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July 2016

July 12, 2016
Well, my daughter scored 720 on the math portion of the SAT. Not too shabby...
July 07, 2016
Last week I created a little dust up with this provocative post. I knew what...
July 05, 2016
I'm not much of a martyr. I suffer from other complexes, I suppose, but the...

June 2016

June 30, 2016
I assume you've endured, as I have, that self-congratulatory nostrum of the Authentic: "I'm spiritual...
June 28, 2016
I had thought of naming this post: Science and the Quotidian Mind, but I was...
June 24, 2016
The Great Homogenizator took a punch to the face yesterday. Whether other blows will follow...
June 22, 2016
Watching Poverty, Inc. made me angry like I've not been in a long time. It's...
June 17, 2016
It was the summer of 1990 or thereabouts. I was fresh out of seminary and...
June 10, 2016
When smart people get behind a bad idea you should wonder if you're being scammed....
June 08, 2016
You may not be familiar with the idiom, but an "ambulance chaser" is someone who...
June 06, 2016
I received a note recently with a question about something I wrote on the subject...
June 01, 2016
I suspect that both the apologists for Calvinism and its detractors misunderstand its appeal. It...

May 2016

May 27, 2016
Well, I'm heading down to Baltimore for the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Philosophy...
May 25, 2016
Are men obsolete? In her book, The End of Men and the Rise of Women,...
May 23, 2016
I actually had a Dos Equis for no other reason than The Most Interesting Man...
May 20, 2016
Last time I mentioned a "small signal" from Luke 11:11, "...it was already late." I...
May 18, 2016
I picked up, The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter after I finished my...
May 16, 2016
A retired pastor complimented me on my preaching yesterday. He expressed amazement at my approach,...
May 13, 2016
“Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots...
May 11, 2016
I concede that many enthusiasts for multiculturalism mean well, I know that was the case...
May 09, 2016
People who claim to be citizens of the world have always impressed me as purchasing...
May 06, 2016
A wife these days is considered little more than a recreational partner. You can see...
May 04, 2016
When the choices you're given don't answer your question you know the people giving you...
May 02, 2016
Sexual desire is a swamp. There's no firm ground to stand on in psychology, biochemistry...

April 2016

April 29, 2016
The time may be near when we can greet a new Anthony as a deliverer--an...
April 27, 2016
I've had a small measure of success writing fiction for young adults. What I mean...
April 25, 2016
Confession is good for the soul, here’s mine: one of the authors of this book...
April 21, 2016
My latest contribution to my favorite magazine is available online. The magazine is Touchstone, and...
April 19, 2016
I recall reading somewhere that oriental potentates grew their fingernails long in order to show...
April 14, 2016
Since reading, The Black Swan I've been a fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I've also...
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