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*Our Next President? - In the Agora Nov 19, 2009, 9:49 am
I recently attended the Indiana Fall GOP Dinner which featured Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) as the keynote speaker. While I have ... more
To All Veterans: Thank You for Your Service - In the Agora Nov 11, 2009, 2:00 pm
This morning I read a New York Times article about the closing of so many VFW posts as the core membership ages and I began t ... more
Veteran's Day - In the Agora Nov 11, 2009, 8:44 am
Today is Veterans Day, formerly called Armistice Day, in commemoration of the signing of the Armistice ending World War I. Be ... more
*Marriage through the Generations - In the Agora Nov 10, 2009, 2:19 pm
Despite recent electoral success by same-sex marriage opponents in Maine, the graph below shows that its legislative acceptance is merely a matter of time.
(Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan)
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Enough - In the Agora Nov 9, 2009, 3:35 pm
Related, in a way, to Josh’s post about Google, is John Naish’s Enough: Breaking free from the world of more, whi ... more
*Profiling in special circumstances - In the Agora Nov 9, 2009, 5:40 pm
In a post discussing the Fort Hood attacks, Megan McArdle writes:
This particular attack would have been very hard to stop fo ... more
*Proud to be a Virginian - In the Agora Nov 7, 2009, 2:41 pm
And not just for Bob McDonnell’s double digit victory on Tuesday.
For Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Republican Whip, w ... more
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - In the Agora Nov 6, 2009, 12:26 pm
This article is frightening. I will say no more; I’ve written too much already.
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*ID Debate at Indiana U: Webcast tonight at 7 EST - In the Agora Nov 5, 2009, 3:33 pm
Indiana University is sponsoring a “themester” celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th an ... more
*Rand Paul Emerges - In the Agora Nov 4, 2009, 11:16 am
One of the most fascinating – and telling – political story lines appears to be unfolding underneath the radar of ... more
*When is similarity homology? - In the Agora Nov 2, 2009, 8:57 pm
a href="http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2009/10/the-predictive-power-of-evolutionary-biology-part-204506/?source=rss">las ... more
*Health/Care - In the Agora Nov 1, 2009, 1:23 pm
I hope you’ve enjoyed the contributions of our newest writers–Mary Rose, Matthew Stevenson, and Charles KuntzR ... more
*Meatless Monday comes to Baltimore Schools - In the Agora Oct 27, 2009, 5:41 pm
There’s an interesting article on The Atlantic’s food section about how the Baltimore public schools have decided ... more
*You've Gotta Love Honesty - In the Agora Oct 27, 2009, 1:56 pm
Here’s a much-discussed video of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) saying Democrats are “trying on every front to increase the role of government.”
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Reformation Sunday - In the Agora Oct 27, 2009, 12:57 am
“Reformation Day” is almost always celebrated on October 31st, and this post by Zach does as good of a job as any ... more
Privacy in an Era of Big Government - In the Agora Oct 26, 2009, 2:20 pm
Most of us are willing to accept some level of intrusion into our lives, both from the state (in the form of tax returns, veh ... more
*No, It's HIS Fault! - In the Agora Oct 22, 2009, 4:50 pm
NJ Governor Jon Corzine has pulled even with Chris Christie in the NJ governor’s race, according to recent polls. Well ... more
Corn in Indiana - In the Agora Oct 21, 2009, 3:45 pm
It is harvest time in Indiana; traffic on the back roads is becoming tied up as lumbering combines move from field to field. ... more
*Catholics and Anglicans - In the Agora Oct 20, 2009, 4:42 pm
I suppose it falls to me, the resident Anglican of IntheAgora, to explain, parse, and otherwise spin the recent decision by t ... more
Book Cart Performance: Lord of the Rings - In the Agora Oct 19, 2009, 2:24 pm
This year I have served as President of the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library, a splendid public system with a collection ... more
Hoosiers in Space - In the Agora Oct 18, 2009, 5:45 pm
Montpelier, IN native Kevin Ford (a fellow alumnus of my high school) piloted space shuttle mission STS-128 in August and Sep ... more
*The predictive power of evolutionary biology, part 204506 - In the Agora Oct 16, 2009, 4:43 pm
One topic which I plan to address in my blogging is evolutionary biology: its accuracy, its scientific power, and its oppon ... more
Nanny state watch - In the Agora Oct 15, 2009, 11:30 pm
Hold onto your remote controls, because governments in the US and abroad are taking aim at your TV set. The Australian gover ... more
*Reflections on the Lutheran Study Bible - In the Agora Oct 15, 2009, 1:44 pm
This week I received my copy of The Lutheran Study Bible (LSB) released by Concordia Publishing House. I have owned and/or re ... more
*A compromise plan for health insurance for the least probable possible world - In the Agora Oct 14, 2009, 5:59 pm
best possible world, actuarial science would be heeded and health insurance for the provision of life-and-death matters of h ... more
*Hello, world! - In the Agora Oct 13, 2009, 11:21 am
I have participated as a commenter in several very good weblogs for quite some time, and have been kindly invited by Josh to ... more
Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us! - In the Agora Oct 12, 2009, 10:28 pm
The Washington Post has launched a Next Great Pundit contest. The winner gets a weekly column at $200 each for 13 weeks. Deadline October 21st.
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*True Confession: I Don't Like the Government! - In the Agora Oct 12, 2009, 4:29 pm
While I recognize the need for a government to prevent anarchy,* I dislike government intervention, particularly when it is u ... more
*And the Nobel goes to - - In the Agora Oct 9, 2009, 9:39 am
One of the advantages to being 5 hours ahead of the United States is that the British are awake in time to come up with eloqu ... more
Throwing his Lead Foot Around - In the Agora Oct 9, 2009, 2:26 pm
Embattled NJ Governor Jon Corzine (D) is in a little bit of hot water for the following ad he’s running against challen ... more
Gervais pulls bait-and-switch in 'Invention of Lyingâ - In the Agora Oct 8, 2009, 12:57 pm
My wife and I have seen a few trailers for the recently-released movie “The Invention of Lying,” written, directe ... more
âSorry, we don't do sandwiches' - In the Agora Oct 8, 2009, 4:58 pm
Apparently foreign foods (or at least foreign “gastrobabble”) are infecting Ireland with increasing regularity. K ... more
*Taking Up the Cross Case - In the Agora Oct 7, 2009, 5:12 pm
First, I want to thank Josh and Zach for inviting me to participate in this blog. I hope that my musings here do not erode th ... more
*The Battle of Lepanto - In the Agora Oct 7, 2009, 4:05 pm
Today is the four hundred and thirty-eighth anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. Set just off the western coast of Greece, ... more
Unions: defending the indefensible - In the Agora Oct 6, 2009, 5:49 pm
One of the major problems I have with labor unions is that they instinctively and unquestioningly defend their members, often ... more
Annals of Censorship - In the Agora Oct 6, 2009, 9:20 am
This past weekend, I watched National Lampoon’s Vacation, which I DVR’d from a broadcast on the Travel Channel. ... more
*The Practice of Law - In the Agora Oct 6, 2009, 11:00 am
I recently left the private practice of law to go “in house” with an energy holding company. While a number of fa ... more
Let's Start with the Department of Education - In the Agora Oct 5, 2009, 1:15 pm
The Cato Institute just came out with a new website devoted to downsizing the federal government. I haven’t gone throug ... more
Conservatism as a Cult? - In the Agora Oct 4, 2009, 11:02 pm
This Joe Carter column has been getting a lot of positive responses. Is modern conservatism really a syncretic cult of libertarian populism?
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*Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Microphone - In the Agora Oct 4, 2009, 2:05 pm
I really appreciated David Brooks’s column on Friday. Brooks points out that what appears to be the most powerful forc ... more
Texting while driving? You're an idiot! - In the Agora Oct 1, 2009, 12:32 pm
Seriously. What makes people think they can safely drive a car with one hand while they type messages on a cell phone or PDA ... more
*Please consider the environment before including this footer - In the Agora Oct 1, 2009, 5:40 pm
A very fashionable fad among many offices these days is to add the following footer to all of your emails:
It seems to be a ... more
*Outraged Enough for My First Post - In the Agora Sep 30, 2009, 2:51 pm
Well, it took me 5 days to publish my first post, but, in my defense, I was waiting for some really outrageous story for my ... more
Caught My Eye - In the Agora Sep 28, 2009, 3:30 pm
Sometimes when I'm reading, a particular sentence will jump out at me as a stand-alone bit of profundity. Here are a few that ... more
*Raising Awareness - In the Agora Sep 28, 2009, 9:14 am
September seems to be a month that is particularly prone to various “awareness” observances. Among them are the f ... more
Welcome! - In the Agora Sep 25, 2009, 3:49 pm
I would like to extend a warm welcome to Mary Rose, who will begin blogging here with us. Mary is originally from Indiana and ... more
'Constitutionalityâ and the Real Constitution - In the Agora Sep 23, 2009, 12:25 am
Randy Barnett has a nice discussion at the Volokh Conspiracy on whether a Congressional mandate to buy private insurance is “constitutional”.
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*Decision Week for the ELCA - In the Agora Aug 17, 2009, 8:40 am
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United States’ largest Lutheran church body, is going to have a big wee ... more
District 9: A review - In the Agora Aug 17, 2009, 4:47 pm
First contact between humans and extraterrestrial beings has long been a major theme in science fiction. District 9–a n ... more
*Roe v. Wade responsible for George Tiller's death? - In the Agora Jun 2, 2009, 11:04 pm
Megan McArdle is my favorite pro-choice writer. I always find her posts on the subject to be frank and thought-provoking. T ... more
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