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Month: June 2010

New World Order

  • Economics,
  • Politics
June 26, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A sample of the new pessimism that transcends typical categories of right and left. Is Chinese fascism our future? In Response To: “New World Order” by Patrick J. Deneen at Front Porch Republic

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A Return to City Life After 20 Suburban Years

  • Politics
June 24, 2010July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Ah, so the real reason people with kids live in different places than people without kids – it’s hard to find a three bedroom place in the hip parts of town. In Response To: “A Return to City Life After […]

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Why I Could Never Be a Good Catholic

  • Religion
June 19, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I think most anti-Catholicism is either based on rather outdated stereotypes or is the “anti-Semitism of the respectable” as has often been said.  Nevertheless, there are several reasons why I would find it difficult to be a good Catholic [it […]

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Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

  • Religion
June 15, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Sometimes there are advantages to my advanced age. The World magazine article here from a few years ago was part of a major rumpus concerning something called Moralistic Therapeutic Deism that most of our adolescents, including many in evangelical churches, […]

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Poll Shows ‘Sea Change’ in Californians’ Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration

  • California
June 10, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I personally favor some restrictions, but from a political view you can not win office by running against immigrants any more than Sitting Bull could have won the presidency campaigning against the white man. Yes, the average Californian is 30 […]

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Who Are All These People on the Ballot?

  • Politics
June 7, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Ballots nowadays are crowded with all kinds of names that one has never heard of, for offices one has never heard of. Originally the reason for all this was that these small local offices were closer to “the people” than […]

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Proposition 14

  • Politics
June 6, 2010December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I decided to vote for Proposition 14, which makes the general election a runoff between the two highest polling primary candidates even if they are in the same party. I decided that the effect of the proposition might be to […]

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Girls Beat Boys: And Some Reasons Why Everyone Has to Have a Job Now

  • Culture,
  • Economics
June 1, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A lot of the gap between genders can be blamed on the fact that technology has made a lot of jobs physically easier and mentally harder.  Women are still on the average physically weaker, so now a lot more jobs […]

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I was saddened to learn about the death last summer of the Evangelical Christian activist and author Ron Sider (1939–2022). I’ve always found his ideas thought-provoking and have agreed with him in somewhat unexpected ways: https://howardahmansonjr.com/2023/01/ronald-j-sider-1939-2022-on-a-most-conscientious-believer/

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Despite weaknesses and economic errors, Ron Sider was a true believer; he didn't care about being ‘trendy’, ‘cool’, or appealing to any establishment, whether the ‘woke’ establishment of our society or the bourgeois establishment of Evangelical churches: https://howardahmansonjr.com/2023/01/ronald-j-sider-1939-2022-on-a-most-conscientious-believer/

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Ronald J. Sider (1939-2022): On a Most Conscientious Believer: https://howardahmansonjr.com/2023/01/ronald-j-sider-1939-2022-on-a-most-conscientious-believer/

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