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Category Archives: Politics
Afghanistan Reconquered by the Taliban
The reason our ruling class thought Afghanistan could become a moderate, Pro-Western democracy is the same reason they opposed the populist policies of President Trump. More
Just Say No To More Mandates
Remember those commercials on Saturday mornings when we were kids. The crime dog came on the screen and told us all to stay in school and not do drugs. And what was the simple strategy for how to accomplish this? “Just say ‘No.'”More
What is Going On at McLean Bible Church
At first blush, it may seem as though the laypeople objecting are the ones out of order. And they no doubt are sometimes. But then that is to be expected when the leadership is itself also out of order.More
Yet Another Response From Kwon and Thompson
Publishing ‘Distinctively Christian? An Additional Response to Reverend Kevin DeYoung’ at The Front Porch, they get more into the substance of DeYoung’s criticism this time. Mercifully, they are more succinct. Yet tragically, they are not more correct than they were before.More
America Drifting Ever Closer Toward Totalitarianism
Whether renewed discussion of whether to impose lockdowns and mask mandates produces one result or the other, the underlying premise is the same. You and I get to do what the centralized authority explicitly permits, and nothing more. More
Unpacking the Response to the DeYoung TGC Review
The argumentum ad hominem is strong with this one. And it has an all-too-familiar feel to it for me which I recognize from many painful interactions with old friends and family who have embraced Woke ideology, particularly when wedded with a form of Christianity. More
Reviewing the DeYoung TGC Review of Reparations
We can all get better at communication. And though I agree with all of DeYoung’s concerns stated in the nearly 6,000 word piece he published, he does pull his punches and send mixed signals.More
An Interesting Back and Forth About Reparations
Kwon and Thompson assure us Kevin DeYoung is not a white supremacist and racist – per se. But his methodology is thoroughly racist and white supremacist.More
Facebook and the White House Join Forces
There is no freedom left in this country if we are not free to talk openly and critically about our government’s handling of a crisis – past, present, and foreseeable future.More
