January 20, 2025

Giving Trump credit for the ceasefire in Gaza.  Sexual discrimination vs. gender identity discrimination.  And signs of a cultural shift towards religion.

January 17, 2025

Citizens in a democratic republic have the vocation of both subject and ruler. In a discussion of whether Christians should support the deportation of immigrants here illegally, Grayson Quay refers to this double role as the "collective magistrate."

January 17, 2025

Should the United States try to acquire Greenland?

January 16, 2025

In reading up on the civil war in Syria, I learned that the recently overthrown President Bashar al-Assad and the members of his ruling faction are Alawites.  Digging deeper, I found that Alawism is a strange mash-up of Islam and Christianity.

January 15, 2025

Donald Trump's political victory seems to be accompanied by a larger "vibe shift" in American culture.  The shift is away from the woke progressivism that for decades has reigned supreme with the cultural elite. Politico has published an article entitled "How Donald Trump Transformed Mass Culture", a round table discussion on Trump's impact on popular culture--the realm of entertainment, fashion, business, and non-elite society.

January 14, 2025

In today's culture, doing things with other people has become rarer and rarer.  People are spending more and more time home alone, by choice.  Americans are increasingly anti-social, to the point that it's becoming harder and harder to have a sense of society.

January 13, 2025

The Great Los Angeles Fire.  Why UK officials ignore the groomer gangs.  And almost no world leaders are popular.

January 10, 2025

I am astonished at the relatively mild reactions among progressives to Donald Trump's re-election and the way so many of them are blaming themselves and their woke ideology for their defeat.  I've blogged about the sudden vibe shift away from identity politics on the left.  This may not last, but here is another bit of evidence that the left is changing its tune.

January 10, 2025

The National Football League playoffs start tomorrow!  What do you think will happen?  What do you hope will happen?  Who will make the Superbowl?  Will Taylor Swift have her way yet again?  Your analysis along with anything else you'd like to say on the subject is welcome.

January 9, 2025

Yesterday we discussed the prospects of reform in higher education, concluding that founding a new college on better principles may be easier and quicker than reforming an existing college.  Today, new colleges are coming into existence, including one where I am going to teach part-time.


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