Postcards from Palookaville

As I am somewhat preoccupied this week with organizing CROMV (the Campaign for the Rehabilitation of Milli Vanilli), I thought I would be rather lazy and simply link to an article which I wrote for the Christmas edition of Ref21 way back in 2008. Remember, folks, you heard it here first .

As I am somewhat preoccupied this week with organizing CROMV (the Campaign for the Rehabilitation of Milli Vanilli), I thought I would be rather lazy and simply link to an article which I wrote for the Christmas edition of Ref21 way back in 2008. Remember, folks, you heard it here first .

A certain URC minister has leaped valiantly to the defense of Paul Crouch and provided evidence that the late reverend even produced an edition of the Heidelberg Catechism: Ref21 is grateful for the correction to our reporting, as always. We would also be very interested in any photographs which...

A certain URC minister has leaped valiantly to the defense of Paul Crouch and provided evidence that the late reverend even produced an edition of the Heidelberg Catechism: Ref21 is grateful for the correction to our reporting, as always. We would also be very interested in any photographs which...

The death of Paul Crouch last week brought back memories of my first extended stay -- indeed, my first visit -- to the USA. It was in 1996 and I was a visiting research fellow at Calvin College in Michigan, working on my first book on John Owen. Channel hopping one night, my wife and I came across...

The death of Paul Crouch last week brought back memories of my first extended stay -- indeed, my first visit -- to the USA. It was in 1996 and I was a visiting research fellow at Calvin College in Michigan, working on my first book on John Owen. Channel hopping one night, my wife and I came across...

It is clear that we have moved from an evangelical culture marked by celebrity, with its irritating egos, vaudeville antics and all-round buffoonery that are, to be honest, so much fun to mock. Now, we have entered an era where there is something much more sinister afoot, where the stakes are a...

It is clear that we have moved from an evangelical culture marked by celebrity, with its irritating egos, vaudeville antics and all-round buffoonery that are, to be honest, so much fun to mock. Now, we have entered an era where there is something much more sinister afoot, where the stakes are a...

In last week's Spectator , Rod Liddle (we are not worthy! we are not worthy!) had a quite superb article on the increasing restrictions on freedom of speech in Britain. Well worth reading. Really quite relevant. Yes, definitely. Enough said.

In last week's Spectator , Rod Liddle (we are not worthy! we are not worthy!) had a quite superb article on the increasing restrictions on freedom of speech in Britain. Well worth reading. Really quite relevant. Yes, definitely. Enough said.