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April 2016

April 11, 2016
I'm working my way through Eric Hoffer's, The True Believer. It's a marvelous book, full...
April 07, 2016
J. R. R. Tolkien in his famous essay, On Fairy Stories noted that a story...
April 04, 2016
Probably the thing that bugs me most about those tender sprouts who have grown up...

March 2016

March 31, 2016
Yes, I am a gun owner. (Actually, I own more than one gun.) And, yes,...
March 28, 2016
A household is a small, multipurpose institution. It binds men and women to each other...
March 24, 2016
When I talk about recovering home economics, and especially the centrality of productive property to...
March 21, 2016
It's a classic science fiction trope, the old brain in a vat schtick. You see...
March 18, 2016
"I don't think I was ever that naive." I've been saying that to myself more...
March 14, 2016
This weekend the Wall Street Journal confirmed what we pretty much know intuitively, stronger-looking men...
March 11, 2016
If you follow this blog you know that I believe that productive property is the...
March 09, 2016
I intended to write about something else today, but there were a couple of good...
March 07, 2016
When I was a kid I figured we'd be a star-faring civilization by now. Things...
March 04, 2016
Most people know that Grimm's Fairy Tales are not the watered-down stuff Walt Disney gave...
March 02, 2016
I enjoyed a conversation with a retired minister in my church yesterday. During our time...

February 2016

February 29, 2016
Some people think of Romans 13:1-7 as a summary of everything the Bible has to...
February 26, 2016
In my ideal America, the Presidential election would hold as much interest for people as...
February 24, 2016
Have you ever found yourself enjoying a book and then stumbled over something so spectacularly...
February 22, 2016
I had the pleasure of screening, Eddie the Eagle for Patheos last Wednesday. It is...
February 19, 2016
I've owned three houses. Besides those I've owned 6 apartment buildings with a total of...
February 17, 2016
I think the biggest benefit of gardening is it grounds you. I really mean that....
February 15, 2016
Well, it's February 15th and it was -8 degrees fahrenheit when I got out of...
February 12, 2016
So what in the world is this thing? Let's begin with what it isn't. It...
February 08, 2016
If you haven't noticed by now, being nice doesn't get you very far. Perhaps the...
February 05, 2016
I recall a conversation with a young author years ago. We were having lunch in...
February 03, 2016
When you think about the economy you probably only include your household as an afterthought....
February 01, 2016
By 2004 I owned real estate in 3 states, had 18 tenants, and two people...

January 2016

January 29, 2016
Guest review by David Deavel--the Associate Editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and...
January 27, 2016
When it comes to the opinion of the people who matter, the Shakers are hip....
January 25, 2016
Back in olden times, when there were only 3 networks and a slurry independent UHF...
January 24, 2016
Within Protestantism anyway, when it comes to aspirants to the ministry, I hope it is...
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