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Thoughts on History

* I know I promised a series of essays on marriage (which are still coming in a few weeks), but I’ve been distracted recently thinking about the nature…

3 hrs ago • C. Bradley Thompson

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 87)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

Feb 3 • C. Bradley Thompson

Dumb and Dumber (Nos. 125-126)

Watching the Education Apocalypse in Slow Motion

Jan 27 • C. Bradley Thompson

Something Happened

*What follows are a few observations and thoughts from a trip I took last week to give a talk at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.

Jan 20 • C. Bradley Thompson

When Marx Met Jesus

Part 10c in a series . . .

Jan 13 • C. Bradley Thompson

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Thoughts on History

* I know I promised a series of essays on marriage (which are still coming in a few weeks), but I’ve been distracted recently thinking about the nature…

3 hrs ago • C. Bradley Thompson

Something Happened

*What follows are a few observations and thoughts from a trip I took last week to give a talk at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.

Jan 20 • C. Bradley Thompson

When Marx Met Jesus

Part 10c in a series . . .

Jan 13 • C. Bradley Thompson

The Death of God and the Birth of Socialism

Part 10b in a series . . .

Dec 9, 2025 • C. Bradley Thompson

COMMUNISM AS CHRISTIAN HERESY

Part 10a in a series . . .

Nov 4, 2025 • C. Bradley Thompson

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 87)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

Feb 3 • C. Bradley Thompson

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 86)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

Jan 6 • C. Bradley Thompson

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 85)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

Nov 25, 2025 • C. Bradley Thompson

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The Redneck Intellectual

Untimely thoughts on history, philosophy, politics, education, and culture.

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