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What Being against ‘CRT’ and ‘Wokeness’ Should Not Mean

  • Culture
March 21, 2023March 21, 2023
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Those who want to fight against ‘CRT’ and ‘wokeness’ are doing a good thing.  But it should not be an excuse for going back and whitewashing our history [pun sort of intended].  I admire the efforts of those on the […]

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Hayward on ‘Extremism and Moderation’ in the GOP

  • Politics
February 28, 2023February 28, 2023
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The definition of ‘conservative’ or ‘right’ has changed greatly since the days of Goldwater, as Steven Hayward points out as far back as 2014. Steven Hayward was Larry Arnn’s right-hand man at Claremont Institute in the old days.  Arnn moved […]

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Timothy Snyder on the History Behind the Ukraine War

  • Culture,
  • Politics
January 9, 2023January 9, 2023
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In his book, The Road to Unfreedom, Timothy Snyder intends to warn us about the threats to ‘freedom’ in America, Europe, and Russia.  He reminds us that the war really started on February 24, 2014, not on February 24, 2022!  […]

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Ronald J. Sider (1939-2022): On a Most Conscientious Believer

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January 3, 2023January 3, 2023
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Despite his weaknesses and economic errors, Ron Sider was a true believer, one who did not care about being ‘trendy’ or ‘cool’ or appealing to any establishment, whether the ‘woke’ establishment of our society or the bourgeois establishment of the […]

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What Can We Do About Polarization?

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  • Religion
October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There are many ways of dealing with the current political polarization.  But, Fukuyama says, the best is to hope for yet another realignment, where a section of the electorate changes parties and gives one party a clear majority.  A friend […]

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Give Us Barabbas

  • Politics,
  • Religion
May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In exchanging Jesus for Barabbas, the people chose a practical terrorist over The One who did not seem likely to fulfill their political dreams any time soon. The big news in Jerusalem the night of that first long-ago Good Friday, […]

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Croquet, Golf, and Conspicuous Consumption

  • Economics
February 10, 2022February 13, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Croquet and golf both involve hitting a ball from place to place with a club or a mallet.  The difference between them is that golf uses a lot more reserved space and takes a lot more time.  Last weekend, for […]

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Building on Greenfields

  • Culture
December 9, 2021December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Some say that one of the solutions to our housing problem [indeed, their favorite solution] is building on land that has not been built on before.  There are a lot of issues surrounding this, however.  There are two ways of […]

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If We Want to Celebrate National Emancipation, There’s a Better Alternative Than Juneteenth

  • Culture
July 12, 2021July 10, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The new holiday of June 19, though its celebration has spread nationally, has a particular application to Texas.  But there is another date that would be more suitable as a national holiday of emancipation: December 18.  June 19, known as […]

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Book Notice: David Brooks, The Road to Character

  • Culture,
  • Religion
July 6, 2021July 10, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

David Brooks, in his recent book, The Road to Character, makes a distinction between two kinds of virtues and tells us we need to be more concerned about ‘legacy virtues’ and not just the ‘résumé virtues’ that give us success in […]

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