by Mark Marshall | Oct 8, 2020 | Coronavirus, Totalitarians
Some weeks ago, I noted that presumed guilt – and guilt in Communist China is often presumed rather than actual – was hereditary in Mao’s China, particularly during the Cultural Revolution. Guilt and punishment were imputed not only to the presumed guilty but also to...
by Mark Marshall | Sep 12, 2020 | History, Totalitarians, Woke Church
About two months after Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the German government passed the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service. It contained the Aryan Paragraph which excluded from civil service those who could not document their “Aryan” descent –...
by David Fischler | Sep 9, 2020 | Religious Freedom, Totalitarians, U.S. Foreign Policy
Little known fact: Disney has no problem with genocide, as long as ignoring it doesn’t get in the way of making a profit.This past weekend, the live action re-make of 1998’s Mulan premiered to the absolutely predictable applause of the critics. But what...
by Mark Marshall | Sep 2, 2020 | Totalitarians, Uncategorized
One of the annoying aspects of totalitarianism is quiet non-support or neutrality is often not an option. In America one has – or at least used to have – the freedom to opt out of politics, to not vote or in any way participate in political activism. I do not advise...
by Mark Marshall | Aug 18, 2020 | History, Totalitarians
Ever had a book that you bought, maybe read a few pages, then put on the shelf to collect dust – only to take it down years later and really read and be amazed by what you were missing? Red-Color News Soldier by Li Zhensheng has become such a book for me. Li in...
by Mark Marshall | Aug 13, 2020 | History, Totalitarians
Power to the people who say “Power to the people.”That is an old joke. Nonetheless it still summarizes well the attitudes of Communists towards democracy and towards who should have political power. Yes, there have been any number of Marxists who have said they are...
#228: On This Podcast, Columbus is a Hero
#227: Sex, Lies, and Deconstruction: Apostasy, Mom & Dad, and Leaving the Church
#226: Reading Between the Lines: Ortlund, Lausanne, and the Need for Clarity
#225: Front Porch Fallacies: The Failure of Seeker Sensitive Churches
#224: Creed Limits: New Heresies, Shared Belief, and the Need for Church Discipline
