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07/11/2024

“You'll hear the newly minted cliché that the is now engaged in soul searching after it got hammered yesterday, top to bottom, by voters who did not like what it was selling.” Are they really?

If you look around or listen, you’ll hear the newly minted cliché that the Democratic Party is now engaged in soul searching after it got hammered yesterday, top to bottom, by voters who did not like what it was selling.

05/11/2024

Jason and Timothy prognosticate ahead of . Hear what the boys think and add your prediction ahead of tomorrow's results! 🇺🇸🗳️

Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, Tim and Jason resume an old tradition of theirs and make their predictions of how the race will turn out.

01/11/2024

If all goes well, we'll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we'll be listening to *that voice* for the next four years.

If all goes well, we’ll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we’ll be listening to that voice for the next four years. I say if all goes well, because if the election is as close as the predictors say it will be — sooner or later, just by chance, they will be right — this thi...

25/10/2024

Jason Kettinger and Timothy R. Butler return with another episode of 🏁🐌🏁

Tim and Jason talk sports and hope — but not at the same time — as they think about the WNBA, and St. Louis soccer and baseball, before turning to God’s faithfulness shown even in death.

17/10/2024

🏁🐌🏁 Timothy R. Butler & Jason Kettinger explore the landscape ahead of the . Topics this Episode: the situation around the , , and the obligation to vote or not.

Tim and Jason put their heads together to explore the political landscape ahead of the 2024 Election. In this episode, they discuss the overall situation in the presidential election, cable news networks and the Christian obligation to vote or not.

04/10/2024

“It’s either murder or it’s not. The problem with the - take on is not its bent. No, it is in a far less principled way than the pro-choice position itself is.”

Let’s be clear: it’s either murder or it’s not. The problem with the Trump-Vance take on abortion is not its pro-life bent. No, it is pro-choice in a far less principled way than the pro-choice position itself is.

26/09/2024

Timothy Butler describes the saga of an unexpected package -- a computer keyboard -- that showed up one day on his doorstep.

Two years ago, a mysterious package arrived on my porch. It contained a computer keyboard from a company I had never heard of and with no sign of where it came from. Keyboards do not usually show up unannounced.

26/09/2024

Timothy Butler muses on Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala HQ and why he avoids making "endorsements" as a pastor.

Unless you live under a rock, you know that the second most anticipated endorsement of the presidential election finally happened: Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris. Don’t hold your breath for the most anticipated: I won’t be making an endorsement. (And maybe you shouldn’t either.)

26/09/2024

: “There was a time, children, when a presidential election involved a choice between serious people who offered plans, policy proposals, and philosophies.”

There was a time, children, when a presidential election involved a choice between serious people who offered plans, policy proposals, and philosophies.

19/09/2024

: “There is good cause for me to eye outdoor with suspicion and fear. As I've mentioned elsewhere, my first battle with a ended in my defeat.”

There is good cause for me to eye outdoor power tools with suspicion and fear. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my first battle with a lawnmower ended in my defeat. (No, that’s not a pun — my left foot was sewn back together and remains an important part of me to this day.)

19/09/2024

“Does this make me sound old? I don’t really care. The U.S. ban is spot on and the ban is not. No ‘back in my day’ speech required.”

Does this make me sound old? I don’t really care. The U.S. TikTok ban is spot on and the Brazilian X ban is not. No “back in my day” speech required.

30/08/2024

It was such a cute gadget. A tiny computer, brushed aluminum on the outside, with a decent keyboard (albeit with chicklet keys), a Thinkpad-ish pointing stick that would even take a grippy Thinkpad “cat’s tongue” insert. A fairly fast X86 Intel processor, enough storage, and 8 gigs of memory. ...

08/08/2024

“America needs a full-time president, and a full-time Congress,” Nixon said. He also admitted errors in the events that led to his decision. “If some of my judgments were wrong — and some were wrong — they were made in what I believed at the time to be in the best interests of the nation.....

03/08/2024

Jason and I are back with an episode recorded throughout the final weeks of Jason's summer vacation (boo!). On the docket: whether AI created art really art, a medley of sports subjects (including the and Caitlin Clark Official), a look back at the summer as the academic year arrives and an exploration of Luke 19.

The Boys are back with an episode recorded throughout the final weeks of Jason’s summer vacation. On the docket: whether AI created art really art, a medley of sports subjects (including the Olympics and Caitlin Clark), a look back at the summer as the academic year arrives and an exploration of L...

01/08/2024

Dennis E. Powell writes, "There was a time, and it was not long ago, when you could sit down and write a column a few days in advance with a better than even chance that events would not overtake it. Reporters would even write 'ever-green' columns and stories, to keep in the queue for events such as the sudden cancellation of a full-page ad or the illness of the columnist. The ever-green piece could be dropped in and all would be well."

16/07/2024

: Timothy R. Butler and Jason Kettinger talk about last week's on President Donald J. Trump, how we view our opponents and how we view each other. They also talk about weird changes to the , Das Keyboard and a medley of subjects, including Caitlin Clark Official and St. Louis Cardinals . 🏁🐌🏁

Tim and Jason talk about last week’s attempt on President Trump’s life, how we view our political opponents and how we view each other. They also talk about weird changes to our language, mechanical keyboards and a medley of sports subjects, including Caitlin Clark and Cardinals Baseball.

11/07/2024

Is "new" really "better"?

Over the weekend I happened upon an online conversation about a small and specialized computer program, and was surprised to find something vanishingly rare in internet discourse: good sense.