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Shea RamquistChurchEvangelicalism
It’s a pleasure and an honor to be joining the fine gentlemen (and, more importantly, my good friends) here at Mere-Orthodoxy. For my inaugural contribution to this fine forum, the plan is for me to share each week from my […]
Keith E. Buhler
I just watched E.T. for the first time. It won best picture in 1982, and remains a revered (and oft quoted) cultural icon. What makes it so excellent? I will approach the question not by examining E.T. as a film, […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Another satirical news write up from the desk of Scott Ott (Doc Ott, anyone?): Mr. Kerry, who told NBC's Tim Russert that he's "keeping his
Andrew SelbyMeaning and HermeneuticsLiteratureEpistemology
For some time I have been bothered by the phenomenon of 20th C. literary criticism of all varieties: Marxist, feminist, post-colonial and the other smatterings. It just rubs me
Andrew SelbyPolitics
You know that the voting in Iraq on Sunday was a success because even NPR was lauding it. Yesterday afternoon on the left-leaning news show “All Things Considered” two interviewees both were excited that the voting was positive. One was […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEconomics and Business
Paul Musgrave over at In the Agora offers an interesting critique of Bill Gates's recent speech at the World Economic Forum. Gates's heralded Chinas as having
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsInternational Politics
Who knows whether initial estimates of 70% will hold up, but clearly the majority of Iraqis turned out in favor of democracy. John Kerry, on Meet the Press, councils caution
Keith E. Buhler
… There is one defense of the modern usage of the word that my housemate and award-winning debater put forth. “OK,” he said, “But ‘problem’ has a certain amount of intimidation value. If I can toss ‘the Problem of Evil’ […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Biola has published an analysis and response to the NY Times Magazine piece of a few months ago that highlighted Biola. My brother wrote then that the Times write-up
Keith E. Buhler
What is common to all of the cases mentioned below? Here is what I notice: They are all questions. (with the exception of the second “problem of evil” which was stated as a thesis) So in response to the question […]
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
Why do we refer to things as "problems"? You may say I'm picky, but I think word choice is the most important thing... Plus the name
Keith E. BuhlerFormation
Lewis in Weight of Glory makes the point that for any higher thing (like a three-dimensional cube) to be transposed onto a lower medium (like a two-dimensional piece