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Zero Confederate Tolerance
Last night in Charleston, South Carolina on the day the nation celebrates the Rev. Dr. King, Governor Rick Perry used a question about voting rights to say the Federal...
Being George Washington: a live blog review.
Being George WashingtonGlenn Beck A Live Blog Review11/25/2011 2:23 PM This review is not about Glenn Beck. Whatever, you think of Glenn Beck; many of the parents of my...
The Many Talents of Mr. Gingrich
Let me praise Newt Gingrich. When nobody else could imagine a Republican House majority, New Gingrich saw it and made it so. If you are a backbench legislator doomed...
What Lincoln Taught Me
God has opinions about human affairs, but His opinions are not easy for any human to see. Abraham Lincoln faced the Civil War, the greatest test the American Republic...
Proud of the Union Label
Christians love unions and conservatives should as well. From Poland to West Virginia, unions, organized workers, have checked the power of tyrants and helped working people.
Do Not Praise With Faint Damns
Whatever the merits of the complaints against Hermann Cain conservatives should not make the mistake of minimizing the harm done by sexual harassment. In a few places, I have...
On Biblical Authority
As a Biblical Christian, people worry that this will keep me from changing my mind. Since open-mindedness is often a good thing, they worry about me.
Empty the Closets: All of Them
Sometimes my friends think I wish to go back to the days when people with a homosexual orientation were in a “closet.” I am glad those days are over....
One Dogma of Evangelicalism
A common criticism of Evangelicals is that we are dogmatic. Since we do in fact have dogma, this would appear fatal. If you don’t like dogma, you will not...
Farewell “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”
Am I the only full-blooded social conservative to be glad to see an end to “don’t ask, don’t tell?” The policy seemed designed to encourage deceit and place military...
No Messiah Running
The quest by some in the Republican Party for a savior is unseemly. We have a choice between the incumbent president and a long list of good men and...
Schaeffer and Revolution: A Personal Reflection
If you read George Washington’s Farewell Address and take seriously his view that religion likely is necessary to maintain our Republic are you a “Christianist” or a “dominionist?” These...
On Marriage: Jane Eyre Contra Robertson
I am no expert on how to succeed in marriage, but I do know failure. Nobody made me vow to love my wife Hope for richer or poorer, in...
On Labor for College Students
Every day the company screwed with its employees. They told us they would and even laughed about it. You see I worked (ever so briefly) for a company that...
Memory After 9/11
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is over and memories can be put away for at least one more year. Most are self-centered and 9/11 forced those of us old...