December 31, 2017
In what has become something of a year-end tradition here at “A View from the Right”, my final post for 2017 is a “Top 10” of links (with associated excerpts) to posts from preceding years. (The first two even go back to 2010 and 2011, respectively.) The idea is to give readers — especially newer […]
Tags: blogging, favorite posts, recommended, sample posts, suggested reading, Top 10
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
December 24, 2017
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.” — Micah 5:2 (ESV) I was wondering what I might do for a Christmas-themed […]
Tags: Christ-Child, Christmas story, Day of Discovery, Lamb of God, Migdal-Eder, Passover Lamb, priestly shepherds, sheperds at the Nativity, shepherds' fields, swaddling cloths, tower of the flock
Posted in Religion |
December 17, 2017
“[Y]ou should not fool the laymen when you’re talking as a scientist…. I’m talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is [more than] not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you’re maybe wrong, that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly […]
Tags: baloney detector, Carl Sagan, Darwin on Trial, deal honestly with objections, Defeating Darwin, do not fool the laymen, Education, fair representation of facts, hypocrisy and self-deception, in the name of science, Inherit the Wind, materialist philosophy, naturalism in science, Phillip E. Johnson, questions of origins, recognizing bias, Richard Feynman quote, Science, skeptical of Darwinism
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
December 11, 2017
“The little guys’ voices were heard. Voices in the community were heard. This administration has the strength and the will to be there for us. This is a great day for Utah.” — state Rep. Gregory H. Hughes, the speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Earlier this week and at the recommendation of Secretary […]
Tags: 2 million acres, activist alarmism, Antiquities Act, Bears Ears, benefits to local economy, conservationism, Dept. of the Interior, environmentalism, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Homer Cummings, less federal bureaucratic control, local control of lands, national monuments, Native American heritage, natural resources, Newt Gingrich, President Clinton, President Obama, President Trump, presidential proclamation, public access, redefining boundaries, regulatory regime, returning public lands to the people, righting past overreach, rights of local citizens, Ryan Zinke, Utah
Posted in Politics |
December 3, 2017
“At the most basic level; if Google, Amazon, and Facebook are for it, it probably isn’t in your best interest.” — Tim, commenter on The Daily Wire In less than 2 weeks (Dec. 14), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be voting on whether or not to reverse current Net Neutrality rules. This has a […]
Tags: Ajit Pai, bad arguments, competition, FCC, fearmongering, Federal Communications Commission, free market, Google, government intrusion, Harry Khachatrian, Heritage Foundation, innovation, internet exchange point, internet fast lane, internet service provider, ISP, IXP, James Gattuso, Michael Sargent, misguided regulation, Net Neutrality, reverse net neutrality, The Daily Wire, Title II, Tom Wheeler, transparency
Posted in Politics |