Category: Politics
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The Stupidest Picture of the Universe
Every now and then, this picture of the universe shows up in my Facebook feed. The universe is a beautiful place, and I like the universe—it’s where I keep my stuff. Even so, I don’t like this particular picture of the universe. Why? Because someone has written stupid stuff on it. The picture warns me…
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Most Popular Posts of 2015
I didn’t have my most prolific year of writing, but I figured I’d end 2015 with a retrospective blog post anyway. This way I can finish up my year without having to think of something new to say. Here is a list of my most popular blog posts from 2015. 1. “Talking Sensibly about Hitler.…
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Talking Sensibly about Hitler. Thanks, Planned Parenthood!
Thanks to Planned Parenthood, we have finally turned a corner in our political discourse. After more than half a century, politicians and media personalities have learned enough nuance to talk sensibly about Hitler. For decades we’ve heard nothing but stories of Holocausts and invasions of Poland. But is this all that Hitler was? Is that…
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Planned Parenthood’s Self-Acknowledged War on the Unborn
A new Planned Parenthood video came out today. These doctors know exactly what they’re doing. They know they’re selling a product. The doctor featured in this video explains how her legal team works hard to make what they’re doing sound like something else. But in a closed meeting, these people admits that they’re selling a product. They also…
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Two Lessons From The Latest Planned Parenthood Video
Another week, another video exposing the horrors of abortion. This video features an interview with a medical technician who used to collect the babies’ organs for StemExpress. StemExpress is one of Planned Parenthood’s partners in the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood performs the abortion, and the StemExpress technician digs through the remains for intact…
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Did a 19th-Century Novelist Understand our Attitudes toward the National Debt?
We all like to spend money. Unfortunately most of us don’t have as much money as we’d like to spend. This isn’t merely true for individuals. Nations can spend too much money as well. Greece has decided that it can’t handle the austerity measures necessary to put it on the path to financial stability. They’ve elected…
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Subpoenaed Sermons: The Case for Handing Them Over
The sky is falling here in Houston. The mayor’s office has subpoenaed sermons from a handful of pastors. The request seems to be a bullying tactic aimed at pastors who have opposed the city council’s “Houston Equal Rights Ordinance,” which protects gender identity along with categories such as race, sex, and creed. The biggest point…
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Augustinian Morpheus
Well, it’s time to have our minds blown by the most mind-blowing of all theologians, Augustine of Hippo. In City of God 4.4, Augustine does a little political theorizing. He doesn’t care much for empire. He thinks Rome lost its justice long before. Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large…
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How Can We Know whether the World Is Progressing?
Bill and Melinda Gates don’t want you to believe the myth. They’re here to tell you that the world will be a better place in twenty-five years. How can they be so sure? Easy. Just look at history. Twenty-five years ago, the world was worse off than it is today. They have charts to prove…
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Jesus, Money, and Bill O’Reilly
Candida Moss was on Bill O’Reilly this week, taking him to task over his new book, Killing Jesus. Toward the end of their interview she says, “I think in your book that you do not contribute a sustained historical methodology, and you misrepresent and cherry-pick the facts.” She’s probably correct, but I think it’s sort of…
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