Politics

How Did We Get COVID-19 Vaccines So Quickly?

Posted by on January 3, 2021 at 7:53 pm

“The remarkable confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic with the advances in mRNA vaccines has one of two possible explanations: It’s either a fortuitous accident or a reflection of God’s providential timing and faithful provision to humanity.” — Dr. Fazale Rana, V.P. of Research and Apologetics, Reasons to Believe To be honest, I have not yet […]

Top 10 Posts, 2019-2020

Posted by on December 27, 2020 at 7:53 pm

Many long-time readers of this blog will remember that for several years (2014-2018) I ended each year with a “Top 10” post. For whatever reason(s), I didn’t do that for 2019, but I decided to share 10 this week from 2019-2020. As usual, my hope is that someone will find an enjoyable read or three […]

COVID-19 and the Great Barrington Declaration

Posted by on December 6, 2020 at 5:54 pm

“To date, the Great Barrington Declaration has been signed by over 43,000 medical and public health scientists and medical practitioners…. Member of the general public can also sign the Declaration.” — Dr. Jay Bhattacharya (see update below) Everybody is scared, frustrated, and/or angry about COVID-19 and the resultant measures being taken by those in power. […]

U.S. Cannot Afford to Lose New Space Race

Posted by on November 22, 2020 at 6:48 pm

“Instead of blindly following the bureaucrats and generals in the Defense Department, we need a Manhattan-type project in order to develop the kind of Space Force needed to meet future military challenges.” — Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, USAF (Ret.) I have written before about the threat that Communist China represents, and I have written […]

The Blessing of Fossil Fuels, part 3: The 97 Percent Fabrication

Posted by on November 15, 2020 at 7:27 pm

Concluding our impromptu series of citations from Alex Epstein’s book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014), this week’s post addresses a commonly heard claim by environmental activist-types that has resulted from compounded misrepresentations of actual scientific research. Mr. Epstein, if you will… “This brings us to the oft-cited comment that 97 percent of climate […]

Let the Legal Investigations Into Voter Fraud Proceed

Posted by on November 8, 2020 at 7:34 pm

“I will not rest until the American people have the honest vote count they deserve and that democracy demands.” — President Donald Trump President Trump refuses to concede the election, and I don’t blame him! Some are calling for Trump to just “let it go” in the name of peace and unity, etc. For those […]

Voting Christianly, part 2: With Biblical Principles in Mind

Posted by on November 1, 2020 at 6:19 pm

As with yesterday’s bonus post, today’s post is a citation of recent Facebook comments by Scott Klusendorf, President of Life Training Institute, the formatting of which I have adjusted for readability. “Yesterday, a pastor of a politically diverse congregation asked what he should say to his people about voting. Here is what I sent him… […]

Voting Christianly, part 1: Questions for Evangelicals for Biden

Posted by on October 31, 2020 at 8:39 pm

Tonight’s bonus post is the first of two commentaries from Scott Klusendorf, President of Life Training Institute. Though it is pretty much quoted verbatim, I have taken the liberty of adjusting the formatting a little for readability…. “Here’s what I’ve never understood about evangelicals who endorse Biden: Why is Donald Trump’s character an obstacle to […]

Lessen the Evil

Posted by on October 30, 2020 at 11:52 pm

“With Trump, we will get good policies and character flaws, but with Biden we will get bad policies and character flaws.” — Wayne Grudem, author, theologian, and seminary professor I was originally going to comment on one or both of Wayne Grudem’s recent articles (you can read them here and here), but then I came […]

The Blessing of Fossil Fuels, part 2: Resource Creation

Posted by on October 25, 2020 at 8:54 pm

“I would transition from the oil industry, yes.” — presidential candidate Joe Biden In the last presidential debate, Joe Biden not only said he was in favor of banning fracking on federal lands (though insists he would not institute an overall ban) but that he wants to shut down the oil industry because it “pollutes […]