Jesus is not a Republican or a Democrat. He is probably a monarchist. — Dr. John Mark Reynolds When the National Socialist Party of Germany came to power in 1933 under Adolf Hitler, it moved quickly to consolidate its tenuous hold on power. Hitler's lieutenants were remarkably effective, in part ... Continue reading
Anne Rice and being Christian
August 2, 2010 By 6 Comments
I claim to be a Christian. What does that label really mean?Does it imply something about my politics? Does it tell you what sort of a car I drive? Is it a label sewn into my clothes, like the once-celebrated label of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from this 1981 ad campaign? ... Continue reading
Deep-water arrogance
June 3, 2010 By 2 Comments
"Americans have a lot of faith that over the long run technology will solve everything..." — Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, as quoted in The New York Times, May 28, 2010. The first warning that something was wrong came from a loud exhalation of methane gas escaping ... Continue reading
These honored dead
May 14, 2010 By
Here in 1944 Europe was liberated by the heroism of the Allied forces. — Inscription on a commemorative stele overlooking the port of Avranches, France Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe, began on D-Day, June 6, 1944, with a combined assault on the coast of Normandy ... Continue reading
Obama’s monster
November 18, 2009 By
...nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose... — from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein On May 21, 2003, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution extolling the historic importance of the Ford Motor Company. It lavishly lauded the ingenuity and innovation of Ford ... Continue reading
Flawed justice
September 29, 2009 By
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. — Edmund BurkeWhen William Hawkins was 28, he was convicted of attempted sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl. It is the sort of violation most of us find odious, but Hawkins' crime actually occurred much earlier, when he was 16. Young men often do ... Continue reading
Procrustean health care
July 23, 2009 By
The British are a race of Pygmies. I first discovered this fact when my boss' comely daughter asked me to fix her recalcitrant MGB GT. I knew cars, and it seemed like a good way to score some points with my boss, and his pretty daughter.So I took the keys and attempted to take the car for a ... Continue reading
The experiment continues
July 4, 2009 By
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just ... Continue reading
