Archive for April, 2021

Infrastructure

April 25, 2021

“It’s called infrastructure, but inside the Trojan horse it’s going to be more borrowed money, and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell As I am sure you are aware, the Biden administration working with the Democrats in Congress have proposed a huge “infrastructure” bill […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Say “No!” to DC Statehood

April 18, 2021

America’s Founding Fathers had good reasons for creating an independent, non-voting District as the seat of government for the United States. As David Harsanyi has pointed out, they were “concerned about the seat of federal power being controlled by a hostile or intrusive state government.” Also, if the capital were in a state (or its […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | No Comments »

A Controversial View on Freedom of Religion

April 11, 2021

The issue of “religious rights” and the “free exercise of religion” is a contentious one in the United States. (And elsewhere, of course.) It boils down to “Who is allowed to do what?” and “Who decides?” Naturally, the First and Fourteenth Amendments come up, as does the fan-favorite “separation of church and state”. Incidentally, that […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion | No Comments »

It Is Finished

April 4, 2021

In the past, I’ve shared several of my favorite Christmas songs, so today I thought I’d share a few of my favorite songs for the Easter season. I chose four songs representing very different eras and styles/genres, so hopefully there is something here you like. First is a classic hymn, “Crown Him with Many Crowns” […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Religion | 1 Comment »