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Author Archives: johnamurdock

Ohio River Blues

November 7, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

Author Will Hoyt takes a seat on the porch alongside the microphone inside the Brass Spittoon. John and Will discuss Hoyt’s new book The Seven Ranges: Ground Zero for the […]

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Culture

Bless Joe Biden

November 6, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

Cursing a person strikes not at flawed policies or poor decisions but at the image of God. The rise of coded and not-so-coded cursing of the President of the United […]

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Culture, Politics

Supply Chain Gang

October 23, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

On the Porch, John rattles the supply chains with an assist from Ronald Reagan, Sam Walton, and an Amish guy on a bus. Read it here, assuming it’s not out […]

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Crunchy, Culture, Politics

The Worst Things at First Things

October 18, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

Let’s hope this doesn’t become a regular feature—the Letter to the Editor that did not get published. First Things is a magazine that I have enjoyed since I would peruse […]

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Culture, Politics

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien: Friends Who Changed the World

September 23, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

Joseph Loconte, history professor at The King’s College, joins guest host Jeff Bilbro, Front Porch Republic’s editor-in-chief, to talk about Loconte’s new film on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Murdock […]

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Culture

New York Times Debut

September 20, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

An opinion writer cites John’s National Affairs piece on Democrats and abortion. It’s too bad that Thomas Edsall didn’t take what he could have learned to heart. Edsall’s piece “Abortion […]

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Culture, Politics

David Cayley, Ivan Illich, and the Dimensions of Choice

July 5, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

In a spirit of summer reruns, the Brass Spittoon welcomes Canadian radio broadcaster who speaks on the thought of his late friend Ivan Illich. Front Porch Republic contributor Michael Sauter […]

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Academic, Culture

Rainbow Warriors

June 30, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

This morning, June 30, a rainbow was visible over Boise at 6 AM (the earliest in the day this writer has ever seen a real one). Rainbow regalia has been […]

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Churchy, Culture

Billy Graham for the PBS Crowd

June 11, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

A recent documentary on the twentieth century’s most notable evangelist is light on faith and heavy on politics. John explores at Current.

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Churchy, Culture, Politics

Os Guinness on Tap

May 6, 2021by johnamurdock Leave a comment

Author Os Guinness pulls up a chair at Front Porch Republic. Hear the latest episode of the Brass Spittoon podcast here.

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Academic, Churchy, Culture

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