We learn here the importance of breaking some arms. Are there no arms today which need breaking? Is there no insolence in our halls of justice? Are there no enthroned criminals who make life wretched for the humble of the earth? And is it not true that our authorities refuse to heed what God has told them to do?
Douglas Wilson
Tagged “Blog & Mablog”
“for anyone familiar with . . . the footnotes in our books”
Allow me to clear my throat and modestly nod at the Omnibus curriculum, which takes students through six massive volumes of hundreds of ancient, medieval and modern books and plays — Scripture, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch, Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Thucy . . . oh, never mind. . . . In short, for anyone familiar with the topics at ACCS conferences, the footnotes in our books, and the curricula in our schools, Michael appears to be a perpilocutionist.
Douglas Wilson
“two ways to measure a man”
There are two ways to measure a man by his footnotes and bibliography. One is to measure his footnotes and bibliography. The other is to measure how many footnotes and bibliographies he is likely to wind up in.
Douglas Wilson
“Theft and fraud are driven by zero-sum thinking”
But sin is like that. Sin is blinkered and it naturally and easily assumes, in the grip of envy and covetousness, that more for him is less for me, and since I am in this for me, we have to work on more for me and less for him, and devil take the hindmost. Theft and fraud are driven by zero-sum thinking, which is one of the underlying theological reasons for opposing and rejecting them.
Douglas Wilson
Omnibus, “alleged plagiarism,” and the first American Egyptologist
“His grave site is marked with a large Aswan granite cube, marked simply with his name and ‘historian and archaeologist.’” Continue reading
Veritas Press on the Horns of a Dilemma
They must choose their poison: Admit guilt or plead some form of colossal editorial incompetence. Continue reading
“see you later, alligator”
You don’t have to cite anyone when you write ‘on the one hand’ or ‘on the other.’ And as my son once observed (please note the citation), no one knows who was the first person to say ‘see you later, alligator.’ But perhaps I should take that back. Maybe somebody does know. Maybe I am just the one who does not know. It sounds like it might have come from one of those Tin Pan Alley songs in the twenties.
Douglas Wilson
Whereupon Rachel Shubin destroys a Bayly
And he doesn’t know it
People who defend the indefensible should not be surprised when they look like idiots. Continue reading
“The trees of the Lord are full of sap”
“The trees of the LORD are full of sap.” — Psalm 104:16 Continue reading
“like their chubby junior high little sister in an unfortunate bikini”
And evangelical white Christians are like their chubby junior high little sister in an unfortunate bikini, following her older sisters to the pool, for a little missional sunbathing.
Douglas Wilson
Moscow-Pullman Daily News editorial: “Wilson proves his clout by getting win for Berglund”
“It’s clear there’s a new political force in Latah County.” Continue reading
A Brief Vindication of Gary Greenfield
Gary Greenfield resigned his household’s membership from the Kirk, telling Doug Wilson directly to his face: “You are a cult leader.” Since then he has learned the hard way that Mr. Wilson does not appreciate such candor. Continue reading
Moscow-Pullman Daily News: “Christ Church connection may have been enough to ensure primary win”
Flexing political muscle, swinging elections. Continue reading