One of my favorite columnist is Peggy Noonan, a former speech writer for Ronald Reagan who now writes for the Wall Street Journal. She was a producer for CBS before she worked for Reagan, and has written several books since, including the well-received Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now. (You… Continue reading making a case for civility
Category: culture
a university of porches
Every college should have a front porch, a place where students can actually learn something. Discipleship is just a kind of hospitality after all.
news you can’t use
An occasional roundup of things that don't matter very much. got your goat? More and more companies are using goats to manage the grass. rent-a-goat.com, for example, will bring in seven goats to mow your average size lawn for a couple of hundred dollars, completely free of carbon emissions. The Wall Street journal reports that… Continue reading news you can’t use
a mosque in Manhattan
We don’t get to rest in the freedom of religion provided us by the First Amendment if we don’t extend that grace to others.
hero or zero?
Over at Fox news, an article about the flight attendant who cussed out a rude passenger, grabbed a couple of beers, and slid down the escape hatch, asks if he is as cool as all his fans think he is. Hero or zero, the story asked. Well, that's easy. Zero. Yes, passengers (and customers of… Continue reading hero or zero?
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