Politics

Answering Objections to “Just One Question”

Posted by on July 19, 2020 at 9:38 pm

The other day I (re-)discovered a comment that a reader named “Ian” had left on a blogpost of mine a couple months ago, and I had forgotten all about it. The blogpost itself was from 2011, in which I presented the “just one question” argument for the pro-life position. For a number of reasons, I […]

Origins of the First Official American Flag

Posted by on July 5, 2020 at 7:25 pm

“The flag, like the Revolution it represents, was the work of many hands.” — Marla R. Miller, Betsy Ross and the Making of America (2010) When most Americans think of the first American flag, they think of upholsterer/seamstress Elizabeth Griscom “Betsy” Ross. The design attributed to her, with a circle of 13 stars within the […]

Something to Sey about Racism, Rioting, Sin, and Justice

Posted by on June 28, 2020 at 5:44 pm

“God gives us freedom to grieve; he gives us freedom to be angry. But he doesn’t give us freedom to sin while we are grieving and while we are angry.” — Samuel Sey Lately, I’ve been getting caught up on some blogposts by Samuel Sey. You might remember the name, since I’ve quoted and linked […]

The LGBTQ+ Agenda Surges Forward

Posted by on June 21, 2020 at 6:27 pm

“On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a “Roe v. Wade type” of cultural-shifting ruling supporting sexual anarchy. Now the Senate is working to pass the even more radical “Equality Act” that will expand the federal government into every corner of our lives and decimate religious freedom for churches and religious groups.” The past few […]

How Long Until 1984?, part 2

Posted by on June 7, 2020 at 10:56 pm

“The purpose of all [new movements] was to arrest progress and freeze history at a chosen moment. The familiar pendulum swing was to happen once more, and then stop. As usual, the High were to be turned out by the Middle, who would then become the High; but this time, by conscious strategy, the High […]

How Long Until 1984?

Posted by on May 31, 2020 at 7:54 pm

“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.” I have recently been reading George Orwell’s 1984. It is quite the disturbing vision of how our world might go in the future, though it’s obviously taking longer than Orwell thought it might. I came across a section I thought might be “fun” to share with […]

Retired FBI Agent’s Assessment of “Plandemic”

Posted by on May 10, 2020 at 6:03 pm

Have you seen the “Plandemic” video? I haven’t, yet, but I kept seeing posts about it on Facebook and was wondering if it was worth my time. From the mixed comments I read/heard, it sounded questionable, but I couldn’t be sure. Then, a family-member forwarded some comments on “Plandemic” from an acquaintance of hers, Jeff […]

The Vindication of Gen. Michael Flynn

Posted by on May 3, 2020 at 9:00 pm

“What happened to General Michael Flynn, a war hero, should never be allowed to happen to a citizen of the United States again!” — President Trump You may recall that Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn was forced into early retirement by President Obama in 2014. He joined the Trump presidential campaign in early 2016 and […]

For Your Quarantined Consideration…

Posted by on April 26, 2020 at 7:32 pm

“I just don’t think that we really need to make a projection when it’s such a moving target that you could so easily be wrong and mislead people.” — Dr. Anthony Fauci in New York Magazine‘s Intelligencer Today, I present to you three articles I thought were pretty good reads regarding the COVID-19 situation. First […]

In God We Trust

Posted by on April 19, 2020 at 7:29 pm

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams, 2nd President of the United States Over the past several weeks, I have shared portions of Dennis Prager’s Still the Best Hope — twice from the section on Leftism and once […]