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“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 […]
“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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
Some of you may remember that several years ago I put together “A Brief History of Memorial Day”. In that post, I discussed the calling for a national day “for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and […]
“Take every Christian definition you can think of. Then redefine it with a super spiritual metamystigorical definition. There. Now you have New Thought.” — Melissa Dougherty, Happy Lies I hadn’t originally planned on doing another post citing Dougherty’s book this week, but… that’s how it turned out. Funny thing is, this section actually comes from […]
“Nobody can ‘live their truth’ for long. Everyone knows this.” — Melissa Dougherty, Happy Lies I have addressed the issue of relativism in the past. But, it’s always good to have a reminder of the causes and consequences of this faulty mindset. The citation below comes from the new book, Happy Lies, by Melissa Dougherty. […]
