Politics

Why Leftists Want to Eliminate or Pack the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by on October 11, 2026 at 10:16 pm

I have been getting behind in my Imprimis reading lately, but then the other day I read “Why We Shouldn’t Cancel the Supreme Court” — based on a speech by Jonathan Turley and adapted for the Sept. 2026 issue of Imprimis — and decided to make a pair of blogposts from it. I first heard […]

RPL, the Trans/Queer Edition

Posted by on September 27, 2026 at 9:05 pm

Time for another post wherein Tim Barnett (Mr. B) of Red Pen Logic (RPL) responds to some atheist/ skeptic/progressive’s claims about some point of contention, usually socio-political and/or theological/philosophical in nature. Reflecting a conservative Christian approach, Barnett uses facts and reason — and certainly a better understanding of Scripture — to boldly yet irenically explain […]

Venezuela, Iran, and the World Oil Market

Posted by on September 20, 2026 at 6:28 pm

“We’re in the eye of the hurricane. But the storm is passing, and it’s going to be very advantageous for the United States in the next decade.” — Victor Davis Hanson I read an interesting commentary — broadcast transcript, actually — by Victor Davis Hanson the other day. If you are unfamiliar with Hanson, he […]

Chuck Colson Commentary from 9/14/2001

Posted by on September 13, 2026 at 6:25 pm

“17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I […]

In Their Own Words: Islamists Plan to Transform U.S. Under Sharia Law

Posted by on September 6, 2026 at 10:21 pm

“While equal protections are safeguarded in our Constitution, Sharia promoted by Islamist movements conflicts with those protections. The two cannot coexist.” — Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel Action In case you’re wondering what I meant by “Islamist” in the above title, the following definition I got from an AI Search Assistant should clarify: “An Islamist is […]

Why Is Sen. Murkowski Lying About the SAVE America Act?

Posted by on August 30, 2026 at 10:14 pm

I will mostly limit my commentary here, except to explain that I extracted the following excerpt from an email I received a couple days ago from Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel Action. — — — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) stood on the Senate floor and painted a grim picture of the supposed damage the SAVE […]

Have Trump’s Tariffs Driven a Manufacturing Boom? Not So Fast…

Posted by on August 23, 2026 at 9:23 pm

“The new narrative from the pro-tariff crowd — which rarely differentiates correlation from causation — is that the ongoing manufacturing upswing is a clear Trump trade policy success story.” — Scott Lincicome, “Dispatch Markets” Readers may remember that the pro-tariff policies of the Trump Administration are one of the major differences I have with our […]

El-Sayed’s Win and What This Means for Republicans

Posted by on August 9, 2026 at 9:49 pm

“A Michigan flip here almost guarantees the GOP will retain control of the Senate.” — Matt Vespa, Towhhall This past Tuesday, Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed got roughly 1% of the vote more than centrist Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens, thereby securing the Democrat nomination for Michigan’s Senate seat. He will go on to face Republican Rep. […]

NRC Bureaucrats Need to Up Their Nuclear Game

Posted by on July 19, 2026 at 8:49 pm

“That’s just a bunch of crap.” — Ray Rothrock, former nuclear engineer It’s not hard to find articles these days about rising electricity prices, overburdened power grids, “clean energy”, etc. I’ve posted at least a couple myself. One of the strangest — or, perhaps, just more frustrating — things is the ongoing, anti-nuclear rhetoric and […]

What SCOTUS Got Wrong Re Birthright Citizenship

Posted by on July 5, 2026 at 10:17 pm

“Alito and Thomas argue that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 clearly shows that ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ meant to exclude individuals “subject to any foreign power.” — Tyler O’Neil, Daily Signal As you are likely aware, the Supreme Court of the United States recently voted on the matter of “birthright citizenship” in Trump […]