When the New Atheism Gets Old

So what happens when the new atheism gets old? As I look back now, our conversations on “The New Atheism” have spanned the better part of twenty years. In fact there are a good number of young people who have never heard the name Richard Dawkins and likely...

Ben Almost Gets It

So I’m reading along in Ben Shapiro’s new book and really loving how he takes the complicated and makes it simple. He drops some pretty high powered philosophers’ names in there (Aristotle, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kant, etc.) and capably boils down their...

Western Civ is Good

Ben Shapiro’s recent book The Right Side of History: the Remaking of the World examines the philosophical history of western Europe and its descendents (most notable the United States of America) and why this particular culture and no other created the freest,...

The Benefits of Western Civilization

As I was reading Ben Shapiro’s latest book (The Right Side of History: The Remaking of the World) I was thinking about all the marvels of western civilization. These are marvels we just take for granted. But stop and think for a minute. Look at what you have in...

If There is No Creator

If there is no Creator, does America makes sense? Recently I pulled out an old copy of Ben Stein’s movie Expelled. It had been a long time since I watched it so I watched it again. This movie is a bit of a puzzle. Seldom has anyone put together so compelling a...

Freezing the Court

Twelve Presidential debates are coming from the Democrats. They will begin in June of THIS year. So the Presidential campaign will be in full media swing for 16 months according to the Democrats. Why so early and so many ? There are lots of reasons including the fact...