Last Monday, I was drawn to Eric Schansberg’s lecture on Christianity and libertarianism — a subject that interested me because I consider myself a Christian and libertarian. He presented three criteria that Christians or libertarians could use to evaluate any policy: it must be ethical, consistent, and practical. In order for a policy to be...
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March 4, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Conservatives should support ‘My Brother’s Keeper’
Conservatives have a long list of grievances against President Barack Obama: Russia, Obamacare, Benghazi, the IRS, and more. But Obama has done one thing right, and conservatives should give him credit. Last Thursday, Obama announced the My Brother’s Keeper initiative. My Brother’s Keeper has two main elements. First, private charities and business have pledged to...
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February 28, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Review: St. Vincent, self-titled
Annie Clark is an enigma. Since she released her debut album as St. Vincent in 2007, the singer/guitarist has always been hard to pin down. Surely every one of her fans has been stumped on at least one occasion by the question, “what genre is she?” (The answer usually involves at least two hyphens.) Besides...
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February 28, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Review: ‘Winter’s Tale,’ the movie
My fundamental question after seeing “Winter’s Tale”: by which method did Hollywood acquire author Mark Helprin’s permission to totally eviscerate his most famous work: torture or bribery? Benjamin DeMott’s New York Times book review on the back of the book “Winter’s Tale” reads “Is it not astonishing that a work so rooted in fantasy, filled...
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February 28, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Heroes through music
It all started with a Facebook plea from Motor City Percussion asking for help finding a rehearsal space large enough for their drumline to practice. Director of Band at Reading High School Joshua Sholler responded online that he knew a place “an hour and 40 minutes [away] in good ole’ Reading, MI.” This is how...