The Trump Vote: Education or Religion?
1. College and the Evangelical Vote It has long been noted that Trump, who said, “I love the poorly educated,” has a strong appeal among Whites without a college degree. We can see the voting ....
Category: Culture
Christians Are Not Supposed To Believe in the Ten Commandments
The Louisiana legislature voted to require all schools receiving state funds to display a large poster showing the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Texas has considered a similar law. Earlier, Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy ....
View from Sandusky Bay, Ohio, North America, Planet Earth
The tulips glowed in their bedWith friendly bulbs of yellow and red.The children played a game of tagUntil my 4-year-old began to nag:“I’m too hot, Mom, there’s too much sun,I want to go inside, this ....
Greatest Rock Cover of All Time?
Amy Shafer Gets Me Listening to Summertime Again “It’s basically a brand new piece of music. It is no longer, it is no longer George Gershwin. This is Janis Joplin, and whoever’s playing along with ....
A Visit to Arkansas
Why Arkansas? “To me, Passion Plays always seemed menacing. They make me picture peasants coming out of a Passion Play on Easter and chasing Jews down the street in a pogrom. But now that I ....
Campus Attacks on Free Speech
How much is freedom of speech on campus under attack? Here I’m referring specifically to the freedom for someone affiliated with the university to invite a speaker to give a talk on campus. This freedom ....
What was Wrong with Samuel Alito’s Speech?
In July, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito gave a speech at the Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy. The speech received some media attention, much of which I believe missed the main noteworthy ....
Samuel Alito’s Version of Religious Liberty
In July, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito gave a speech at the Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy. The speech received some media attention, much of which I believe missed the main noteworthy ....
Antland, Antland Over All
In T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, young Arthur is turned into various animals by Merlin as part of Arthur’s education. When he becomes an ant and is placed in an ant colony that ....
My Latest Display Background
Latest picture I'm using for a screen background. This started as a blurry photo I took through a moving car's window as we were driven around the Dalmatian Coast a few years ago. It shows ....