Republicans vs. Twisted Sister, or the Need for Good Cultural Hermeneutics You can enjoy whatever you want. Just don’t try and make it mean whatever you want. Apr 12, 2022
Donald Trump’s Dark Patterns The Trump campaign’s shady fundraising tactics are very much of a piece with Trump’s extensive history of grifting. Apr 7, 2021
Making Sense of Carman’s Cultural Legacy The popular CCM singer’s music shaped the artistic and political imaginations of countless Christians, for good and ill. Feb 20, 2021
Trump’s Chaos He would rather watch our country burn than ever admit that he was wrong, or worse, that he lost. Jan 6, 2021
Becoming Heretics and Idolaters for Donald Trump David French’s latest column discusses the dark path that many Christian Trump supporters are heading down. Dec 13, 2020
The Religious Dissonance of My Youth The religious leaders of my youth have some explaining to do. Jun 2, 2020
The Racism of Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Imagine listening to the pain of others and then making your response all about your discomfort and frustration. Jun 2, 2020
An Open Letter to Senator Ben Sasse Concerning His Fremont High Commencement Speech In just seven minutes, Sasse dismissed psychology, mocked students’ fitness, insulted Jeremys everywhere, and much more. May 18, 2020
Christianity Today: “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” The leading evangelical publication asks pointed questions of Trump’s evangelical supporters. Dec 21, 2019
Trump’s Casual Cruelty I’ve come to realize that there’s nothing about Trump that I don’t find offensive on a moral or spiritual level. Dec 19, 2019
The Republican Party’s Moral Disfigurement Republicans may disagree with Trump in private, but they’ll never do so publicly. Oct 2, 2019
Donald Trump’s Racism and the Ongoing Evangelical Compromise It’s sad and frustrating that people might reject the Church because of Trump, but I get it. Jul 17, 2019
What kind of man is Donald Trump? It’s beyond disheartening to see so many Christians and Republicans rally around this man. Jun 25, 2019
Elizabeth Warren vs. Big Tech: What could go wrong? Warren’s proposal to break up Amazon, Google, et al., may sound nice, but would it really fix anything? Mar 12, 2019