College could wait, so could every other class at The Saint Constantine School. Snow came to Houston and it was glorious to see kids attempt a snowman who had (almost) never touched snow. There was so little of the stuff that snowballs all ended up tiny and hard to toss, but it was glorious, gloppy, and grand. Houston needed some fun weather. We cursed the weather with Harvey, a deluge that had us considering an ark, but today was a... Read more
They still remember Pearl Harbor at the ceremonies in our government and my guess is that they will while direct memory of the event endures. It is meet and right so to do. When the veterans remember Pearl Harbor, they recollect reality. The rest of us look backwards and try to have pious thoughts, though in an ahistorical age, those are hard to have. The brave lads are now just the “olds” (as my students say) and we are not... Read more
Do I love the truth beyond all passion? When the stubborn desire to win my point rises up, do I strike it down? Read more
Growing up I dreaded O Holy Night, as the song tended to bring out the faux-opera singer in many a church soloist. Despite this auditory torment, I loved the verse that contained the line “the slave is our brother.” Yes. We should fight for liberation because the slave is our brother. “Union forever!” “Lincoln and Liberty too!” My boy’s mind would picture Emancipation Proclamations, Mr. Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass. Hurrah! And yet… A Better Thought Wikipedia the all-knowing suggests that a more... Read more
Some devils would rather rule in Hell than serve in Heaven, but imagine preferring to rule a dumpster fire rather than rule in Hell or serve in Heaven. That is the right-wing version of the Progressive Element at Edgstow College. Be warned. Some Background Every few months I read (or listen to the audiobook) That Hideous Strength to get the current news. If it is happening, then it happened first in this prophetic novel. Wonder why college and university costs... Read more
Christians must help the poor and must oppose injustice to the poor. Stop. Read it again. If you doubt it, then skim through the Old and New Testament and look for what it says about the poor and the rich. Do not let theologically progressive Christians, otherwise mired in irrelevance and decadence, have this truth. Instead, we must always remember: statism kills, radical individualism kills. We say no to Nimrod’s statism and Cain’s individualism. Why? Injustice can take place in... Read more
The Problem The state university is underfunded when it comes to academics, but bloated with administrators and sports programs. Large, private, well-endowed universities are fundamentally financially sound but suffer under government regulations, even greater administrative bloat, and an over-reliance on part-time faculty. Meanwhile, the vast number of liberal arts colleges in America are dying. Colleges cover up by laying off experienced professors, cutting programs, and hiring younger professors, but administrative bloat continues. Check the 990 on the President’s salary and... Read more
My Dad was plain: “No mythic fat man is getting the credit for the presents I get you.” Read more
I have always wondered about America’s road medians. There must be thousands of acres of land that exist only to sit between one lane and another. As I walk to The College daily there is a median I must cross and when I stand on it, I feel betwixt, neither at The Saint Constantine School nor on the road. I am on the median, getting cut grass on my boots, looking at wildflowers, and I am free. I am on... Read more
If you have not seen a five year child unable to play, you are blessed. Take a child of privilege and lead her outside only to see her stand and wait to be instructed what to do, and you see a problem. Read more
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