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Keith E. Buhler

Laughter and Wealth - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

God, Nature, Evolution, or whatever has so ordained that we come to the most interesting conclusions only means of the most boring arguments, and that the most immediately fun and interesting topics of conversation take us to the most boring […]

Keith E. BuhlerChurch

The Great Schism and Icons - History of Christian Spirituality, 7th-15th Century

The Great Schism and Icons - History of Christian Spirituality, 7th-15th Century

Matthew Lee Anderson

The 2008 Evangelical Outpost/Wheatstone Academy Symposium - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I am excited about the Symposium that Joe Carter is hosting at Evangelical Outpost, and quite honored to be a judge. I would strongly encourage all my Mere-O neighbors to enter, as I think the topic is particularly stimulating (not […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

In Memorium: Clyde Cook

In Memorium: Clyde Cook

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsUncategorized

More ISI, Less CPAC: Rod Dreher on the Future of Conservatism

More ISI, Less CPAC: Rod Dreher on the Future of Conservatism

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A Midsummer Night's Dance: Love's Beauty and Roles

A Midsummer Night's Dance: Love's Beauty and Roles

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Around the Web

Around the Web

Matthew Lee Anderson

Sex Selection and the Privatization of American Life - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In his article last Thursday, William Saletan highlighted sex selection’s apparent arrival to American shores. He writes: Now comes further evidence of this effect. Two days ago, economists Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund published an article in Proceedings of the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

The Postmodern Soul(?) and Augustine

The Postmodern Soul(?) and Augustine

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

The Political Plank in Our Eye: Conservatives, the Constitution, and the California Homeschooling (non-)Crisis - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The recent flap over a California court’s decision that threatened the (assumed) legality of homeschooling in California has now subsided due to the decision being vacated. However, the issue will doubtlessly be a newsworthy item for a while, as the […]

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I met a smile on my way... - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Imperturbable smiles are pitiable things, somewhat reminiscent of the Little Prince’s rose who took naive delight in her four thorns, unjustifiably proud of the one thing that made her vulnerable—and laughable; or of Voltaire’s Candide always optimistically re-interpreting the facts […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

The Death of Statesmanship

The Death of Statesmanship