Trump. Not the Messiah. Not the Antichrist.
I will likely upset a lot of people with this article. For the record, I did not vote for Trump. If I had a daughter, which I don’t, I wouldn’t Continue Reading
I will likely upset a lot of people with this article. For the record, I did not vote for Trump. If I had a daughter, which I don’t, I wouldn’t Continue Reading
My reflections on a talk by Daniel Mark, of Villanova University, at Acton University. Benjamin Franklin wanted the Great Seal of the United States to depict Moses leading the children Continue Reading
The Difficult Art of Doing Good (with props to Kenneth Boulding) The first in a series of journalistic reports on presentations at Acton University 2018 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Continue Reading
I had a fascinating conversation with compadre Dana Hanson yesterday and have been thinking about it ever since. His insight was this: Contempt for one’s opponents/enemies never gets you anywhere Continue Reading
Fighting for justice within the machinery of identity politics is often seen as a “given” virtue in current cultural conversations. I’d like to call that virtue into question. Basically, it’s Continue Reading
Disclaimer: I am not a pacifist. I am a wannabe pacifist. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount have a vice-grip ethical pull on me. But, intellectually Continue Reading
Mass Success Fame Celebrity Status All Start Sports Star Making the Big Time Being “Somebody” Our culture trains our young to shoot for these things. Could that be a big Continue Reading
Just finished watching the 2018 #SOTU. Not a Trump fan. Not a Trump hater. Old enough to know that things aren’t that simple. Some random thoughts: The country is thriving, Continue Reading
I just took the rather extensive POLITISCALES survey online, in order to get a better feel for what I really think and believe. Found this to be a lot more Continue Reading
One of the most flagrant attacks upon Liberty and the due process of law is the federal government’s program of civil asset forfeiture. This program allows the police to Continue Reading