Nowadays we have more cultural commentators than tubes of toothpaste, and too often the toothpaste is worth more of your time. The pressing question, if we want to stay up-to-date, is of how we evaluate these options and find the
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Welcome to my blog! I’m Colson Potter, author with one book published at time of posting and more coming. This blog covers those topics I believe I can speak valuably upon: writing, politics, theology, philosophy, and the intersections of the four, to the glory of God.
A new article goes up every Monday; short stories and poems (as well as extras) go up when they are ready for public exposure or when I stumble across them in my computer six months later.
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How to Check Your Pundits
Nowadays we have more cultural commentators than tubes of toothpaste, and too often the toothpaste is worth more of your time. The pressing question, if we want to stay up-to-date, is of how we evaluate these options and find the ones we can rely on. Today, I’ll present the criteria I use, not as a…
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Public School: A Sin?
‘Is it a sin to send my kids to public school?’ The question has been answered with a resounding ‘Yes’ by some and with a qualified ‘No’ by others. But, ask we again, ‘Is it a sin for me to send my kids to public school?’ Yes. Yes, but…. Coercion First of all, sending your…
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The US Military is Built Wrong
Every army is geared towards a purpose, a set of goals. In theory, every army shares one basic goal: defense of national territory (actually, some serve to defend a regime against itself or to generate coups, e.g. Praetorian Guard, but….). Moreover, every army exists to prosecute war. But, as Clausewitz and many others would tell…