Restoring the Nation
Taking a break from our ongoing discussion of the first principles of government, I wanted to reflect on the goals that we should have as the citizens, and more specifically the church, within this...
View ArticleRural Studies and the Death of Main Street
The small towns of America’s heartland are becoming an endangered species, argue researchers Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas in Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means...
View ArticleCensus and Race – The Conversation
Why is race on the census form? Over half of short census is dedicated to the question of race. The question is not without controversy, but before you can reach a decision about whether race ought...
View ArticleLife, Liberty & the Protection of Happiness
Fifth grade civics was a while ago. So, as a starting point, here’s a refresher of some important wording from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men...
View ArticleWhen Govenment is a Bureaucratic Babel
When a man claims he can build a tower so tall that it reaches God, raise your eyebrows and ask skeptical questions. Beyond warnings against architectural hubris, the story of the Tower of Babel also...
View ArticleThe Story of Civilization: A One Stop Shop for Western History
In 2012, I started working my way through The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant. It’s an eleven-tome series on the history of Western civilization, going from Eastern influences on the...
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