Book Review: The Bridge
The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama By David Remnick 656 pp. Illustrated. Alfred A. Knopf. $29.95 Early on in his massive new biography of Barack Obama, cryptically…
Loose Thoughts on the Texas School Book Controversy
I have followed the battle over Texan history textbooks with less passion than the topic probably deserves, partly because of some recent hitches in my own education and partly because…
The Hoosier on Daylight Saving
When the government wants to spend a few bucks so that poor people can see a doctor, they call it Socialism. When the government wants to put a check on…
Just a Dumb Ol' Conservative Theist
So, as I lazily surfed the internet this morning, I pulled up ScienceDaily, my favorite one-stop-shopping site for scientific news of all sorts. (Yes, I do have scientific interests: technology,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 13: The Death of Conservatism
We’re back to our standard theme song this week: Neko Case’s “People Got a Lotta Nerve,” from Middle Cyclone (2009). General Introduction – What’s on the blog? – Sam Mulberry…
Why I Distrust Populism
I’m not a great patriot, a fact you may have picked up on from the “God and Country” episode of the podcast. I’m certainly not anti-American, and I’m not particularly…