The Great Society and Its Not-So-Great Boundaries
Even without imposing governmental power on the family, these welfare reforms gave families new avenues of provision, and these provisionary means created a web of perverse incentives for families. . . It is these perverse incentives that I believe break the boundaries of the sphere sovereignty that Kuyper envisioned.
The Trump Shall Not Resound
Republicans need to unhitch from the Trump-train before they inevitably fall with him.
Doctrine by Politics
The fact that the Church is no longer the one teaching doctrine leaves a haunting question: if we aren’t teaching it, then who is? And in today’s world where evangelicalism is walking a tightrope between a political identity and a faith descriptor, my suspicion is that the new teacher is politics.
On American Dreams and Abortion Abolitionism
The “abolitionist” faction of pro-lifers may be seen as seekers of perfection. Abolitionists push for prosecuting women seeking an abortion. Such rash, totalizing moves are not the way to win hearts and minds. Excessive force will not convince our country of the truth.
Red Wave
Despite the so-called “midterm curse” over the past 100 years, the total number of seats that could swing is going down overall.
College Students Don’t Qualify for Biden Loan Bailout — and Don’t Care
“They have known all along that private debts are different from government debt, and while they would not have known necessarily that this debt would be forgiven or will be forgiven some day, they have accepted that responsibility as a part of [college] and know that the value proposition is there.”
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