The end is coming. IT IS CERTAIN.
Last New Year’s Eve I looked ahead to 2020. I thought it might be interesting today to look back at my prognostications. Will I get that promotion this year? (turns ball over) WITHOUT… Continue reading
Category Archive: POLITICS
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The blind men and the elephant in the room
I’m mating elephants with this post. I’ve led the elephant from the famous parable to the metaphorical elephant in the room with the goal of conceiving a better understanding of something very important.… Continue reading
A response to John Piper on the election
I respect and admire author and pastor John Piper, but his recent column “pondering the implications of the 2020 election” has not persuaded me against voting for Donald Trump next week. As I… Continue reading
T minus nine months
My sixth grandchild is expected to make her exit from the womb within a few weeks, right around election day. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and almost every other Democrat, believe my daughter-in-law… Continue reading
The Pharisaic Party
A primary divide in American politics separates according to perceived goodness. Democrats see themselves as the virtuous ones and charge Republicans with bigotry and hypocrisy. Republicans have a similar but opposite perspective. Both… Continue reading
Will somebody please distinguish between defending the man and voting for him?
In February 2020 BC (Before Covid), columnist David French penned an essay titled, Will Somebody Please Hate My Enemies for Me? In it he argued that Christians who support President Trump and know… Continue reading
All truth matters
Black lives matter. Of course. You know what else matters? TRUTH. I question whether those loudly and proudly condemning the police, certain politicians, and virtually all whites as racists believe that truth matters.… Continue reading
Says who?
WHAT DO WE NEED? OBJECTIVE TRUTH! WHEN DO WE NEED IT? RIGHT NOW!! I doubt we’ll be hearing any responsorial protest chants like this anywhere anytime soon…even though this commodity essential… Continue reading
Liberty: love it or lose it
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. – Daniel Webster (1) What’s not to love about liberty? Isn’t it the desire of… Continue reading
This is not a popularity contest
It is always better to be vulgarly right than politely wrong. So said statesman and lexicographer Noah Webster. For me, this pithy saying encapsulates our choices in the 2020 presidential election. It shouldn’t… Continue reading
The sheet anchor of our liberties
I have always said, I always will say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. (1) So said our third president, Thomas Jefferson,… Continue reading
Lincoln’s words for our present difficulty
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. (1) This one, short quip conveys well how Abraham Lincoln felt about the forced… Continue reading
It’s the one thing
Ask the average man or woman on the street what’s the one thing most necessary for securing freedom and you’ll likely get one of two answers: less government control more government control But… Continue reading
4 presidents and 1 Confederate general on slavery
The leftists currently pushing America on a path to self-destruction insist that this country was built on racism and slavery. Statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have been vandalized or torn down… Continue reading
These guys were wise
“It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage…Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of… Continue reading