship of […]

A major part of the Dodd-Frank bill that Mr. Obama and the Democratic congress of 2009-2010 was the creation of an agency to protect consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  Dodd-Frank was troubling enough; I’ll not delve too deeply into that murky mess other than to note the irony of the financial reform bill […]

Make America Grade Again! You see, there are these tests. Piles of tests, an absolute nightmare. These exams, they are choking the life out of professors. I remember when we did not have these tests. You know, I have it on good authority that these tests, from these freshmen, they are terrible. Terrible! If we […]