Is motherhood a woman’s highest calling? It is, according to someone Jen Oshman – author of Cultural Counterfeits – encountered at a baby shower a few years ago. More
Book Review: ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind’ by Mark A. Noll
Why have so many American evangelicals in recent decades not invested more in intellectual pursuits? Mark A. Noll here in ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind’ wants to know.More
Whether We Have Two Prescriptive Examples of Rebuked Emotions in the Bible
We should ask whether Moses and Joab were called to and commended for their response to Aaron and David in this way. The fact of what they each said is not enough to establish this,More
Pessimism Defined, and Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Political Divisions Among Christians
For starters, Martyn Lloyd-Jones did not believe there should be a ‘Christian’ political party in Britain because Christians hold different views on the economy and other issues. More
America’s Alphabet Soup Federal Agencies Seem to Hate Conservatives
We need to take a look at the cost-benefit to the American people for the FBI, DOJ, IRS, USDA, and CDC, and other similar departments, bureaus, services, agencies, and centers.More
Prey, Persuasive Technology, and Our Teenagers Wanting a Phone and Facebook
We all are being manipulated, and even enslaved, by the technologies which emanate from Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1998 by Dr. Fogg. More
Relating Appropriately in an Anxious Age
Even if Allberry is right that we live in an anxious age, it does not follow that a crisis of self-confidence is the cause. Nor should we assume words of affirmation are the cure. More
Book Review: ‘Nudge’ by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
The cure for what ails American society and the world is not more nudges. The solution is for the likes of Thaler and Sunstein to stop manipulating the Nudged Enough Already.More
‘The Histories of Polybius,’ Watching ‘300’ with my Sons, and Mark O’Leary Gives Advice
Polybius being a Greek in Rome, his going to such lengths to chronicle the rise of Rome and the fall of the Greeks itself tells how important these things were to both peoples.More
Viktor Orban Speaking at CPAC, Studying Greeks and Romans, and Western Civilization
In Viktor Orban’s CPAC speech, I find still more reasons to study the Greeks and Romans. Something clearly has to be done, but we must remember who we are before we can do it.More