Skip to content

  • Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Blog Categories
    • California
    • Culture
    • Economics
    • Politics
    • Religion
    • Miscellaneous
  • Housing

Politics

Pornographic Ideas?

  • Culture,
  • Politics
April 20, 2021December 7, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In every society, even those that profess freedom of speech, there are ideas and images that are perceived as too corrupting to be expressed or uttered.  We used to think this way about pornography.  Now we think this about certain […]

READ MORE
one comment

The Gerontocratic Democracy of Old Africa, and Gerontocracy in Our Own Time 

  • Culture
May 22, 2020May 27, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Young people have always probably chafed against their elders.  But in Africa, a gerontocratic system was instituted, which at least frustrated the development of a hereditary elite.  And we are not without elements of gerontocracy in our own society.  I […]

READ MORE
no comments

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, […]

READ MORE
no comments

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 […]

READ MORE
one comment

Why We Need Regionalism

  • Culture
May 9, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In our time, politics and culture are increasingly oriented to the national scale on the one hand, and the immediate neighborhood on the other.  A book, The Increasingly United States, by  Daniel J. Hopkins, highlights this.  However, in my view, besides […]

READ MORE
no comments

The Sin of Entitlement

  • Religion
August 22, 2018January 4, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Early in my Christian life I was struck by a fascinating quote in C. S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letter #21.  On the sin of peevishness, he wrote, Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.  And […]

READ MORE
no comments
LOAD MORE POSTS
Categories
  • California (62)
  • Culture (162)
  • Economics (49)
  • Miscellaneous (52)
  • Politics (146)
  • Religion (84)
Tags
Arts Books British Business California China Christianity Community Conservatism Democrats Economics Education Elections Environment Evangelicals Family Federal Government History Holidays Housing Immigration Islam Jobs Justice Land Use Language Law Liberalism Local Government Marriage News Obama Personal Philanthropy Race Republicans Sexuality Taxes Theology Transportation Travel Trump Urbanism Urban Renewal Wealth
Site Menu
  • Subscribe
  • RSS Feed
Related Sites
  • Ahmanson Gallery
  • Bridge Projects
  • Fieldstead and Company
  • Fieldstead YouTube
  • Get Religion
  • Religion Unplugged
  • The Media Project
  • The Visual Commentary on Scripture
Recommended Sites
  • The American Conservative
  • California Planning & Development Report
  • CALmatters
  • Cardus
  • City Journal
  • CityLab
  • Curbed Los Angeles
  • City Observatory
  • Derek Rishmawy
  • Granola Shotgun
  • Institute for Family Studies
  • Laist
  • Let’s Go LA
  • Market Urbanism
  • Masculinist
  • New Geography
  • New Urbanism
  • Philanthropy Daily
  • Planetizen
  • Ransomed Heart
  • Rod Dreher
  • Strong Towns
  • The Atlantic
  • The Market Urbanism Report
  • Voice of OC
  • Zocalo Public Square
Blog
  • California
  • Culture
  • Economics
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Miscellaneous
  • All Blog Posts
Housing
  • Housing
Follow Howard Twitter Linked in
Howard’s Twitter Feed

Howard Ahmanson (it/it)Follow

Howard Ahmanson (it/it)
jjhcatHoward Ahmanson (it/it)@jjhcat·
24 May

If Jesus’ tomb is empty, will not ours be? https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/05/evangelical-gnosticism

Reply on Twitter 1529106160975872000Retweet on Twitter 1529106160975872000Like on Twitter 15291061609758720001Twitter 1529106160975872000
jjhcatHoward Ahmanson (it/it)@jjhcat·
21 May

I never knew that mainland Chinese and Taiwanese were two separate races. https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/18/da-gascon-calls-on-politicians-to-end-hateful-rhetoric-in-wake-of-laguna-woods-shooting

Reply on Twitter 1527906332170330114Retweet on Twitter 1527906332170330114Like on Twitter 15279063321703301142Twitter 1527906332170330114
jjhcatHoward Ahmanson (it/it)@jjhcat·
21 May

It’s about time they found ways to recycle those things! https://apple.news/AQfEXXPUpT_K-ZzN7ydLPlQ

Reply on Twitter 1527805868485382144Retweet on Twitter 1527805868485382144Like on Twitter 1527805868485382144Twitter 1527805868485382144
Load More...
COPYRIGHT © - 2022 HowardAhmanson Jr.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Necessary
Always Enabled