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Category Archives: In the News
Responsible Engagement in a Reactive Age
Over a week ago, I tweeted on acting and thinking well in a fraught political context. Twitter is a limiting medium for extended trains of thought, so, in response to a request and for the sake of a broader readership, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Politics, Society
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Escaping the Prison of Social Sensitivity
Social Sensitivity and its Dangers It may surprise some people to learn this, but I have an intense aversion to social awkwardness, breach of social etiquette, and to other people’s social discomfort. If someone treads on my toe, I will … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Society
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Freeing Speech: Free Speech, Milo, and the University
A few weeks ago, before more recent events, I wrote an article on the subject of the current struggle for free speech, which has just been published over on Mere Orthodoxy. Within it I argue that the focus of the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Politics, Society
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Difficult Straits—Milo Yiannopoulos, SJWs, and the Treacherous Passage into Adulthood
The following are some quickly assembled and loosely joined together thoughts on the recent (temporary?) fall of Milo Yiannopoulos and some of the responses. Provocation and Hypocrisy A few days ago, recordings of Milo Yiannopoulos joking about and suggesting the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Sex and Sexuality, Society
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Podcast: Silence, with Brett McCracken
On this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Matt and I are joined by Brett McCracken for a discussion of Martin Scorsese’s new film, Silence, which Brett reviewed for Christianity Today. The film, an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s famous novel of … Continue reading
President Trump’s Executive Order and the Moral Confusion of the Immigration Debate
The following are a few thoughts on President Trump’s recent executive order and the response to it. 1. We should never forget that the president is a reality TV star. Television and, more recently, the Internet are the media that … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, In the News, Politics, Society, Theological
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The Failing Dam of Liberal Society
The Mosul Dam is failing. While the structure of the dam itself is robust, it is built upon a poor foundation of soluble rock. In order to prevent this foundation from giving way, workers at the dam continuously have to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, In the News, Politics, Society
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A Crisis of Discourse—Part 1: Cracks in the Progressive Left
I’ve renamed this post so that the post that follows will represent a smoother transition from it, but no content has been changed. My Pre-Election Reflections Over the last week or two, in the run up to the American election, … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, In the News, Politics, Society, Theological
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The Treachery of Narratives
I have just guest posted over on Mere Orthodoxy. Taking a recent Vanity Fair story on the unravelling of the narratives of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos and the failure of various prominent feminist icons as my starting point, I discuss … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Politics, Society
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Podcast: On Plagiarism
This week’s Mere Fidelity conversation on the subject of plagiarism was occasioned by a recent company statement from Eerdmans on the subject of three of their commentaries. For the discussion we were joined by our good friend Justin Taylor, Senior … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, In the News, Podcasts
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