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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…

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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…

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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

…opposed to Radical Reconstruction.] Several other border states adopted their own emancipation rules. On December 6, 1865, the number of ratifications by states reached the required number, and on December…

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Catholic ‘Integralism’ Reminds Me of Protestant ‘Reconstructionism’

  • Religion
March 31, 2020May 27, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…that thirty years ago I was rather involved in something called ‘Christian Reconstructionism’, which was similar in many ways, from a Calvinist point of view. I confess I don’t really…

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Wherein I am Disappointed in My Political Guru, Francis Fukuyama

  • Politics
January 13, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…the Civil War. Since the Reconstruction Amendments, including the one of 1868 I mentioned, no President or Congress has dared to defy the Supreme Court, no matter how bizarre the…

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What Christian Reconstruction Gave Me

  • Religion
August 14, 2018November 4, 2023
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…a ‘covenant nation’. Rushdoony didn’t seem to think so. Some Reconstructionists – and non-Reconstructionists – believe it is. The one Religious Right issue I never got into was ‘prayers in…

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The Politics, or a-Politics, of the Evangelical Church in the 1970s

  • Politics
July 19, 2018March 31, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…Reconstructionists, R. J. Rushdoony and Gary North. They seemed to have the easy answers that I wanted. So the Christian Reconstruction view dominated my life in my 30s, during which…

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Michael Lind:  Can You Restrict Immigration Without Alienating Recent Immigrants?

  • Politics
December 6, 2016December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…states, like Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, that had not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Reconstruction. They resisted putting Catholicism and Judaism alongside Evangelical Protestantism, Liberal Protestantism,…

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A Manifesto:  Important Events That Shaped My Political Views – Howard Ahmanson

  • Politics
October 10, 2016May 8, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

…second was my introduction to ‘Reconstructionism’ and my subsequent move beyond it. The third was my exposure to the writings of Francis Fukuyama. As a child, I attended Sunday School…

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The Surprising Fruit of 9/11

  • Culture,
  • Religion
September 11, 2009August 30, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Today is the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York City. In the U.S., the event seemed to me to have an effect on the results of the…

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