Politics

The Principle of Sphere Sovereignty, Part 1 of 2

Posted by on January 12, 2025 at 11:57 pm

“There has clearly been a radical departure from our Christian moorings in acknowledgement and confession of the sovereignty of God in Jesus Christ for all humanity.” — Joe Boot The book: Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government (2022) The author: Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot, a British-Canadian pastor, apologist, and cultural theologian I […]

Top 12+ Posts, 2023-2024

Posted by on January 5, 2025 at 7:27 pm

As I did for my first post in 2023, I have considered the AVftR posts of the previous two years and picked the top ones. Specifically, by either the importance of the subject and/or my having written (rather than cited) the bulk of the content, I thought these posts were the best ones I put […]

Incoming Trump Admin Must Move Hard and Fast

Posted by on December 29, 2024 at 6:10 pm

It’s a safe bet that bureaucrats of the Deep State (among others) will do their level best to stymie Trump from accomplishing his agenda. I would say that that starts on Day 1, i.e., when he is sworn in on Jan. 20, 2025. But, as Kurt Schlichter said, it has already begun: “[T]here are reports […]

The Problem with Price Controls

Posted by on November 24, 2024 at 7:48 pm

“Price-fixing always does harm and it is never a cure for inflation.” — Hazlitt & Wesbury In May 1972, the first issue of Imprimis featured an article (“The Dangers of Price Controls”) by Henry Hazlitt, the noted author/journalist on matters of business and economics. The Federal Reserve had been printing a lot of money to […]

YouTube Channels I Enjoy and You Might, Too: Politics & Culture

Posted by on November 17, 2024 at 6:43 pm

Last month, I blogged on “YouTube Channels I Enjoy and You Might, Too: Science & Tech”, and this is the first of two follow-ups on different subject areas. Even the two terms “politics and culture” don’t quite communicate everything I crowd under this informational umbrella, so to speak. Add in societal issues and history and […]

Is Star Wars Supposed to Be Ideologically Progressive?

Posted by on November 3, 2024 at 6:39 pm

“I’ll never turn to the dark side. You have failed, your highness.” — Luke Skywalker So-called “progressives” these days tend to see everything through a progressive lens. (That’s an optometry pun, by the way.) When they aren’t declaring innocent things (e.g., PBJ sandwiches) as racist or feminist or Nazi or whatever, they are claiming decades-old […]

Sleepwalking Toward Tyranny

Posted by on October 27, 2024 at 7:02 pm

“Like the proverbial frog slowly boiled to death for failing to detect the rising temperature of the water, we are sleepwalking toward tyranny.” — Joe Boot, Ruler of Kings I have cited twice before from Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government, written by apologist, pastor, and cultural theologian Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot. […]

When Heresy Creeps into the Christian Cultural Worldview

Posted by on October 6, 2024 at 8:30 pm

“Final authority resides only with the Author of all creation, who places human beings in His creation, made in His image, and subject to His Law-Word for all things. This is no less true in biology and history than in political science or theology.” — Joe Boot, Ruler of Kings I finished a book a […]

Senate Report on Secret Service Failure in Butler County

Posted by on September 29, 2024 at 7:28 pm

“A bipartisan Senate report released Wednesday blasts the U.S. Secret Service for several significant failures that led to the near-fatal assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, over the summer.” — Casey Harper, The Center Square The interim report referenced in the above quote was released by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), […]

Countering Abolitionist Accusations of Pro-Lifers’ Moral Compromise

Posted by on September 15, 2024 at 7:32 pm

“Even with a bill that they believe will or could be a successful end run around the tyranny of the federal judiciary, [those who passed the Texas ‘heartbeat’ bill] still chose to violate God’s law absent any even pragmatically compelling reason to do so. This is indicative of an addiction to compromise on the part […]