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Matthew LoftusCultureCriminal Justice

it's all about governance and trust - Doctors Without Boredom

Shadi Hamid, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Harold Trinkunas share an excerpt from their new book on governance and trust, a subject that I’ve been banging on about for quite a while now: The Taliban claims to adhere to a strict interpretation of […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what kind of diet should we eat? - Doctors Without Boredom

I’ve never seen a better, more succinct Q&A on what a good diet means, so I’m sharing this one: I feel smarter, but what happens when new information comes out, like, tomorrow? How can I stay up to date? It seems […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what kind of diet should we eat? - Doctors Without Boredom

I’ve never seen a better, more succinct Q&A on what a good diet means, so I’m sharing this one: I feel smarter, but what happens when new information comes out, like, tomorrow? How can I stay up to date? It seems […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

racism in, racism out - Doctors Without Boredom

This article about Palantir is something else: “The world changed when it became clear everyone could be targeted using Palantir,” says a former JPMorgan cyber expert who worked with Cavicchia at one point on the insider threat team. “Nefarious ideas […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

racism in, racism out - Doctors Without Boredom

This article about Palantir is something else: “The world changed when it became clear everyone could be targeted using Palantir,” says a former JPMorgan cyber expert who worked with Cavicchia at one point on the insider threat team. “Nefarious ideas […]

Daniel HindmanFeaturedCurrent Politics

Health and the Power of the State | Mere Orthodoxy

If the police power gives the state right to act in matters of health, what happens when all of life is assumed under "health and wellness"?

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics

the history of capitalism and the glory of man - Doctors Without Boredom

Note: I am sorry for the inconsistent posting schedule. Our family moved two weeks ago to our new field of service and the internet here is so inconsistent that I have been unable to connect every time that I sat […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics

the history of capitalism and the glory of man - Doctors Without Boredom

Note: I am sorry for the inconsistent posting schedule. Our family moved two weeks ago to our new field of service and the internet here is so inconsistent that I have been unable to connect every time that I sat […]

Matthew EmersonFeatured

Sola Scriptura and Tradition: Friends or foes? | Mere Orthodoxy

There is a way to say more than the Bible says by insisting that theology consists of only repeating phrases from the Bible.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 9

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 9

Brian MesimerEvangelicalism

Paige Patterson's Missing Link | Mere Orthodoxy

Patterson's counsel to abused women betrays an alarming lack of concern for the victims as well as an incorrect understanding of church discipline.

Jake MeadorChurch

Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 2018 - Commonplaces

Brief notes on this question: First, Rod is correct in his response to Walther in which he notes the extremely American characteristics of American Catholicism. Moreover, this is a trend that goes back some time—at least to JFK’s awful speech […]