Missing Ballots
Kerby Anderson Our national election is just five weeks away, and yet many news stories illustrate that there are problems on the horizon. Much of the rhetoric focuses on the possibility of election...
Ginsburg’s Hubris
Penna Dexter When President Bill Clinton announced his nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993, he said she “cannot be called a liberal or a conservative. She has proved he...
Culture of Contempt
Kerby Anderson We are a divided country, but it may be worse than we imagined. An article in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences discussed what is called “motive attribution asymmetry....
The Conservative Advantage
Kerby Anderson In a previous set of commentaries, I talked about the interview we did with Jonathan Haidt on his book, The Coddling of the American Mind. Then I saw an essay that quoted his earlier b...
Senate Sickness
Kerby Anderson The US Senate as an institution is sick and dysfunctional. Senator Ben Sasse, playing the role of physician, provides both an accurate diagnosis and recommended cures. But I fear that...
Racial Disparities
Kerby Anderson On my radio program recently, one of my guests mentioned that it is nearly always assumed that any racial disparities are due to racism. When there is a significant difference between...
Protecting Senior Votes
Penna Dexter Here’s good advice for everyone to remember as we enter election season: “Never trust a stranger with your ballot.” This comes from Ken Blackwell, the former Mayor of Cincinnati. It’s...
Biblical Roots of Capitalism
Kerby Anderson Charles Mizrahi was on my radio program recently to talk about his article, “Prosperity and Generosity: The Biblical Roots of Capitalism.” Although we often talk about the Bible and ca...
Discarded Ballots
Kerby Anderson Less than two months before a national election, lawsuits are being filed to change election laws. In Georgia, the law used to require that absentee ballots that arrived after Election...
Second Amendment Moment
Kerby Anderson Back in July, one social commentator concluded that even the most prestigious public-relations firms could not have come up with a more effective advertising campaign for gun manufactu...
Flipping Courts
Kerby Anderson During this presidential election, we will likely hear pundits talking about flipping courts. Will a reelected President Trump continue flipping courts, or will a President Biden be ab...
