Taking on the idols
Four years ago, Paul Graham tweeted, “Uber is so obviously a good thing that you can measure how corrupt cities are by how hard they try to suppress it.” If I am to use Graham’s format, I should tweet today, “The victory of AATX at the Republican Convention of Texas is so obviously a good and righteous thing that you […]
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“When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.” Morihei Ueshiba, the Founder of Aikido There is no good move for the Republicans on immigration now. First, despite all the screams to the contrary, they know that Obama is within the limits of the law when he made […]
Read moreIt’s great to have discussions on web sites like this one talking about theonomy, and evaluating our civil leaders in light of its principles. But the rubber really meets the road when those Christians who profess to be theonomists actually go beyond reading, discussing, and critiquing others, and actually do something themselves in politics. Going beyond acting like a sports announcer commenting […]
Read more(This is from my friend Daniel Morrow. It was too good not to publish it here.) The GOP still thinks of Ron Paul supporters as Republicans who are just experimenting while off at college but who will come around in time for the election. They think of Liberty voters as part of their voter base, as a shade of red. […]
Read more“I swear by God this sacred oath. . . .” “I swear . . . so help me God.” Boy, didn’t the Democrats give the Republican neocon propaganda machine a shovel-ready propaganda point by omitting God from their party platform. I read about 40-plus angry articles by neocon authors on the issue. (And I know I don’t even read a […]
Read moreA technologically important corollary of the Third Law of Motion is that a force can be measured by measuring the opposite force which balances the action of the first force. A practical application of that corollary is that most of our modern meters, indicators, or censors actually directly measure not action, but reaction. For example, all scales measure counterweights instead […]
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