by Kevin Bauder | Nov 4, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Dwight Longenecker asks why conspiracy theories are popular in America. And he explains why we don’t need them. Read more at The Imaginative Conservative. From the Tower of Babel down through human history it has always been so. The rich and powerful have always...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 3, 2016 | America, Humor, Observations
I never would’ve thought of a blog like this. But I’m glad somebody did. It may be a guy thing, but it’s fun to browse and see how often you find yourself saying, “I used to have one of those.” Or those. Or those.
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 3, 2016 | America, Education
Daniel Lattier insists that “Academics Write Rubbish that Nobody Reads.” Sadly, however, many academic articles today are merely exercises in what one professor I knew called “creative plagiarism”: rearrangements of previous research with a new thesis...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 3, 2016 | America, Ethics, Suffering
Americans love charity. They jump to help relieve the latest disaster. But sometimes charity is not what’s needed, at least not exactly as it is being given. So argues James Huenink at the Federalist in an article entitled “How to Make Sure Your Charity...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 3, 2016 | America, Christianity, Economics, Ethics, Evangelicalism, How the Left Thinks, Marriage, Politics, Religious Freedom
Somehow I’ve ended up on the email list for Soulforce, probably the leading professedly Christian LGBTQ advocacy organization. This is from their latest appeal: With Election Day just over a week away, the Religious Right is attempting to mobilize voters who...
