Monthly Archives: September 2026

It Started With 80 John

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Paul Harris

This blog started with an article in the May 2024 Texas Monthly entitled The Former Slave Who Became a Cowboy, a Rancher, and a Texas Legend. Daniel Webster Wallace became “80 John” because that was his brand. In this article by W.K. Stratton, … Continue reading →

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Is Always Means Is Even In Metaphors

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Paul Harris

I became panicked recently because I could not remember why “is always means is even in metaphors” and more specially how this applied to the all-important words of our Lord “This is My Body.”  With so many, particularly LCMS pastors, … Continue reading →

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Agatha Christie Feminist or Lutheran?

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Paul Harris

In reading Luck Worsley Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, I can’t tell if she’s a feminist, a Lutheran, neither, some, or both. Two things I don’t like about this book is that while Agatha Christie never said that any of … Continue reading →

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From the Well of Feminism Totalitarianism Will Come

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Paul Harris

Make no mistakes men have dug that well. In 1997 I asked and answered Why is Feminism So Hard to Resist?: because we are all feminized. Not in the good way that Chesterton said all men are by virtue of … Continue reading →

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