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Which Western Civilization? We’re on our Third One. 

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  • Religion
March 8, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

These days many people are trying to defend ‘Western Civilization’.  Yet, at the moment, Western Civilization seems to be moving into Version 3.0, and the form it will take is not fully clear.  So what, actually, are they trying to […]

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Some Kind of Christmas Tree

  • Religion
January 2, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

We were planning to be abroad this Christmas, but our plans changed.  It was just our nuclear family, so we didn’t get a tree; but I found this in our room and brought it down.  I thought we needed some […]

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Dealing with Bangladesh: A Plan for Adaptation

  • Culture,
  • Economics
December 6, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In the Appendixes to The Lord of the Rings, we learn that the Rohanians came from the north at a critical point to assist Gondor in one of its wars.  Out of gratitude, Gondor gave them a stretch of its territory […]

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Romans 14 and the Political Divisions of the Church

  • Politics
November 12, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

We live in a time when the classical Protestant church [and, less openly, the Catholics and Orthodox] is often divided over political issues – especially over the character of the current President of the United States.  We have Trumpite churches […]

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What Umlaut Really Is, And How English Has It

  • Miscellaneous
October 17, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Most people think an umlaut is the two dots over a letter that you often see in German and some other languages.  A number of Anglophone rock bands have decorated their names with ‘metal umlauts’, not affecting the pronunciation, in […]

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A Hipper and Cooler Name for ‘Czechia’

  • Miscellaneous
October 9, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Since Czechoslovakia divided into two countries in 1992, the western part has internationally been called the Czech Republic.  More recently it has tried to call itself Czechia. I can think of a better alternative.  For one thing, Czechia is hard […]

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Thoughts About Safe Encampments for the Homeless

  • California
October 3, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Sometimes we are inclined to overlook the economically homeless who actually have, or could have, jobs.  We may not be able to afford to get them all under a roof, but I think at the very least they deserve encampments […]

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Proposition 47 and the $950 Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card

  • Politics
September 28, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Proposition 47, which was adopted by Californians in 2014, has been described as a ballot initiative with ‘unintended results galore‘.  It was based on a laudable desire to reduce the number of people in California’s overcrowded prisons who don’t necessarily, […]

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Trump’s One Moral Conviction: The Deal

  • Politics
September 17, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

It’s often said that our President, Donald Trump, is a man of no moral convictions – except for those related to his own power and ego.  I would quite agree that he seems to have no religion or philosophy.  But […]

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Another Way of Bypassing the Restrictions on Criminal Law

  • Culture
September 7, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have written about the increasing use of civil law to bypass the limitations and ‘rights’ attached to criminal law.  But yet another tactic has recently been discovered, and maybe not all that recently. The law and concept of rape has […]

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