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Doug Wilson on Glenn Beck

I apologize for bringing up the issue of Glenn Beck once again. As I expected, the comments surrounding him garner different, more vitriolic attitudes than I think is typical here

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Why are Beck and Palin Popular?

Yet those who deplore Beck and Palin fail to see that the reason for their popularity stems from their uninhibited willingness to evoke and champion precisely those values and themes

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Chesterton, Orthodoxy, and Aesthetic First Principles

In a famous quip about Revelation, G.K. Chesterton wrote, "And though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Mere-O University: What is Courage?

I'm giving a few talks that touch on the theme of courage for Wheatstone Academy in a two weeks, and have been reading through Plato's Laches

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

In Defense of Dinesh

The evangelical world encountered another skirmish this week with the election of conservative public intellectual (and erstwhile Catholic) Dinesh D'Souza to the presidency of King's College.

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Non-Necessity of Sex and Singleness as Vocation

Joe Carter has some great thoughts on sex and Wendell Berry, most of which I agree with. The central premise is taken from an essay that we've referenced

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Responses to Emerging Adults

I am pretty intrigued by the NY Times piece on emerging adults, if only because I am one and so resonate with many of the struggles they face. With that

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Tattoos and American Culture

As if on cue, the Today Show takes upon themselves the onerous task of listing out the ten most tattooed cities in America. The list is fascinating for its diversity,

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Top Five: Inklings Non-Fiction (Non-Lewis Category)

Because C.S. Lewis deserves his own list, we're going to leave him off. And so does Chesterton, so I'm going to ignore him, too. But

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

What to do with Emerging Adults?

Emerging adulthood or extended adolescence? It's a rhetorical war, really, to describe the peculiar phenomenon of people in their twenties who remain attached to their parents and uncertain

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

Let's Let California Be the First (Again)

California is notorious for recalling then Governor Gray Davis in 2003. In the latest commentary offered from the Public Discourse, Carson Holloway suggests pursuing similar action: Judicial Impeachment, and likewise,

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Double standard of the Proposition 8 Ruling

I spent all morning reading the decision, which has incited all sorts of furor from social conservatives. I will have more on the decision and its implications later, but wanted