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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
What I've seen of tonight's debate is not so inspiring. But Rudy Giuliani hit a home run on the "unintentional comedy" scale with his
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Clearly, if this election were a football game, Huckabee's surge would be the equivalent of a second-half comeback. He has all the momentum on his side, and
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyLiberal ArtsDevotionalTheology and Practice
Entitlement is the only sin. "Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favours. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no
Matthew Lee Anderson
Stephanie Coontz continues to make the case for homosexual marriage, appealing to a principle that is increasingly popular among evangelicals: the state should keep its grubby hands off marriage. Coontz appeals to history for her case, arguing that the State […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Columbia University, one of America's more prestigious universities, created a furor when they invited Mahmoud Ahadinejad to speak on their campus. It doesn't make the decision
Keith E. BuhlerDevotional
Gratitude Is the Spontaneous Emotion of Thanksgiving and Happiness in Response to Some Unmerited Good. When someone gives you a gift you did not expect and did not deserve, you ought (and most people do) feel a spontaneous sense of […]
Matthew Lee AndersonCultureLiberal ArtsMusic Reviews
Charlie Lehardy thinks jazz is (gasp!) worse than asparagus: Jazz may be worse than asparagus. As a musician, I have great respect for the virtuosity of jazz artists, most of
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyLiberal ArtsDevotionalTheology and Practice
Appropriate Emotions The first and foremost fact we must acquaint ourselves with is that certain emotions are appropriate given a stimulus and certain others are not. See CS Lewis for
Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized
What I am going to say may sound like exaggeration. It is. But it is hyperbolic speech for hyperbolic reality. I exaggerate about grand things for to speak softly would
TexDevotionalPolitics
October 1863 saw Americans firmly entrenched in the middle of the third calendar year of the Civil War; a war that, perhaps more than any other American war, brought great suffering, pain, turmoil, and strife to American soil and threatened […]
Matthew Lee AndersonDevotionalTheology and Practice
Tomorrow, we will give thanks for the many blessings in our lives by indulging ourselves with food, family and football. And in doing so, we will probably neglect some of
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
It’s been said that the conservative political movement lives and dies on pessimism. With significant evidence that the cultural mores of our fathers are still in retreat, conservatives have