October 2015 Monthly Archive

No, No, Not This Kind of Creep. That Kind of Creep.

Gore Vidal has come out with a ringing defense of Roman Polanski — he says the 13-year-old recipient of Polanski’s attentions (back in the day) was a hooker. And this makes everything better . . . how exactly? Polanski hired a 13-year-old hooker? And then drugs her? Most men who hire prostitutes just pay them — they don’t have to dope them up also. Polanski must have been quite the charmer.
Douglas Wilson

“Persecutors always feel persecuted”

One of the things that Girard noticed about the Scriptures, not to mention human history, is that oppression is always respectable, and that the victim who protests that oppression is not respectable. He is told to shut up. Persecutors always feel persecuted. The oppressor feels oppressed, and is highly indignant when the victim won’t shut up. When the victim writes a psalm of lament, he is not playing the dutiful role that he was assigned. The victim is therefore the troublemaker, and must be dealt with.
Douglas Wilson

On Frogs

frog in the pot

Some judgment calls are no-brainers and still others are life-defining moments. And sometimes they’re both. Continue reading →

Sunday, October 4, 2015 |

On a False Report

“the actual record matters”

Liar

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice.” — Exodus 23:1–2 Continue reading →

Friday, October 2, 2015 |