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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Mere-O Chats: A Podcast with Dr. JP Moreland

Mere-O Chats: A Podcast with Dr. JP Moreland

TexCulture

Live Music

I’m not the first person to suggest that there is something inherently better about live musical performances, and even though we are rapidly sinking into an atomized digital age, I don’t think I’ll be the last: there is enough of […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

A Moment of Sympathy for Mr. Stupak

Ross Douthat at the NY Times had a moment of sympathy for Bart Stupak today, and it’s a (typically) generous and insightful response to uproar surrounding Bart Stupak: Here was a politician who embodies what a half-century ago would have […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

The 'Ten Books' Meme Jumps the Shark

Which can only mean I’m weighing in with my own list. In case you missed it, folks have been listing the ten books that either influenced them, they liked the most, or are best in their category (like Dr. Sanders’ […]

Andrew WalkerPolitics

Healthcare and Twitterverse

Healthcare and Twitterverse

Matthew Lee Anderson

Final Thoughts on Healthcare and Abortion

Over the past 72 hours, I’ve been engaged in various debates about the contents of our newly minted-health care system and the effects of the executive order that was issued to appease Bart Stupak and his ilk. The central question […]

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

Perspective

Perspective

Matthew Lee Anderson

Reading the Hymns: How Great Thou Art

How Great  Thou Art is as close as a hymn can come to a ‘controversial hymn’ these days.  N.T. Wright targeted the final verse in his book on the resurrection, using it to highlight the problems of the contemporary escapist […]

Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns

Reading the Hymns: An Invitation

Reading the Hymns: An Invitation

Andrew WalkerEconomics and Business

Rhetoric v. Substance

Robert Parham from EthicsDaily.com has a proposal for healthcare reform: Get it Passed! Filled with rhetorically charged missives which casts healthcare opponents as bourgeoisie and “individualistic,” Parham, who myopically makes no mention of abortion mandates, reduces the argument between the […]

Andrew WalkerPolitics

Healthcare and the Rule of Law

Finally, the healthcare debate—at least one part of the debate—is being argued appropriately: around First Principles. The manner in which the Obama Administration is wishing to deliver on a campaign promise is startling. No less than bypassing standard procedure and […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPro-Life

Weekend Action: Health Care in the House

Weekend Action: Health Care in the House