Intelligence Gathering
Kerby AndersonOver the last month, we have been talking about China. When talking about China, we usually talk about its strengths and technological developments. But there is another side to intellig...
Freedom’s Foundations
Kerby Anderson Freedom in this country depends upon three important foundations: morality, limits, and human rights. First, freedom depends on morality. John Adams observed, “Our constitution was made...
Raise Tax Rates?
Kerby Anderson With estimates that the federal deficit will increase this year, we are once again hearing comments about making the “rich pay their fair share.” Even if we set aside the moral argument...
Short Attention Spans
Kerby Anderson Why do young people have short attention spans? That is a question the editors of the Wall Street Journal asked college students to address. Here are some of the best answers. One stude...
Stunning Reversal
Penna Dexter Two years ago, I complained that: “Radical transgender directives just keep coming from the executive branch of the federal government.” There’s been a stunning reversal. States fought ba...
TV Dinners to Smartphones
Kerby Anderson Columnist Bob Greene noticed a connection between TV Dinners and smartphones. In fact, he says the 1950s meal was a gateway drug for screen addiction. He believes that our zombie-like a...
Political Fantasy
Kerby Anderson A recent poll of Americans conducted by NewsGuard and YouGov is disturbing on its face. It is even more concerning the deeper you delve into the data. The topline comment is that a siza...
Gen Z Spirituality
Kerby Anderson Much has been made of the slight uptick in spiritual interest among the Gen Z generation. George Barna of the Cultural Research Center agrees that there are a few positive trends, but l...
Shortages and Prices
Kerby Anderson It should be obvious by now that shortages from supply chain disruptions will be affecting Americans and the rest of the world for the near future. Whether the war continues or ends tom...
Memorial Day
Kerby Anderson Today is Memorial Day. For many Americans, it is merely a day off. For others, it marks the start of summer. But hopefully for many of you, it is a day to honor those who fought for our...
We’re Talking Less
Penna Dexter Most of us carry a telephone around with us and yet we’re not talking as much as we used to. We’re using our phones, increasingly, to communicate in ways that replace actual talking — lik...
Western Civilization
Kerby Anderson More than sixty years ago, American philosopher James Burnham wrote his famous book, Suicide of the West. He predicted that “suicide is probably more frequent than murder as the end pha...
