Mollie Hemingway has a great piece in the Federalist about vocation as a theme in commencement addresses. So many of them miss the point of what vocation actually is. But she corrects that, discussing three high-profile commencement speeches in light of the doctrine of vocation.
The United States has a two-party system, and both parties seem to be cracking up. Most of the other democratic countries of the world have a parliamentary system, with lots of parties. They then must form coalitions to elect a Prime Minister. One of the
There is already a conservative third party: The Constitution Party. According to their website, they are on the ballot in 18 states, and are at various stages of approval for more. They have a presidential ticket: Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley. I’m not familiar with
Nicholas Kristof, himself a progressive, castigates the intolerance of his fellow progressives when it comes to conservatives and their ideas. (more…)
Garrison Keillor has written a humorous, yet touching column about Christianity. He starts by lambasting some immoral Christians in the news. But then he recalls his own less worldly evangelical upbringing. And finally he writes about his current high church Anglicanism. Best line: “I love
Scot McKnight has a post from an Australian source on the Day Jobs of 20 Famous Writers. Most of these seem to be what the writers were doing before they were able to make a living just from their writing. I could list more examples of
Whether you think whistleblower Edward Snowden is a traitor or a hero, he makes some good points about just how EASY government surveillance is now in the age of the smartphone. (more…)
The Religious News Service, not being able to wait for the New Year, issued a list of the top 5 religious and politics stories so far. It is very telling. I post the topics after the jump. Go to the link for details about each
Some Never Trump conservatives are saying they will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Not that they like Clinton. They are invoking what they call the “Hamilton Rule” from the founder who, in opposing fellow Federalist John Adams, said, “If we must have an enemy at the
Adam was given the power to name things; that is, he, as well as human beings after him, could devise a word to signify some reality. Thus we have language. Learning a new word can make us aware of truths and feelings that we otherwise might
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