Archive for July, 2025

The Korean War: A Brief, High-Level Summary

July 27, 2025

I sometimes enjoy reading or watching things about major wars, events, and persons that impacted American and world history. Just the other night, for example, I watched the movie Lincoln (2012), starring Daniel Day-Lewis. I am not what you would call a history buff, but I like to think I know a little something about […]

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High Places, Gates, and Goat-Demons

July 20, 2025

This particular Bible mystery doesn’t quite qualify for the “Weird Bible Passage” series I did a few months ago. It is more a matter of different translational possibilities. Specifically, the verse in question is 2 Kings 23:8, which is within the passage describing the actions of Judah’s King Josiah when he was instituting reforms. It […]

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Trump Continues to Defy the “Experts”

July 13, 2025

“The first six months of the Donald Trump administration have not been kind to the experts and the degree-holding classes.” — Victor Davis Hanson I initially became aware of Victor Davis Hanson roughly 20 years ago when he occasionally guested on a radio show I listened to back then — iirc, it was the Hugh […]

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Can We Make the Power Grid Great Again (MPGGA)?

July 6, 2025

“The path to a reliable energy future lies not in top-down mandates, but in innovation, cooperation, and respect for the institutions that safeguard our freedoms.” — Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation This is not an article about technology but about policy, which allows, disallows, promotes, […]

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