Two weeks ago, in Epidemic Irrationality, I reviewed Stephen Hicks’ book Explaining Postmodernism. I’d like to build on one feature of his analysis because it goes a long way to explaining some of the political upheaval in recent years. The three-way battle I highlighted in that earlier post used phrases like “classical liberalism,” “leftist illiberalism,” […]
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The Widening Chasm
The Widening Chasm The history of the western world in 1600 words. Before Christ There was a time when the world was mysterious at every turn. Much was inexplicable to us: what makes plants grow? How do children come from sexual union? What makes the sun rise and set? From ancient times much that was not yet understood […]
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Freedom Man’s quest for freedom is a powerful motivator. Christians historically thought that freedom was found in Christ, because apart from Him we live with the misery of our own failure, unredeemed. Since the fading of Christianity beginning in the Enlightenment period of the 1700’s, the quest for freedom has shifted to a push for mere individual […]
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Terrorists as Fascists Who said this, and when? We are here faced by fascists. Not just their calculated brutality, but their belief that they are superior to every single one of us in this chamber tonight, and all of the people that we represent. They hold us in contempt. They hold our values in contempt. […]
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