2009-03-02T07:30:11-05:00

We posted about how Alexis de Toqueville was prescient about issues we are facing today. Blogger Clarendon points us back even further, to Etienne de la Boetie who wrote Discourse on Voluntary Servitude way back in 1548. Here he refers to ancient Rome, but the

2009-02-26T20:26:56-05:00

In our series on THE SMALL CATECHISM, we have considered the Law (the Ten Commandments) and the Gospel (The Apostle’s Creed). The third text used for catechesis is the Lord’s Prayer, which teaches us about our relationship with God and how to pray to Him.

2009-02-26T19:56:45-05:00

President Obama’s budget is going all out. From Obama Delivers $3.6 Trillion Budget Blueprint – WSJ.com: President Barack Obama delivered a $3.6 trillion budget blueprint to Congress Thursday that aims to “break from a troubled past,” with expanded government activism, tax increases on affluent families

2009-02-26T19:52:42-05:00

The economic downturn is bringing out that old virtue of self-reliance. From washingtonpost.com: The economic downturn is forcing America’s households to learn a tough lesson: how to fend for themselves. Sales of starter sewing kits have shot up by 30 percent at Wal-Mart as families

2009-02-26T19:30:24-05:00

An announcement I made to the faculty, students, and staff at Patrick Henry College: It’s a great accomplishment to write a book. It’s an even greater accomplishment to have a book written about you! PHC professor John Warwick Montgomery has that distinction, with a new

2009-02-26T18:03:54-05:00

Updating an issue we’ve blogged about before, the Supreme Court has ruled that it is all right for a town in Utah to reject a monument from a New Age sect called Summum, even though it accepted a monument of the Ten Commandments. From washingtonpost.com:

2009-02-26T08:05:43-05:00

THE SMALL CATECHISM on the Holy Spirit: THE THIRD ARTICLE I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. What does this mean? I believe that

2009-02-26T07:59:57-05:00

Scientists are developing drug treatments that would erase bad memories. See this article. So far, the experiments hardly match the hype. But what if that could be done? Would that be good or bad? Would it damage our very identity?

2009-02-26T07:57:32-05:00

Thanks to Don S for pointing out the connection between Sen. Judd Gregg’s withdrawal as Commerce Secretary nominee and the Obama administration’s attempt to take over how the census will be conducted. Democrats have been wanting to use computer models to establish population numbers in

2009-02-26T07:39:39-05:00

We were down for much of yesterday due to the main server being attacked by a virus. This had nothing to do with our installing our new software and bells and whistles! The conjunction in time was just a coincidence. It was not Stewart’s fault!

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