Politics

The President’s Problematic Women

Posted by on June 16, 2019 at 9:26 pm

“[I]t seems to me to be very unfair; it’s called freedom of speech.”  — President Trump to CNN Just to be clear up front, the particular “problematic” women I’m referring to are not those who are actually a problem for the President — e.g., Omarosa or Stormy or Nancy. Rather, I’m talking about influential women […]

Three Cheers for Pastor Platt!

Posted by on June 9, 2019 at 9:07 pm

“If you think President Trump is a terrible person and you’re mad that a pastor chose to pray for him, then you need to swiftly reexamine the gospel message — and your own heart. Trump’s sin should not deflect our desire and responsibility to pray for Him — indeed the more sin we observe the […]

Soda Taxes Hurt the Poor and Don’t Work

Posted by on May 26, 2019 at 9:15 pm

“Sin tax proponents have shifted gears by arguing that taxation is mainly aimed at compensating society for the drains sinners impose on the public healthcare budget and reducing the harm consumers do to themselves. With this new push, the limits of what defines a sin steadily are being expanded.”  — “‘Sin Tax’ Costs Outweigh Benefits” […]

Responding to Trump Derangement Syndrome

Posted by on May 12, 2019 at 11:10 pm

My friend Todd was recently involved in a brief Facebook thread, responding to a post from a mutual FB friend — well, Todd knows him much better than I do — and one other. Knowing that Todd comes from a much more libertarian perspective than I do and is more critical of the administration, I […]

Trump Puts Offshore Drilling Plans on Indefinite Hold

Posted by on May 5, 2019 at 9:02 pm

“By the time the court rules, that may be discombobulating to our plan.” — Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to the Wall Street Journal I wrote early last year about then-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s “new draft offshore oil and gas plan” which would make “over 90 percent of the total OCS acreage […]

How to Build a Totalitarian State That the People Love

Posted by on April 14, 2019 at 7:14 pm

“Its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm.”  — author/editor/publisher Martin Green Something a little different for you today… In 1946, Aldous Huxley wrote a Forward to the new edition of his Brave New World (1932). It was part retrospective, in which he […]

How the “Equality Act” Could Make Your Life Hell

Posted by on April 7, 2019 at 8:17 pm

“[The Equality Act is the] most extreme threat to religious freedom, free speech, privacy, and to women’s rights that has ever been proposed by Congress. [It] will be used as a wrecking ball to churches, religious organizations, religious freedom, and free speech.”  — Liberty Counsel The Equality Act has been around for several years, and […]

Brief Takeaways re the “No Collusion” Letter

Posted by on March 31, 2019 at 7:25 pm

“The collusion delusion is over.”  — President Donald Trump For three years now, America has been caught up in the “Russian collusion” investigation into Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. Roughly the past two of those years have been under the direction of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Plenty of people — both among those involved […]

A Coming California Reckoning

Posted by on March 17, 2019 at 8:57 pm

“Ignore the economic solutions that work; and instead turn to failed socialist policies dictated by ideology rather than reality. That’s the California way.”  — writer at “Start Thinking Right” blog California is a beautiful place. Traveling the length and breadth of the state, one would see mountains, desert, forests, plateaus, beaches, grape and orange orchards, […]

Cohen: A Pattern of Deception

Posted by on March 3, 2019 at 9:55 pm

“Cohen’s consciousness of wrongdoing is fleeting… his remorse is minimal, and… his instinct to blame others is strong.”  — acting U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami of the Southern District of New York For twelve years, Michael Cohen served as Donald Trump’s personal attorney, complete with attorney-client privilege and a loyalty such that he would “take a […]