A former Speaker of the House and congressman from Massachusetts, Tip O’Neill, is known for, among other things, coining the phrase, “all politics is local.” As a writer for FiveThirtyEight points out, this isn’t really the case, at least not all the time. However, the underlying principle of what O’Neill was saying is probably true: […]

The story of how I came to occupy the intellectual space that I do is–to be honest–bizarre. Of course, the story of how Joseph came to be the viceroy of Egypt is bizarre, too. It begins with a spoiled teenager who’s sold into slavery, which leads to hard work, prison, female-on-male sexual aggression, familial conflict, […]

The greatest threat to the Christian Church–its mission, the unity of its members on which that mission relies, and its public existence through which that mission is accomplished–is the contemporary socio-political establishment.