Family
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Life Under Instant Replay
When taking stock of how far we haven’t come, I find myself reliving the early morning hours…
Weird Al Just Committed the Greatest Word Crime of All
He takes care lest by a slip of the tongue he use the ablative instead of the…
Greeks Bearing Debts
Classics is no longer seen as a cutting-edge discipline, but two centuries ago German scholars devoted to…
Unsolicited Advice On How To Find A Mate
In one of his lesser known comedies, playwright Neil Simon depicts the irrationality of undiluted physical attraction…
Rebuild Penn Station!
Yes, it sounds like a pipe dream. Rebuild Penn Station? Why imagine that’s possible when New York…
Legal wins matter—but culture matters more
Good news today. The decision in the Hobby Lobby case helps prevent progressives from achieving their goal…
Clutch Your Pearls and Think of the Children
There was a time when virtue summoned manly images like that of The Iliad’s Prince Hector soothing…
Let Religious Freedom Ring
Update: In a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court decided in Hobby Lobby’s favor. When Chuck…
Bowdoin Told Us To Go
For the past decade, my wife and I have been the volunteer advisors to the Bowdoin Christian…
How Churches Can Bridge the Marriage Divide
Earlier this month, W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project and a senior fellow at…
In Praise of Praise Music
Praise music gets no respect, even among Christians. It is not hard to figure out why the…
Uncluttering the House of the Mind
I thank Headmaster Crowe for that gracious introduction. And I thank Professor Owen Anderson of Arizona State…
Can Christian Music Be Real Rock and Roll?
The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane by christopher partridge oxford, 2013, 368…
Will Catholics Comply?
Sometime soon, the Supreme Court will announce its decision in the Hobby Lobby case. Depending on how…
Time to Admit It: I Live in the Suburbs and Love It
I have to finally confess to myself: I live in a suburb. It has taken me a…
