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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Mere-O Chats: A Podcast with Dr. JP Moreland
TexCulture
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
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
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
Matthew Lee Anderson
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
Matthew Lee Anderson
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
Andrew WalkerEconomics and Business
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
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