[A term paper I wrote for my course Natural Law and Natural Rights at Davenant Hall. This version does not include citations: for those get the PDF here.] Introduction On March 17, 2022, news media around the world broke the story that Amazon acquired the famous MGM film studio. Included in this purchase were the righ… Read more…

When I finally read all the way through Mere Christianity for the first time last year, I recall being particularly struck by C. S. Lewis' brief description of what he imagines a properly Christian society would look like. It doesn't match the categories used commonly in contemporary American socio-political discourse,… Read more…

As churches across America, and to a lesser extent other countries, struggle with stay-at-home orders and regulations on public gatherings, the basic elements of ecclesiology and political theology become increasingly relevant where, not that long ago, they may have easily seemed to be only of pedantic, ivory-tower int… Read more…

Kanye West's 2020 presidential "campaign" has so far been a great contribution to the ongoing comedy that is American politics. It can hardly be taken seriously. Kanye himself has no governing experience, having spent his career thus far as only a rapper. His mental health is also an obvious problem; being bi… Read more…

The other day I mentioned to my sister that I support a form of theocracy. Unfortunately, other developments in the conversation left me without an opportunity to elaborate much at all on what I mean by this. Since I didn't satisfy my wish to explain then, I'll take up the details here instead. Definition First, a basi… Read more…