by Brett Williams | Mar 21, 2017 | Augustine, Culture, What We're Reading
Two cities, two peoples. Here So the people of God are physically within Babylon, and are also inhabitants of Babylon. There is friction between the two. The horizon of Babylon is this life, that of the members of the city of God, God’s eternity, and the coming of the...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 24, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, Economics, Education
It was fun to join Dan Churchwell for breakfast this morning. Dan is 2001 graduate of Central Seminary. He went on for further education, then taught in several institutions of higher learning. Dan is now the Associate Director of Program Outreach for the Acton...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 6, 2017 | America, Bioethics, Culture, Ethics, How the Left Thinks, Social Issues
Apparently, from now on “boy” scouts may be biological girls, as long as they identify as boys on their applications. This from BSA: Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 4, 2017 | Art and Literature, Culture, Philosophy, Technology
Should the novel be redefined to include serial cable television? Erik P. Hoel addresses the problem of fiction in an age of screens. His essay interacts with the work of several media critics, including David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. This is an important...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 2, 2017 | Christianity, Culture, Social Issues
Bruce Frohnen suggests that it took Christianity to civilize humanity. What follows is that the loss of Christianity will result in the loss of civilization. The Culture of Death has been with us for quite some time. It has been fostered by the belief that a...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 30, 2017 | America, Culture, How the Left Thinks
Writing for First Things, K. E. Columbini points out the strong bias against rural life that dominates the media. Examples of this [rural] purge abound, mostly between 1969 and 1975: Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D., Lassie, Family Affair, Hogan’s...
