“The remarks made in this essay do not represent scholarly research. They are intended as topical stimulations for conversation among intelligent and informed people.” (Gerhart Niemeyer)

Some succinct standing advice on recurring themes.

readerjohn Christianity generally, Humor, Playful March 17, 2015 1 Minute

Monday, 3/9/15

“Protected classes” and protected “protected classes”
Secularist cluelessness
What Xir said about Xirself
Our President, the fabulist
Some people are like Slinkies®

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readerjohn Christianity generally, Discrimination, Humor, Naked Public Square, Religious freedom, Rights Talk, Secularism, Sexualia March 9, 2015March 8, 2015 4 Minutes

Christmas Eve 2014

The Humor of Christmas
The leering cynics refuse to credit the woman
2 novels to transform a 14-year-old’s life
Gay hagiography, but with a valid point
Bill Nye takes it to Ken Ham on his home court

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readerjohn Creationism, Film, History, Humor, Literature, Science, Scientism December 24, 2014December 23, 2014 6 Minutes

Wednesday, 11/26/14

Emotivism, not Rationalism, on the rise
What if …?
Free speech for she, but not for he
What the Sexual Revolution hath wrought
The only empirically verifiable doctrine
Not from Athos
Maybe it’s easier just to keep working

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readerjohn Faith & Ideology, Heckler's Veto, Humor, Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Scientism, Sexualia, Speech & Press November 26, 2014 5 Minutes

Saturday 8/9/14

Where did the Protestant mainstream go?
Your friend will argue with you
The ban is pretty weak tea
Repent, for the Great Comeuppance is nigh!

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readerjohn Civil Religion, Corporatism, Creation Care, Damn rackets, Food, History, Humor, Marriage (real), progressivism, Protestantism, Rights Talk, Small is Beautiful August 9, 2014August 8, 2014 3 Minutes

Wednesday, 8/6/14

Fall-back positions
Economic microcosm
Two guilty pleasures
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry
Traditions have reasons
A cold slap in the face
Another cold slap in the face

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readerjohn Economia, eulogy, Humor, Legalia, war August 6, 2014August 5, 2014 5 Minutes

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Pipeline to God
Evil, but convenient
The Archdioces’s Plan B
Cornsilk Dental Floss
Grasping at a bit of privacy
DRM and DMCA

I’ve been laid up with a cold – a forced sabbatical from the stressors that led me to declare “instant sabbatical,” and so I’ve had some unexpected reading time.

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