What Motivated Evangelical Voters? What Should Have?Once-and-future President Trump and evangelicals: Don’t get me started. (Actually, I started writing about that interesting pairing in his…Nov 8Nov 8
The New Yorker’s Weird Double StandardI once wrote a review of a novel. I shouldn’t have, but I did.Apr 24Apr 24
The Meaning of Life? Why Should I Care?Two emails this week, both from Australia, raise questions about doubt, belief, and the Big Questions. Indeed, their questions come at…Apr 17Apr 17
And Now for Something Not Completely Different: John Cleese on ReligionLet’s get clear right away that I am a fan of John Cleese’s. I loved Monty Python in the early 1970s, memorizing (as one did) whole…Apr 17Apr 17
About Those Super Bowl Foot-Washing AdsLots of people have been complaining publicly about the two Super Bowl advertisements that gently depicted Christianity as a socially and…Apr 17Apr 17
Size Doesn’t Matter“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry…Apr 17Apr 17
Plain Speaking without Dumbing DownI remember a brilliant former student of mine distinguishing herself in a master’s-level seminar with a charming, vigorous, and informative…Apr 17Apr 17
