June 29, 2025
“How committed were Americans to the basic American Revolution principles of self-determination?” — Kevin Barksdale, history professor at Marshall University and author of The Lost State of Franklin: America’s First Secession With our upcoming celebration of American Independence Day this week, I thought a topic related to this might be appropriate. I then remembered coming […]
Tags: American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, fight for independence, Frankland, John Sevier, Kevin Barksdale, North Carolina, self-determination, Southwest Territory, State of Franklin, Tennessee
Posted in Politics |
June 22, 2025
As anyone slightly informed about physics knows, matter within the spacetime continuum cannot move at or beyond the speed of light. (It’s a lot more complicated than that, but let’s not get into the weeds…) As anyone slightly informed about Star Trek knows, the way around this is to generate a warp field/bubble with a […]
Tags: Alcubierre metric, faster-than-light speed, gravitational field, Jared Fuchs, laws of physics, many problems and limitations, motion without acceleration, negative energy, Paul Sutter, spacetime, special relativity, stable matter shell, superluminal, Tibi Puiu, warp bubble, warp drive
Posted in Science |
June 15, 2025
In past writings and conversations, I have been candid about my dislike for tariffs in general, quoting sources like Thomas Sowell and the Cato Institute. With President Trump’s use of tariffs in economic policy, we see a mix of support and complaint from Republicans and conservatives these days. One voice I have found worth listening […]
Tags: analogy to fighting cancer, E.J. Antoni, healing the economy, reciprocal tariffs, regulatory and tax policies, Rust Belt, self-inflicted wounds, targeted and tailored, tariffs, The Heritage Foundation, Trump administration, unfair trade practices
Posted in Politics |
June 8, 2025
“We do not have to figure out what God has decided for us to do in order for us to do it.” — Greg Koukl, founder and president of Stand to Reason The following was informed by the teachings on decision-making and “finding God’s will” by Greg Koukl. It’s a popular topic and one of […]
Tags: careful hermeneutics, Colossians 3, decision-making, epistles to the Corinthians, finding God's will, Galatians 5, good vs bad interpretations, Greg Koukl, have a peace about it, led by the Spirit, misused verses, never read a Bible verse, open doors and closed doors, Romans 1 & 15, sloppy hermeneutics
Posted in Religion |
June 1, 2025
“The formula goes like this: 1. Evolution is true. 2. Here’s how it must have happened. 3. Look, yet more proof of evolution.” — author and biophysicist Cornelius G. Hunter David Coppedge’s latest article at “Evolution News and Science Today” is sure to cause a stir. Coppedge prefaces it with the following: “This article will […]
Tags: Charnia, Cornelius Hunter, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, Evolution News and Science Today, fossils used in Darwinian narrative, Fractofusus, Justin Jackson, painting a word picture, polar dinosaurs, propping up Darwinian theory, scientific journals, small raptor, tree of life, Vera Korasidis
Posted in Science |