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by Hans BoersmaVaccine passport mandates violate the unity of the body of Christ; as such, they are a most egregious denial of the heart of the gospel. Continue Reading »
The Toll of Unbelief
by Brendan W. CaseOn a single weekend in June 2021, seven people died of drug overdoses in Rochester, New York. On that Saturday morning, three adults were found dead on a front porch on a quiet, residential street. Inside the house were six orphaned children. Lab tests showed that the lethal agent was heroin laced . . . . Continue Reading »
The Fall of Dr. Raoult
by Theodore DalrympleNothing stimulates the emergence of a guru like a crisis, especially one to which the correct response is far from clear. People want simple, reassuring answers. They eagerly suspend their critical faculties; their wishes are father to their beliefs. A good guru can transform the proudest skeptic . . . . Continue Reading »
In Trump Time
by Mark BauerleinPeter Navarro joins the podcast to discuss his new book, In Trump Time: My Journal of America's Plague Year. Continue Reading »
Too Blind to Be Martyred
by Hans BoersmaObsessive cultural fear of physical suffering and death has blinded and immobilized us, like prisoners staring at the end of the cave. Continue Reading »
Nudge, Nudge
by Paul YowellNudge policy, which aims to change citizens’ behavior, came into its own during the pandemic. Continue Reading »
Shared Loves and Strong Loyalties
by R. R. RenoIn this historical moment, full of the confusion and danger that attend the collapse of a governing consensus, we need something more than liberalism. Continue Reading »
Safetyism
by R. R. RenoI don’t know anyone who believes in transhumanism, the techno-fantasy that we can merge our consciousness with computers and thus attain an earthly, silicon immortality. But many of us are functional transhumanists. We act as though, with proper and rigorous application of science and technology, . . . . Continue Reading »
Why I Am a Conspiracy Theorist
by Hans BoersmaWhat we need is the boldness of the early disciples. For theirs was a boldness founded upon divine conspiracy, the true antidote to today’s totalitarian impulse. Continue Reading »
The Case Against Vaccine Passports
by David CayleyCoercion will only compound existing social division. Perhaps it would be better to start a conversation rather than continuing the war. Continue Reading »
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