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The EU: Something completely different
Current events have made it more crucial than ever to understand what makes the European Union tick. What are the ideological roots of the eurozone crisis? Why do so many EU leaders seem willing to risk exposing their people to more jihadist terror and to invite a potentially unmanageable de-Westernization of Europe by opening the floodgates to immigrants from a burning Middle East? To understand why these crises are affecting Europe, we need to look at the unique nature of European Union.
The moral and economic poverty of the lottery
The nationwide furor has died down a bit after the $1.586 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was split three ways last Wednesday. This week’s $50 million jackpot may seem rather paltry after
The Jedi Knights Templar
For those who haven’t seen the film, be warned that this essay contains spoilers. The most recent installment in the Star Wars franchise, Episode VII: The Force Awakens, has blasted box
Social institutions, scrutiny, and the 1 Percent
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s letter to their daughter may indeed be substantively vacuous, but the move to place $45 billion into an explicitly socially-conscious LLC is illuminating on a number of levels.The End of Europe
In his Mémoires d’Espoir, the leader of Free France during World War II and the founder of the Fifth Republic, General Charles de Gaulle, wrote at length about a subject on many people’s minds today—Europe. Though often portrayed as passionately French to the point of incorrigibility, de Gaulle was, in his own way, quintessentially European.Hot fries and the end of work
“The end of work” means at least two different things. The phrase can mean work stops. You had a job, but now you don’t. But “the end of work” can also mean work’s purpose or goal. This distinction is an important one.Keeping watch over their flock at night
“And there were shepherds in the fields nearby keeping watch over their flock at night.” Luke 2:8Social justice and the evangelical church today
An understanding of the rise, decline, and reinvigoration of institutions in the history of the Christian West, with special attention to the role of the church in relation to worldlyAbraham Kuyper and the 'bearer of principle'
What might Abraham Kuyper teach us as Americans prepare to go to the polls next year? I believe that he can help us to vote more intelligently by clarifying the true nature of representation in a democratic political community.Black Friday and the moral goodness of the market economy
Consumer preference is shifting away from brick-and-mortar stores. Based on initial figures, more of us are doing our Christmas shopping online.
The perversion of the Establishment Clause
A football coach in Washington was recently suspended from his duties, because he made a habit of praying at midfield following games. Players or students were never asked or required to participate but some did join him voluntarily for a post-game prayer that typically lasted 15 to 20 seconds. Prior to his suspension, the coach was ordered to stop praying because school officials, citing the Supreme Court, said they did not want to be seen as endorsing religion. Cheap grace and gratitude
We celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday this week in the United States, and it’s therefore an appropriate time to ponder the gifts we have been given and the gratitude we ought to have for them. It’s easy to do these things at this time of year, but it is also appropriate to note that we ought to think about the gifts of God’s grace throughout the year. That is, even as we acknowledge and are thankful for things this week, we should also come to a greater recognition of the divine origin of all good gifts all the time.