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Some Thoughts About ‘Identities’

  • Culture,
  • Religion
February 22, 2020May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In the classical Christian church we hear much about our identity in Christ.  We also have a host of other identities or roles: parent or child in a family; worker in or owner of an organization; a particular church, denomination, […]

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The Adams Map: A Different Spectrum, A Challenge That Still Speaks to Us

  • Culture
January 10, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The little known [in the States] Canadian sociologist Michael Adams has suggested a new classification of American values, in terms of a four-way box.  The culture wars of the era after Nixon and before Trump were primarily between the Status […]

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Insights from Francis Fukuyama on the Problem of Crony Capitalism

  • California,
  • Culture
January 7, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This essay summarizes some of Francis Fukuyama’s historical perspective and insights on the problem ‘patrimonialism’ and its effect on society.  I briefly suggest some ways to address patrimonialism, and also identify factors that shape patrimonialism in California and elsewhere. According […]

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Merry Christmas [All Three of Them]

  • Culture,
  • Religion
December 23, 2019December 23, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

C.S. Lewis, in an essay called “What Christmas Means to Me,” declared that there are three Christmases that are celebrated simultaneously:  the incarnation of God the Son in the person of Jesus Christ, the merrymaking around the solstice, and the […]

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Don’t Blame the Boomers for Everything

  • Culture
November 4, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Here I affirm that most of the serious structural changes in society associated with the Baby Boomer generation were, in fact, set in place by people far older.  The Boomers, however, certainly took advantage of them!  And we, on the […]

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The Problem with ‘Straight Pride’

  • Culture,
  • Religion
August 15, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A few cities have recently talked of having ‘Straight Pride’ parades.  Whether their purpose is celebration or mockery I can’t say. Whatever the intention, I don’t know whether I could participate. About 95% of the population is ‘straight’ by nature, and […]

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A Recent History of ‘Skinny Fat’ or How Fit Were People in the Old Days? 

  • Culture
June 14, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Recently in an airport, I saw and bought a rather provocative issue of Scientific American.  The cover declared that humans ‘evolved’ to exercise, while the most similar forms of life – chimpanzees and bonobos –  function very well as couch potatoes, according to […]

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On Political Trust and Media Attention

  • Culture,
  • Politics
June 7, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

For a long time, we have spoken of elections, in which a President is not on the ballot, as ‘off-year elections’.  I think the Founders would have been horrified by such a notion.  The Congress, they would have thought, should […]

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Christianity and Science: Two Poles of a Biblical World View

  • Culture,
  • Religion
June 4, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock, in the essay “Miracles” we read this: The experience of a miracle in fact requires two conditions.  First, we must believe in a normal stability of Nature, which means we must recognize […]

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A ‘Protestant-ish’ Argument for Icons?

  • Culture,
  • Religion
May 29, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Is there an appropriate place for icons in the 21st Century Protestant Church?  There’s nothing new about the debate regarding sacred images and iconography, but I’ve gained some recent insights on the subject. In chapter 13 of Diarmaid McCullough’s work, Christianity: […]

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I have no idea what she meant by WHITE life. A real racist would forbid abortion for whites and subsidize it for everybody else. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/mary-miller-donald-trump-john-cornyn-white-life

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I’m pro-life (mostly) and I favor eighteen year staggered terms fo the Supreme Court myself! We need to be honest about what the Supreme Court has become. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-05-04/column-supreme-court-term-limit

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OK let’s have a pro life anti poverty left then. https://apple.news/AMWwlvcHfR1a0CgeRQgUNbA

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