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Category Archives: Science
An anniversary and a testimonial
Today is the 52nd anniversary of my high school graduation. It might sound odd to remember that, but high school was formative for me because, almost impetuously, my parents and I agreed that I should go to a Christian (specifically … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelicalism, Orthodoxy, Orthopathos, Pre-American Christianity, Sacramental Tapestry, Science, Worship
Tagged Bible, Life verses, nous, Scripture
How Conservatives are deviant
How Conservatives are deviant and other cantakerous push-back. Continue reading
Potpourri, 12/17/18
1 Here’s the racket that you should have gone into. You’re selling something, a college diploma, that’s deemed a necessity. And you have total pricing power. Better than that: When you raise your prices, you not only don’t lose customers, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Evangelicalism, free speech, Journalism, Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Science, Uncategorized
Potpourri, 12/11/18
1 The most common explanation for France’s gilets jaunes protests against fuel-tax hikes is that they arise from too little democracy … The opposite is true. The protests are happening because France has too much democracy. What it’s lacking is … Continue reading
Clippings and commentary, 12/1/18
Andrew Sullivan was on fire yesterday. On this lousy grey day, I’ve found other bright spots on the net. Continue reading
More clippings, 11/24/18
1 “I can virtually guarantee you that if Hillary Clinton had won the White House, you would not see these same law firms filing numerous lawsuits against her administration in the name of the rule of law,” said Hans von … Continue reading
Posted in History, Justice, Legalia, Science, Uncategorized
Potpourri, 11/15/18
1 I never really kissed dating goodbye as a teenager in the mid-2000s — to be honest, I was pretty late in kissing it hello. But like many who were brought up in contact with evangelical culture, I absorbed its … Continue reading
Posted in Declinism, Empire, Evangelicalism, Poetry, Political Matters, Protestantism, Science, Scientism, Sexualia
Tagged humanities, tragedy
Brief collection 9/13/18
Three unrelated teasers. Continue reading
Posted in Damn rackets, Journalism, Justice, Legalia, Roman Catholicism, Science, Sexualia
The mind that dare not speak its name
The mind that dare not speak its name is what makes Albert Mohler interesting. Continue reading
Simpler than “as simple as possible”
We are back to Paul Valéry’s maxim: “Everything simple is false. Everything complex is unusable.” In the world of computer modeling, this is known as Bonini’s paradox: The more realistic a model is, the more it becomes as complex and … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Political Matters, Rhetorical fallacies, Science, Scientism, Virtue signaling