Envy and Politics
Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about envy and the irony of politicians using it to advance their progressive agenda. Today I would like to extend this discussion based on some of the insights from...
Infrastructure and Afghanistan
Kerby Anderson American presidents often confront this painful lesson: They may have political plans but those plans often crash into political reality. This week was supposed to be the final orderly...
Breakthrough Data
Penna Dexter The vaccine brought temporary relief from Covid anxiety. Now, as Covid’s Delta variant spreads, Americans — vaccinated and unvaccinated — have been shaken out of any comfort zone we thoug...
Trust the Models?
Kerby Anderson A frequent phrase used these days is that we need “to trust the science.” But I have found that often “trust the science” really means “trust the model” which is not the same thing. Com...
The Virus and Nature
Kerby Anderson G.K. Chesterton once observed that, “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.” Dennis Prager starts off with that quote to illustrate...
Climate Change Hyperbole
Kerby Anderson The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its latest report and the media has dutifully raised the alarm level. The editors of the Wall Street Journal humorously describe...
Illegal Wealth Transfer
Kerby Anderson China and the Chinese Communist Party have been stealing the wealth from America and American companies for years. But the establishment media have generally done a poor job of covering...
Hard Bigotry
Kerby Anderson Former President George W. Bush once said that the political left often viewed minorities with what could be described as “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” We see it in studies th...
Abusing James
Penna Dexter For three years, I have been following the story of James Younger. James is nine years old. He has a twin brother, Jude. The boys’ father, Jeff, has been fighting for custody of them beca...
Trust the Science?
Kerby Anderson For months we have been told to “trust the science.” The reaction from many of us is that we believe in science, but we aren’t as convinced of the scientific validity of some of these a...
Myth of Eradication
Kerby Anderson Two professors (one in the field of medicine and the other in the field of economics) explain why we will never eradicate the COVID virus. Although this should be obvious, they felt the...
