Author’s Note: The following is a brief essay written back in 2011 which is only now being made public. It is one of a series of such essays that I …
Category: Society
Niebuhr on the Road
It used to be that when I would go on a long road trip, I would spend most of my time listening to music, first on my portable CD player …
Richard III: Shakespearean Hit Job?
England’s King Richard III has been experiencing a bit of renaissance lately after his remains were discovered underneath a carpark (a.k.a. parking lot) in Leicester, UK last year. Of particular …
In Defense of American Ignorance
I’m going to do something today that might shock even myself. I’m going to defend the ignorance of my fellow Americans in several areas. In general, I’m opposed to ignorance. …
Southwest-AirTran Merger Update: “It’s Complicated”
From the title of this post, you may be inclined to think that it is going to be a serious discussion about business in America, but in fact it’s mostly …
Aslan and Jesus
If you started reading this post thinking that it was going to be a comparison between Aslan, the unsafe but good hero of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series, and …
Jay-Z vs. British History
An article by Bloomberg caught my eye this morning which compares Jay-Z’s new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, to the original Magna Carta. For those who need a quick brush …
To Be a Royal Baby
The international media is buzzing about the imminent arrival of Britain’s newest royal baby, the son or daughter of Prince William and Princess Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. A …
An Overlooked Fact about the Zimmerman Case
From the beginning, the media wanted to make the Zimmerman case about black vs. white. That is why the story gained national attention in the first place. I’m not going …