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What Exactly is a Reactionary? Many people are charged with being a reactionary. It is taken for granted that being labeled as a reactionary is a negative thing. However, the label is tossed around without much consideration given to the meaning, either by the one leveling the charge, or the one receiving the opprobrium. The …
The Erosion of Toleration There is an obvious, dispiriting, and ultimately dangerous erosion of toleration spreading in both the United States, and the wider western world. We see this in increasing calls for the restriction of free speech rights from people in positions of authority. The FDA wants to restrict your speech. The so-called Twitter …
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Yes, The US is an Empire It is an axiom “that all good things come to an end”. This is true of bad things as well, like empires. This includes the US empire. Empire you say. Not the good ole US of A! Well in fact the US is indeed an empire. The dictionary defines …
Not Those Two Americas Many people have postulated the existence of “two Americas”. Notably John Edwards built a presidential campaign based on this idea. His notion was that there is a wealthy America and a poor America. I do not disagree that there are two such Americas. The breakpoint, however, is better described as an …
What are they and what is their purpose? Thankfully most words have definitions that are clear enough. There are some words that once had clear enough definitions but now are what I would call an empty vessel word. Like the term implies an empty vessel word is one that anyone can pour any meaning into. …
Today’s Excuse One of the most trotted out excuses for the US led proxy war in Ukraine is that Ukraine’s borders must be protected. The territorial integrity of Ukraine must be preserved, at an obviously enormous cost. Specifically what is meant by this claim is the borders of Ukraine as they existed in 1991. We …
Dear Mr. Warnock, I truly wish I did not need to write this letter, but the faith in Jesus as Risen Lord that was given to me leaves me no other alternative. I take as my Scriptural inspiration for this letter 1Tim 5:20, as unpleasant as that task may be. The recent Martin Luther King …
A Bit of Backtracking This post represents a bit of a reversal from what I stated at the start of the year. I had pledged to not discuss stewardship much, except in the context of the feeding of the war machine. I have reconsidered. It seems important enough that we as followers of Jesus think …
Who was Simon of Cyrene and Why is this Relevant? Simon of Cyrene was the man in the biblical accounts of Jesus’s crucifixion who was made by the Romans to carry Jesus’s cross. He was said to come from Cyrene, which is in North Africa (Matthew 27:32). In fact, the story of Simon is included …
Another Dylan Insight In 1963 Bob Dylan penned one of his masterpieces, a song called Only a Pawn in Their Game. The song was about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Jackson Mississippi. Evers was killed by Byron De La Beckwith on June 12, 1963. In his song Dylan painted a picture …