Author Archive

Neanderthals and the Case for Human Exceptionalism

November 30, 2025

A few weeks ago, I posted “Lucy and the State of Hominid Evolution”, in which I quoted Dr. Fuz Rana of Reasons to Believe (RTB) in the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?, ed. by Keathley, Stump, and Aguirre. The subject of that post was… well, pretty much exactly what the title says — “Lucy” being […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Religion, Science & Religion | No Comments »

Are Illegal Immigrants Owed Due Process in the U.S.?

November 23, 2025

“Large numbers of aliens who are illegally in the country fail to appear for their scheduled hearings, most likely because they know they have no valid reason for overcoming removal and remaining in the country legally.” — Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow and specialist in civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration, et […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | No Comments »

RPL Responds to Claims about Biblical Authorship

November 16, 2025

“This video offers an important lesson. It’s spoken with confidence. It sounds compelling. But, it’s completely false.” — Mr. B, “Red Pen Logic” It has been a few weeks since my last such post, so I thought it time to encourage some more careful thought by offering up a couple more episodes of “Red Pen […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Religion | No Comments »

Lucy and the State of Hominid Evolution

November 9, 2025

A few weeks ago, I finished reading Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?, ed. by Keathley, Stump, and Aguirre. You might remember the title, because I published two posts this past August in which I cited representatives of the two Christian organizations that contributed to the discussion in the book — BioLogos and Reasons to Believe (RTB). […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Science | No Comments »

Obamacare’s Broken Promises

November 2, 2025

I write this post on November 1, the beginning of another round of enrollment into “Obamacare” — i.e., healthcare provided via the deceptively-named Affordable Care Act (ACA), which President Obama signed into law in 2010 (see image). Obama and the Democrats made many promises about the legislation, and Fred Lucas — chief news correspondent and […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Reason and the Sufficiency of Scripture, part 2 of 2

October 26, 2025

“Reason must be used to rightly interpret the Bible. We discern the meaning of the Bible not through mystical experience but through extensive thought and contemplation.” — Terry L. Johnson, Presbyterian pastor and author This week, we continue our look at the idea of the sufficiency of Scripture in Christian theology and the role of […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Religion | No Comments »

Reason and the Sufficiency of Scripture, part 1 of 2

October 19, 2025

Originally, I prepped this post in advance (and began its sequel), because I was going to be on vacation for over a week and wanted material to pre-schedule. Then, a health concern came up, and travel plans were canceled. But, no reason why we can’t still delve into this topic… Beginning with this post, I […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Religion | No Comments »

Revelations from the Russia Hoax Documents

October 12, 2025

Definition of “The Russian Collusion Hoax”: “The widespread and ultimately unfounded narrative that Donald Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign conspired with Russia to influence the outcome of the election…. The claims originated from a dossier compiled by ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, which was indirectly funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Are the Expiring, Biden-Era Health Care Subsidies Truly Essential?

October 5, 2025

Assuming you have been listening to or reading at least some of the news headlines these past several days, you are aware of the latest budgetary battle in Congress to keep the federal government funded and open for business. One of the things the Democrats are insisting on is that certain Biden-era health care subsidies […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Politics | No Comments »

RPL Responds to Atheists in Hollywood and Online

September 28, 2025

Several weeks ago, I shared a couple episodes of “Red Pen Logic” (RPL) by Christian apologist Tim Barnett, aka “Mr. B”. I found a couple others — this time responding to more general challenges from atheist critics/skeptics — and decided to share them, as well. In the first video below, Mr. B takes on that […]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion | No Comments »