Author Archives: Bob Felton

I think evangelicals have found their dream president. Jerry Falwell, Jr.

A thoughtful piece by Andrew Sullivan at New York Magazine takes a look at the global rise of backward-looking reactionaries. Reactionism is not the same thing as conservatism. It’s far more potent a brew. Reactionary thought begins, usually, with acute … Continue reading →

Piper: “We are so precious to God that God, in great mercy, will not let our preciousness to him become our god.” https://t.co/AWZ9ZKb5M1 — Desiring God (@desiringGod) April 29, 2017 Uhhh … right.

I’ve been working my way through On Tyranny, recommended by Bruce Gerencser here, and discussed a bit here. It’s a brief enumeration by a Yale historian of 20-rules which, if we all observe them, undermine authoritarians — a timely subject. … Continue reading →

What do you know? Earlier this week, with health care, tax reform, financing for the border wall and a possible government shutdown on this week’s agenda, I made a modest prediction: I bravely predict that the only bit of it … Continue reading →