Monthly Archives: April 2020

Book Review: Stay

Stay, by Anjuli Paschall [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Bethany House in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Like many of the books I read and review, this book is … Continue reading

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Book Review: One Small Step

One Small Step:  The Life-Changing Adventure Of Following God’s Nudges, by Matthew Barnett [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Chosen Books in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This book is … Continue reading

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Contra El Corriente

One of the more puzzling aspects I have found in the past few weeks is the complicated interaction between my own personal life and how it is going and the fate of the world around me.  As is likely the … Continue reading

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Why Aren’t They In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: The B-52s

How one feels about the B-52s depends in large part on how large of a context you know them from.  I tend to be what the cognoscenti of the music world call a “pop stan” and thus I tend to … Continue reading

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Book Review: Equality And Liberty

Equality And Liberty:  Theory And Practice In American Politics, by Harry V. Jaffa During the process of writing his epic work on Abraham Lincoln and his importance to political philosophy, which was published late in life, Jaffa worked on a … Continue reading

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Book Review: How To Think About The American Revolution

How To Think About The American Revolution:  A Bicentennial Celebration, by Harry V. Jaffa For me, at least, the beauty of Harry Jaffa’s political philosophy consisted both in an appreciate of his technique as a subtle and profound reader of … Continue reading

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Book Review: The American Founding As The Best Regime

The American Founding As The Best Regime:  The Bonding Of Civil And Religious Liberty, by Harry Jaffa Harry Jaffa has long been one of my favorite authors, so long in fact that this blog has suffered a bit in not … Continue reading

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Whatever Happened To CeeLo Green?

CeeLo Green has one of the more remarkable careers in music history, a man who from 1995 to 2015 regularly released albums but who managed to find himself a one-hit wonder three times over.  First a part of Goodie Mob, … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Mark

The Mark, by Simon Maltman [Note:  This book was given free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] What does the title of this book refer to?  It is … Continue reading

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Book Review: Havana Noir

Havana Noir, edited by Achy Obejas As someone who has become accustomed to reading a fair amount of noir literature, it is useful to reflect upon the ways that noir is both very general and very context-specific.  Whatever sort of … Continue reading

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