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Blog & Mablog

Canon Press 743 Episodes Aug 20, 2026

The point of this podcast is pretty broad — “All of Christ for all of life.” In order to make that happen, we need “theology that bites back.” I want to advance what you might call a Chestertonian Calvinism, and to bring that attitude to bear on education, sex and culture, theology, politics, book reviews, postmodernism, expository studies, along with other random tidbits that come into my head. My perspective is usually not hard to discern. In theology I am an evangelical, postmill, Calvinist, Reformed, and Presbyterian, pretty much in that order. In politics, I am slightly to the right of Jeb Stuart. In my cultural sympathies, if we were comparing the blight of postmodernism to a vast but shallow goo pond, I would observe that I have spent many years on these stilts and have barely gotten any of it on me.

Episodes

Opportunity and Envy
Opportunity and Envy Aug 20, 2026 533 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.One of the recent discussion points on the right is related to a comment made by our vice-president about the appeal of socialism. He said, and I quote: “My warning to my fellow Republicans . . . You don’t stop socialism by throwing slogans at people about the free market. You stop socialism by mak
The Rise of the Islamo-Commies
The Rise of the Islamo-Commies Aug 17, 2026 466 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.A decade ago, Canon published Empires of Dirt, and given our cultural moment now, the subtitle is interesting to look back on. That subtitle was “Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative.”In some respects, the terrain back then was quite different than it is today, but in oth
His Blood Be Upon Us and Our Children
His Blood Be Upon Us and Our Children Aug 12, 2026 527 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.In Doug's continued dialogue with Ehud, Wilson's talk about the 'King of the Jews' ... According to the “Christ-killer” taunt that some misguided souls have leveled at the Jews, the idea is that the Jewish people are collectively and uniquely responsible for the execution of their Messiah, Jesus of
On Bringing Things to a Marital Head
On Bringing Things to a Marital Head Aug 12, 2026 460 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.Doug Wilson begins a new series of letters to "Tyler," a fictional husband who is navigating some difficult issues in his marriage. Let me summarize what you are up against. You’ve been married for 35 years, with some periods where it was “okay, not great” and other times when it was pretty rocky.
As a Gentleman Walks By the Longhouse, Whistling
As a Gentleman Walks By the Longhouse, Whistling Aug 6, 2026 617 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.In order to discuss the point I wish to make here, we must begin with the realization that feminism is a wasting disease. But to be more precise, it is a particular variant of the wasting disease—the foundational disease being egalitarianism. The virus that makes this disease and all its variants s
A Radical Proposal: Incrementalism at the Federal Level
A Radical Proposal: Incrementalism at the Federal Level Aug 3, 2026 579 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.I want to begin with a proposal for a particular pro-life amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Having done so in this introduction, I will then outline in summary form the advantages of this approach. I will then touch on a key distinction to help us understand the fact that there is
Yearning for a Doug-Free Zone
Yearning for a Doug-Free Zone Aug 3, 2026 810 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.I acknowledge at the outset that this apologia for my activities might seem like I am trying to aim my answers in two different directions, but I also want to maintain that this is not my fault. This article about me was conflicted and could not make up its mind. Am I too tall or too short? Being c
Darryl Hart, the Wall Street Journal, and the First Person Singular Pronoun in the Objective Case
Darryl Hart, the Wall Street Journal, and the First Person Singular Pronoun in the Objective Case Jul 28, 2026 1065 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.Darryl begins (I am going to keep this amicable by calling him Darryl) by staking out one position as articulated by one Samuel Goldman, that position being a call for a renewed civil religion. That’s on one end. On the other end of things would be that skeery-scary Christian nationalism. And Darry
King of the Jews
King of the Jews Jul 22, 2026 585 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.In Doug's continued dialogue with Ehud, Wilson's talk about the 'King of the Jews' ... We have considered Christ in His offices of prophet and priests, and so we come now to the third one—the office of king.For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/  
5GW, Invisible Borders, and the Politics of Swarms
5GW, Invisible Borders, and the Politics of Swarms Jul 21, 2026 547 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.Technology in warfare can certainly evolve and develop in ways that do not disrupt our basic understanding of what is going on. From the day that two tribes were throwing rocks at each other to the time when two nation states were launching missiles at each other, with the era of trebuchets in betw
Why I Don’t Mind Talking About the 19th Amendment
Why I Don’t Mind Talking About the 19th Amendment Jul 21, 2026 797 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.Over the last year or so, from time to time you may have wondered to yourself why I have taken it into my head to go around talking about the 19th Amendment so much. This, along with my supposed interest in repealing the right of women to vote. Why on earth would I ever do something like that? Well
Candace and the Bathtub Admirals
Candace and the Bathtub Admirals Jul 21, 2026 836 IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.So when die-hard defenders of Candace try to say, as they will try to say, “Candace never said that Erika Kirk was in on the plot to kill Charlie!” or “Candace never denied that Tyler Robinson did it!” the reply should be, “Roll the tape.” And the way you can tell that radical relativism is the cap

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