January 29, 2023
“You misunderstand me. I can only demonstrate that UFOs defy the laws of physics. That is not to say they cannot be real.” — Dr. Hugh Ross, in response to a challenge from a member of an audience of Russian scientists As mentioned at the end of “When Is a UFO Not a UFO?, Part […]
Tags: advanced alien civilizations, defying physics, empirical effects, ETH, extraterrestrial hypothesis, Hugh Ross, IDH, interdimensional hypothesis, Kenneth Samples, natural explanations, paranormal, residual UFOs, space aliens, ufology, unanswered questions
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
January 24, 2023
“[T]hey deny or downplay a mountain of misdeeds by Joe Biden, as they also did with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton.” — Jeff Davidson, columnist In a recent article, Jeff Davidson writes about the obvious Hollywood bias in the film She Said, about the New York Times investigation of Harvey Weinstein. The film […]
Tags: Biden legacy, crimes, disloyal, double standards, leftist bias, New York Times, partisan press, President Biden, scandals
Posted in Politics |
January 22, 2023
“Thou hast made us for thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in thee.” — Augustine of Hippo This week I want to share a segment from a book I recently finished, Confessions of a French Atheist (2022) by philosopher and software engineer Guillaume Bignon. It’s an autobiographical account of his […]
Tags: Andre Comte-Sponville, atheism, Augustine, Blaise Pascal, convert to Christianity, Ernest Renan, God the Creator, Guillaume Bignon, Luc Ferry, objective meaning, philosophy, the meaning of life, volleyball, worldview
Posted in Religion |
January 15, 2023
“2024 is the whole enchilada, and it is too important to play it by ear. We must be strategic, and we must select the candidate most likely to win in the general. That means assessing both good points and bad points. And we must undertake the process for Donald Trump as well as his number […]
Tags: 2024 election, campaign strategy, conservative, Kurt Schlichter, largely unknown outside Florida, message, not Trump, positives and negatives, Ron DeSantis, solid conservative, very disciplined
Posted in Politics |
January 7, 2023
“The fact is that Donald Trump 2024 has a reasonable chance to beat anyone the Democrats launch at him.” — Kurt Schlichter, trial lawyer/writer/commentator Last year, Kurt Schlichter wrote a few columns about likely and potential Republican candidates for U.S. President in 2024. I wanted to do a quick review of what he said about […]
Tags: 2024 election, alternatives, campaign strategy, Donald Trump, Kurt Schlichter, message, opposition, personal behavior, positives and negatives, record in office
Posted in Politics |
January 1, 2023
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a bi-annual “Top 10” list, in which I briefly preview and link to my favorite posts from this blog — this time, from 2021 and 2022. (Last such post was here.) In particular, they are typically ones in which I did more than just quote a big block […]
Tags: blogging, favorite posts, recommended, sample posts, suggested reading, Top 10
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |