Apr 21What Does Washington have to do with Waco?Manuscript of the keynote address delivered at Baylor University’s Honors Convocation on April 14, 2023. Dean Henry, thank you for that abundantly gracious introduction. Provost Brickhouse, Dean Henry, all the esteemed deans from all our respective schools, distinguished faculty members, esteemed guests, and — of course — our outstanding students: …Postmodernism7 min readPostmodernism7 min read
Jan 9Letter to the Incoming StafferTo DC’s Newest Staffer, Congratulations on your new job and welcome to our nation’s capital! We are thrilled you are here and are confident that you will soon call the district home, discovering your favorite café, breakfast spot, happy hour bar, dog park, and all the rest. But right now…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
May 25, 2022Book Review: “The Road to Joy” by Scott DrewDrew, Scott. The Road to Joy: Leading with Faith, Playing with Purpose, Leaving a Legacy. Nashville, W. Publishing, 2022. As a TV host and a professor, I’m asked to review books fairly regularly. But this one hit different, because this one detailed a journey that intersected my own and, en…The Road To Joy Book5 min readThe Road To Joy Book5 min read
Feb 1, 2021From the Capitol to the ClassroomHow Ought our Discourse Approach the Capitol Attack? — For many of us, the events that took place at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 will never leave us. As a political consultant and former congressional aide, words failed me as I watched in horror a seemingly made-for-television scene play out in real time. …Capitol Riot6 min readCapitol Riot6 min read
Nov 2, 2020How Should We Then Vote?How Should the Church Engage a Politically Divisive Culture? — The question of how Christians ought to engage a politically divisive culture is a microcosm of the age-old debate over the roles that church and state play in society and in the other’s realm. While the debate rages, what both the church (for our purposes, Christianity) and the state (for…Church And State8 min readChurch And State8 min read
Oct 22, 2020Heat and LightWatching and Judging Political Debates — Shortly following the 2016 election, I was speaking on a college campus where I emphasized the role that debates play in both politics and education. Following the lecture, a student astutely inquired regarding the value of such debate, pointing to degradation of discourse we had just witnessed on the presidential…Election 20205 min readElection 20205 min read
Jun 30, 2018Touchdowns at the Ballpark: Reversing the Politicization of the JudiciaryIn February 2017, the news was filled with heated debates involving terms like filibuster, nuclear option, Merrick Garland, and hypocrisy, while the hashtags #WeNeedNine and #ConfirmGorsuch filled our social media feeds. Mere minutes after Neil Gorsuch of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals was nominated by President Trump to serve…Supreme Court8 min readSupreme Court8 min read
Sep 14, 2017POLARIZED LENSES: 9/11, Charlottesville, and How Right & Left Replaced Right & WrongPOLARIZED LENSES: 9/11, Charlottesville, and How Right & Left Replaced Right & Wrong Last year, on the fifteenth anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11th, a newly-installed president of a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania decided to end the campus’s fifteen year tradition of remembrance. Both the campus’s College Republican and College Democrat chapters called out their new president, but some…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Apr 16, 2017Life, Politics, and the ResurrectionIn the Gospel accounts of Christ’s trial and crucifixion, it is worth noting that it was Pontius Pilate, an official of the Roman Empire, who continually insisted upon Christ’s innocence while the religious leaders angrily demanded his crucifixion. Likewise, it was Pilate who referred to Christ as a king and…Christianity2 min readChristianity2 min read
