by Kevin Bauder | Jan 5, 2017 | Apropos of Nothing, Dispensationalism, J. R. R. Tolkien
Over at the Acton Institute Power Blog, Joe Carter lists “14 can’t-miss predictions for 2017.” A couple of my favorites will give you the flavor of the whole list. • Iraq will officially change the country’s name back to ‘Babylon’ in a successful...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 5, 2017 | Journalism, World Events
I’ll report, you decide. Here’s a Washington Post headline from December 31: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say Here’s an editor’s note at the top of that story: An earlier...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 4, 2017 | Culture, Education, Manliness, Social Issues
The College Fix lists “Seven of the Most Absurd ‘Academic’ Studies of 2016.” My favorite is a paper at the University of Toronto on cupcake appropriation: according to this study, men are taking over cupcakes from women. Of course, that would...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 4, 2017 | Eschatology, Evangelicalism, New Testament, Reviews
N. T. Wright’s new book, The Day the Revolution Began, is attracting a bit of attention. Back in October Michael Horton reviewed the volume for the Gospel Coalition. More recently, Dane Ortlund has added a few extra criticisms. Here’s Ortlund: At the end...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 4, 2017 | Islam, Politics, World Events
The Social Democratic Party won Romania’s elections on December 11. The party has put forward a Muslim, Sevil Shhaida, for Prime Minister. In the Romanian system, the President must nominate the Prime Minister, and (according to Nuova Europa) President Klaus...
