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Whatever Is True

Left, Right, & Center. Understanding each other through the classical liberal tradition.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil. 4:8

New Magazine, Discourse features my article, "John Lewis Learned Good Trouble from the Black Church"

https://www.discoursemagazine.com/ https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2020/08/05/john-lewis-learned-good-trouble-from-...

No More Aunt Jemima, But I'd Buy Nancy Green Syrup. Would You?

A flurry of corporate changes have followed in the wake of the George Floyd protests. Perhaps inspired by the Onion article suggesting th...

What Having My Babies in My Bedroom Taught Me About the Over-extension of Police

Sixteen years ago I made a decision that I’ll never regret. I chose to jettison my traditional Ob-Gyn for a (illegal-at-the-time) midwife...

The Way We (ALL) Use Words Today: BLM, Privilege, PC, and Snowflakery

I read a proverb this morning claiming that wisdom existed before anything else did, and that it's been there all along. Let's ask for wi...

On Riots

Those outraged by a system of unaccountable police abuse and mass incarceration, often racialized, have a tough question in front of them...

The Power of Civil Society: Lessons from a Pandemic

Many of us are central planners ourselves; we are the ones who make the decisions for production and distribution in our households, busi...

Disagreeing Agreeably

Here's me talking to the kids at Faith Ascent this summer.

I Want My Children to be Free

I Want My Children to be Free In the days of the old republic, we talked of what it meant to be free. We knew what slavery really looked...

Psalm 139: God's Presence With Us

(At a recent retreat, I wrote a paraphrased version of Psalm 139 as a form of contemplation. This painting is by Hilary Sylvester at Baru...

Washington D.C. is the Dorian Gray of Cities

I recently took a group of students to a conference at Georgetown University, and we tacked on a day to electrically scoot ourselves all ...

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