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Admit it, White People, You Are Racists

In case you didn't know, if you are white, you are a racist. Go ahead and admit it, yo...

worldviews
#ShoutYourAbortion

The Planned Parenthood videos (see a "Quick and Easy Guide" to them at the Federalist)...

religion
Why religion is always public

There is a nice piece by Joel Miller at Theology Sticks about the essentially public n...

higher-education
Throwback Thursday — “In the Hope of Escaping the Miracle”

Despite decades of instruction (some would say "indoctrination") in America's government-r...

theamericanculture
The Onion, Pro-Life?

What is this world coming to when The Onion can mock the abortion industry without any see...

philosophy
Throwback Thursday — “Where Mohammed Was Born No Christian Dares to Enter”

Thanks to fanatical groups like ISIS (or ISIL), much of the Middle East has become a free-...

manners-and-morals
Credit Pop Culture for Gay Marriage

The title of a piece in the LA Times after the gay marriage ruling: "Years before court ru...

culture101
The Gay Marriage Decision

By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has declared same-sex marriage to be legal ...

movies
Actor Denzel Washington Urges Dillard University Graduates: ‘Put God First’

From ChristianNews.net: NEW ORLEANS, La. — Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington urged ...

manners-and-morals
Kyle and Jenner: The Price of Fame is the Destruction of Heroism

“True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doin...

manners-and-morals
Speith’s Classy Performance at the Master’s Is One for the Ages

Jordan Speith won the Masters golf tournament at age 21 and showed a great amount of cla...

worldviews
Holocaust Day, Armenian Genocide Recognition Don’t Affect Double Standard Favoring Communism

April the 15th marked Holocaust Memorial Day. Nearly everyone knows about the industrial k...

books
Review: ‘The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree’

Many people argue that our time is a particularly hyper-partisan one. I wonder if they ...

manners-and-morals
Thursday Abstract: Rolling Stones, April TV Encomia, Mocking Noah’s Detractors

The Rolling Stones will tour the United States this summer, playing in large stadia in ...

culture-and-economics
Contest Promotes Small-Town Revitalization

Small towns in the United States don't get much media attention unless something very go...

manners-and-morals
Klavan: The Culture Is a-Changin’

One of my favorite cultural commentators is the inimitable Andrew Klavan, an award-winning...

art
Avenging the Honor of Free Speech

January 7, 2015, will be remembered as the day Islamic terrorists declared war against f...

television
Upcoming TLC Program Sparks Controversy, Calls for Cancellation

The fraught relationship between identity politics and freedom of speech has become evide...

books
Cultural Tide Beginning to Turn? ‘Golden Age’ Mystery Outselling Contemporary Bestsellers

In a year of unsettling cultural stories—from the Ray Rice domestic abuse video to Rob...

worldviews
Counterpoint: The Case Against ‘Antique Conservatism’

In a characteristically thoughtful and well-written piece in yesterday’s The American ...

books
Point: The Case for ‘Antique Conservatism’

 I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition is a collection of twelve p...

culture-and-economics
Family Issues Provide Common Cause for Fiscal and Social Conservatives

Practically since the beginning of the modern conservative movement (roughly from the 1950...

journalism
Who’s Responsible for Cosby’s Crimes (If Any)

Since the sickening allegations of Bill Cosby raping numerous women first hit the news, we...

omniculture
The Decline and Fall of Relativism

Writing today at The American Culture, Mike D'Virgilio makes some good observations about ...

manners-and-morals
Relativism and ‘Empty Integrity’

Relativism is a funny thing. It is a self-refuting concept: how can there be no truth if t...

manners-and-morals
New Book Documents the Reality of Family Fragmentation: It is a Problem

Jonathan Last at The Weekly Standard has a review of a new book about the breakdown of the...

television
City of Houston to Pastors: Your Views are No Longer Allowed

Yesterday when I turned on my computer I saw this headline on Drudge:  “City subpoenas ...

mysteries
‘Blue Bloods’ Jumps the Shark

I write this post with a heavy heart. Blue Bloods has been one of our family’s favorite ...

art-and-architecture
Art, Architecture, and the Sacred

Writing at NewGeography.com, Dallas architect Julien Meyrat explains why modern architect...

economicspolicy
The Origin of Specious Thinking: Public Schools

Writing in Canon and Culture, Prof. Colin Garbarino of Houston Baptist University poses a...

manners-and-morals
Robertson Reiterates Beliefs in Easter Sunday Sermon, and Some Are Shocked . . . Shocked

The good people at Radar Online, USA Today, and other piously progressive media outl...

journalism
Lack of Credibility Is Killing Mainstream Media

Writing at Blacklisted News, Michael Snyder provides a cogent analysis of the continuing...

education
Contemporary Academe: Western Civ=White Male Heterosexuals=Evil

Writing at The American Spectator Online, Ross Kaminsky astutely identifies the real moti...