The Constructive Curmudgeon

A forum for discussing matters of moment, from a curmudgeonly perspective. (The ideas posted here do not necessarily represent those of any organization with which I am a part). Rude and insulting remarks will not be published, but civil disagreement is welcome.

Saturday, May 08, 2010

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Daniel Pipes on the willful blindness of political correctness about the Times Square Bomber.

Review: After Theory by Terry Eagleton (2003)

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Terry Eagleton, After Theory . New York : Basic Books, 2003. 231 pages with index. $25.00. Reviewed by Douglas Groothuis, Professor of Phi...
Friday, May 07, 2010

Hanson on Obama's Foreign Policy

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Victor Davis Hanson is brilliant on Obama's foreign policy.

For The Personhood Amendment

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Societies will ultimately be judged by how they treated the least, the last, and the lost. The most fragile among us need the most protecti...
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Thursday, May 06, 2010

Are All Religions One?

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Postcard from InterVarsity Press: "Congratulations, Are all Religions One " has been reprinted. This is the 11th...
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

From Jane Norton. I agree with this completely

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STATEMENT FROM JANE NORTON, CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE, ON ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW Thursday, April 29, 2010 Centennial, CO – Jane Nort...
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Please go to the Moseley Gallery and learn of Elayne Moseley's upcoming artist reception in San Francisco. The gorgeous painting to th...
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Our Place and Welcome to it

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The more we submit to the higher, the more control we have over ourselves, and the more we find our place with that which is equal to us a...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Difficult People

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We are the difficult people. We do not fit in. We stand out, awkwardly. And we annoy you, perplex you, vex you. We try your patience. We loa...
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My Mother at 80

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My mother, Lillian Dunn, turned eighty yesterday. I salute her tenacity: Raising me after the tragic death of my father in a plane crash in...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Moby Dick

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Never have I experienced more mystery and more lucidity in one volume.
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Comfort and Morality

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I am so sick of hearing people say, "I'm not comfortable with X," when the statement concerns a moral issue. Comfort has abso...
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Groothuis Apologetics

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Here are nine apologetics articles by me , originally posted at the defunct TrueU .org.
Sunday, April 25, 2010

A Thought on Civil Government

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Can a corrupt throne be allied with you--one that brings on misery by its decrees?--Psalm 94:20.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Earth has its Day

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Today is earth day. What are we to do? Earth is created by God. It must be developed and conserved. It must not be worshipped. It is falle...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Captain Ahab's Oratory Upon Reflecting on a Peaceful Sea (Moby Dick, "The Gilder")

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Oh, grassy glades! oh, ever vernal endless landscapes in the soul; in ye, - though long parched by the dead drought of the earthy life, - in...

Truth from a 1981 Classic

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The problem always was and is, What is an adequate base for law? What is adequate so that the human aspiration for freedom can exist without...

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I do not publish nasty, cheap shot posts, so please do not even try to submit them. Life is too short and too hard to waste precious time on...

Socialism

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Is socialism Christian? No, answers Kelly O'Connell.
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

The Fate of Campus Ministry in America

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On April 19, The Supreme Court will decide whether campus Christian groups, such as Navigators and InterVarsity, can exist as official group...
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Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.
I am a Christian, philosopher, teacher. My most recent of my twenty books is Beyond the Wager. My magnum opus is Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2011). I have published ten others, including Truth Decay and On Jesus.
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