April 30, 2017
Everyone’s talking about Trump’s first 100 days in office, but I’m going to keep my comments fairly short. Trump himself, as I’m sure you know, is now saying that this “100 Days” marker is arbitrary and doesn’t mean much. And he’s right,… mostly. The media started doing this awhile back, and it makes for a […]
Tags: 100 days in office, accomplishments, arbitrary milestone, executive orders, first 100 days, Gorsuch, healthcare, illegal immigration, judicial roadblocks, Mattis, national security, obstructionist federal judges, President Trump, problems with Congress, sanctuary cities, Sessions, tax reform, Tillerson, Trump administration, Trump appointments, Trump Cabinet, U.S. economy
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April 23, 2017
To be clear, I don’t believe the titular statement is true, nor would anyone else in their right mind. (Hey, I made a pun!) But, there are certain people on the Left who think it’s true, or at the very least would like you to believe it is. Take Vanity Fair, for instance…. As I […]
Tags: Donald Trump, feminist spin, male aggressiveness, negotiation game, progressive agenda, sexist, social-psychology experiment, The Weekly Standard, Trump-effect, Vanity Fair, Wharton School
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April 16, 2017
“You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me up in glory. Who do I have in heaven but You? And I desire nothing on earth but You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever.” — Psalm 73:24-26 (HCSB) I wouldn’t […]
Tags: Dallán Forgaill, David Evans, Eleanor Hull, God's Word, guided by the Father, Leopold Dix, Mary Byrne, old Irish hymn, putting God first, SLANE
Posted in Religion |
April 9, 2017
“Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.” — Daniel Webster, early American politician When a wrong has been committed, it’s a normal, healthy human desire to want to see justice done. I am defining “justice” here as fair punishment that […]
Tags: basis for justice, Biology, Christian worldview, continuity of identity, criminal justice, Daniel Webster, David Wood, Easter, genetic determinism, good and bad, Hank Hanegraaff, Jesus of Nazareth, materialism, mercy, moral grounding, Moral Law Giver, moral relativism, naturalist worldview, objective morals, philosophical naturalism, right and wrong, Thomas Jefferson, wrath of God
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
April 2, 2017
“In studies on college students, atheists and agnostics reported more anger at God during their lifetimes than believers. A separate study also found this pattern among bereaved individuals.” — CNN’s Elizabeth Landau reporting on Case Western Reserve University research (Jan. 2011) When asked why they are atheist/humanist/naturalist, most people will tell you that it’s only […]
Tags: Aldous Huxley, anti-theism, atheism, devotion to materialism, Divine foot in the door, Elizabeth Landau, emotional reasons, evolutionism, humanism, illogic, meaninglessness, Michael Shermer, non-theist worldview, Richard Lewontin, secularism, Thomas Nagel, unreasonable reasons
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