14+ hour, 12+ min ago  (432+ words) My initial reaction was to be overcome with a sort of angry grief." A passage in Romans 1 came to mind: For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (552+ words) General Patton quite famously said, "Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man." He was referring to the castle and latter day fortress (the Maginot line) of Europe. Patton was, perhaps, the leading proponent of maneuver warfare having…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (208+ words) Spencer Pratt is making a huge splash in the L. A. mayoral race." It is a heck of a fun show." Unfortunately that is all I think it is " a show." Buzz not withstanding the odds are very much against him and…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (514+ words) Higher education " colleges and universities " migrated here from Europe. They were, traditionally a mentor/tutor/apprentice program. One studied under some professor that you worked very hard to get to accept you and he gave you his wisdom as well…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (214+ words) But if I thought the calculator was educationally erosive, these days are hard to believe: Yesterday a senior at Stanford told nearly the same story about his school. Stanford also has a 100-year-old honor code and, according to Theo Baker,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (341+ words) L. A. Mayor and mayoral candidate Karen Bass over the weekend: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass accused the Republican challenger in her reelection race of using a "general sense of anger" to motivate support for his mayoral bid. "I think that he…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (374+ words) Each Sunday I wake up and reflect on how churches are indeed growing with young people in this time when far too often God seems to be missing from our midst. But then some Sundays I wake up and read…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (174+ words) This week's appearance of Noah Rothman featured a discussion of why would anyone enter politics these days?" It's worth a listen, but the discussion occurs without acknowledging what may be the central fact of the matter. Once Williamson began working…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (433+ words) We tend to think about tyranny in monolithic terms. That a single individual, or consortium of individuals, rule tyrannically over a peoples. But I think in modern America we have invented a new type of tyranny " a tyranny of multiple…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (271+ words) Two unrelated stories that have been floating all week make very clear that human normality is not at all like we think it is, and especially what we wish it is. Such people are hard for most of us to…...