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A Year After Parkland: Do Guns in the Classroom Make Sense?
Valentine's Day last week marked the first anniversary of the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas...
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An Excuse Not To Think
I recently read the following observations: They weren’t such bad fellows. He had mixed with...
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“You are the Man”: Speaking Truth to Power
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America is not a Christian Nation . . . and That’s a Good Thing
I recently found out from the editors of Bearings Online, an online magazine that I contribute...
January 20, 2019
I am Deeply Offended that Mike Pence is Deeply Offended
There are so many things that Vice President Mike Pence could be deeply offended by....
January 15, 2019
We Have Met the Nazis, and They are Us
We ought not to hide from ourselves that Nazi Germany is a mirror for all...
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Banging on the Door of Hope
We’ve all done this, we bang and bang on the door of hope, and don’t...
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Does the Word of God Settle Everything?
I recently had a brief, unproductive exchange in the comment section of this blog with...
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The Taming of Christmas, and How to Make it Wild Again
Just when you thought you had heard and read it all . . . "If...
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Black Friday and the War on Christmas
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Teach Us to Care and Not to Care
I began Election Day last Tuesday at the gym, riding the stationary bike for an...
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Am I My Neighbor’s Keeper?
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Are the People in the Caravan My Neighbors?
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The Ghosts of Halloweens Past
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October 25, 2018
What to Do When You Get Tired of Being Angry
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Call Her “Doctor”–She’s Earned It (and so have I)
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Doctor Ford, Judge Kavanaugh, and the Book of Proverbs
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Obsessed with the Apocalypse
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Calling God Back to the Mountain
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Remembering John McCain: How to Move Past a Season of Cowardice
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Is Planet Earth a Loser?
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Taking Our Country Back
One of my favorite staff writers for The New Yorker is Rebecca Mead; she’s been...
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Get Up, Kill, and Eat
I grew up in hunting country where at the appropriate times each year the males...
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To Live In Safety and Without Fear
Every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig-tree, and there shall...
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What I Learned About My Faith When I Visited Cuba
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