Plutarch once noted the great displeasure of Emperor Augustus, upon the latter’s witnessing some wealthy foreign women in Rome. Carrying puppies and baby monkeys, caressing the animals as they would have their own children, the women inspired Augustus to protest, and with snideness fit for an emperor, he spoke: what kind of people, he asked, would waste motherly affections upon animals? (more…)
31. August 2012
19. August 2012
On absurdity
The other night I had a dream. An old friend of mine and I were sitting in a dingy bar, reminiscing about our collegiate days together, with a projected film ahead of us. She and I were both facing the same way, toward the projector screen, when an ad made me slightly uncomfortable: a woman, attempting to sell her latest comedy routine, was dressed somewhat scantily, cheaply attempting to lure my attention because her jokes were sub-par. The attempt failed. (more…)
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Refuting the charge of blasphemy: a short dissertation on the Biblical purpose of government
Can the state ever really make men good?
In recent months, this author has been accused of blasphemy by one of his intellectual friends, allegedly over the above political question. But though the question is simple, and the accusation upon first glance appears to be an isolated case, the charge upon further inspection assails far many more than myself, and comprises a collision between two very different, but often improperly defined, doctrines: those of the Christian libertarian and the Biblical conservative. It is this theological and political collision which I seek to explain, should the reader bear with me. (more…)
13. August 2012
Tired of defending traditional marriage?
Despite the recent Chick-Fil-A victory, I must confess, though I firmly believe that homosexuality is a sin against God, and that acceptance of its practice will cause great harm to our society, that I’ve grown tired of defending traditional marriage. But please: I ask the reader’s forgiveness. For my weariness, condemnable as such weakness may be, has little to do with personal fortitude, and everything to do with marriage’s already deplorable state. (more…)
7. August 2012
On 50 Shades of Grey: an open letter to ladies
Dear Ladies,
For a few short years now, I’ve considered myself a gentleman. Having converted to Christianity after a long career of sexual evils, and having disposed of many women like used beer bottles, considering them as nothing more than a means to entertainment, I am experienced in modern romance as most playboys, and perhaps among the most realistic about my encounters. And though men need not experience the depths of depravity to know goodness, such experiences followed by conversion oftentimes leave the participant with a sobriety unknown by the innocent, a goodness oftentimes more fiercely defended by its possessors. As an experienced gentleman, then, having renounced the mindset that women are sport, and embracing them as sisters instead of toys, and knowing well the dangers of sexual evils, it’s my duty not only to consider the greatest good for the fairer sex, but to speak honestly when that good is directly assaulted. This is why I believe it’s necessary to speak about 50 Shades of Grey. (more…)
1. August 2012
Can liberty be regained?
Obamacare — upheld! Those were the words proclaimed on June 28th, which, had Washington, Madison, and Jefferson only been alive to witness them, would have bowed their heads in sorrow. But kings and prophets have long ago borne testimony that nations birthed in moral triumph are eventually handed to the unworthy, and the unworthy cannot maintain true liberty. (more…)
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