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Why Christians Should Stop Voting for Republicans

By Camilo on March 19, 2016 0 Comments

Ed Morrissey of HotAir asks when Republicans are going to target the black vote in the United States. I think he means in terms of the Presidential election, since inside gerrymandered U.S. Congressional districts, blacks are usually concentrated with each other to create safe Democratic seats. This can also be written: “Blacks are shunted into … Continue Reading

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The Tolkien-Lewis “Friend-valry”

By Camilo on March 18, 2016 0 Comments

A good short read about J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I especially liked how Lewis figured Ransom as a kind of Tolkien, and Tolkien figured Lewis as a kind of Treebeard, even down to his deep voice and constant throat-clearing. But what is most interesting is how Tolkien, and another scholar named Henry Victor Dyson, … Continue Reading