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Mar 30, 2007 Uncategorized

Culturally unpopular, personally difficult, critically important: Mentorship

All of us can glow from being Time’s 2006 “Person of the Year.” We can watch ourselves and examine ourselves on YouTube and MySpace. But if we listen to our culture saying “Welcome to your world,” we’re going to find egoism replacing hopefulness.

Mar 23, 2007 Uncategorized

Heroes, mentors and pioneers in Computer Technology

Heroes who innovate and create. Mentors who embody and mold. They exist in every field, and wait to impact every life. Comment starts a new series today in an appropriate field: computer technology. Dr. Derek Schuurman is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario.

Mar 9, 2007 Uncategorized

Dangers, toils and snares

A movie review essay of Walden Media’s “Amazing Grace”.

Feb 2, 2007 Uncategorized

Philosophers in love

An Aristotelian—a Thomist—perspective to the question, “Whom, or what, do you love?”

Jan 5, 2007 Uncategorized

Living with Liberalism (part two)

“There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.” -Margaret Thatcher. Strauss explains how liberalism underestimates people and God, and why people want more from our life together than that for which liberalism allows.

Dec 8, 2006 Uncategorized

Living with Liberalism: the roots of constitutional, representative government

Russ Kuykendall writes about “showing up” in the public square, and the tradition of Christian political thought that is available as a rich resource to those who do show up.

Dec 1, 2006 Uncategorized

Living with Liberalism: six strategies for faithfulness

Liberalism is a powerful cultural force that protects individuals and human rights, but hangs marriages and families out with the rest of the laundry. It banishes historical religious convictions, only to promote its own faith-in-reason structures instead. How does one go about living under the influence of such idolatry?

Nov 17, 2006 Uncategorized

Living with Liberalism: living Christian faith in a liberal age

How do we live godly lives in a society in which everyone is free to reject Christ in every sphere? Although we should involve ourselves in, for example, politics, may we use the institution to promote our faith? Doug Bandow emphasizes faithfulness over success.

Nov 10, 2006 Uncategorized

Welcome to the Relationship Museum

An artist invites viewers to a gallery exhibition, where he cooks and feeds them satay skewers and spring rolls. Another artist invites participants to stake wishes and prayers to a wooden beam in his living room. In both cases, relationships are being produced…

Nov 3, 2006 Uncategorized

Has neoconservatism passed its ‘Best-Before’ date?

This generation must be about understanding and addressing foundational things, lest they be lost to future generations. Today, Comment reviews Rod Dreher’s programme (Crunchy Cons, 2006) for framing both private and public life.

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