Over the northern summer of 2019, a teen fresh out of junior high school accepted an internship. He turned up for his first day and was shown his desk and introduced to the office machines and procedures. On his second day, he spent considerable time honing his skills and learning how to use the technology. …
The fountain of private prosperity
Open a Bible near the centre, and you will find the Book of Psalms. In many ancient manuscripts, the first psalm in the collection was apparently unnumbered, untitled, and printed in red ink to indicate that it frames and prefaces the whole Psalter, Israel's primary songbook. Psalm 1 is both a wisdom psalm, showing us …
How would you respond to authoritarianism?
Would you stand up to an oppressive regime or would you conform? Here’s the science. Image source: Forbes
The underbelly of the American self-conscious
Donald Trump is the third sitting U.S. President to be impeached. Photo credit: CTV News The founding Calvinist idea of mankind’s innate depravity due to original sin has been reborn in the 21st century and adapted to the left’s insistence on the innate depravity of the ruling class: the wickedness of the patriarchy, of “white …
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How to have an impossible conversation
Recently I found a review of a book by Peter Boghossian and James A. Lindsay, titled Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide (2019). Here's an excerpt from the review: In our polarised political climate, people on opposite sides of an ideological divide often consume different media, follow different pundits, consult different sources. Since sensationalism sells—colourful …
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