Atheists Praise Christianity
Kerby Anderson Has Christianity made a positive impact on Western civilization? That was a question I posed a few months ago in a commentary, and in it I provided a short list of atheists who would ag...
Don’t Excuse Rioters
Kerby Anderson Sometimes I feel that my responsibility is to provide context for events in the news. That was certainly the case when riots that started in Minneapolis broke out in cities across the c...
Twitter and Trump
Kerby Anderson The editors of the Wall Street Journal asked an insightful question. “Where would President Trump be if his critics didn’t so often help him?” What they are talking about was the decisi...
Hillsdale Graduation
Penna Dexter A dear friend texted me a photo of her daughter and two classmates on their graduation day from medical school. Decked out in traditional graduation garb — gathered in one of their apartm...
Counting the Cost
Kerby Anderson What has been the cost of the coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown? We usually hear pundits talking about the lives lost and the jobs lost. But there is another way to understand how...
Sprint to the Left
Kerby Anderson Presidential campaigns in this country follow a predictable pattern. The Republican candidate caters to the conservative voters most likely to vote in the primaries. Once winning the no...
National Emergencies and Deregulation
Kerby Anderson Whenever this country has faced a national emergency, our political leaders have increased their power and authority. More power flows to the national government and usually more power...
Nursing Homes and Social Justice
Kerby Anderson One of the unnecessary tragedies of this pandemic has been the deaths of so many elderly patients in nursing homes, especially in New York. One Democratic Assemblyman who represents Que...
Disincentivizing Work
Penna Dexter Finally, states are allowing — and encouraging — businesses to reopen. But when they attempt to re-hire laid-off workers, many employers are getting a surprising response: “No thank you”...
College Finances
Kerby Anderson Many colleges in America face a bleak financial future. They may have survived campus riots and protests in the past, but they may not weather the financial challenges they will face st...
Religious Liberty
Kerby Anderson The battle over church attendance and religious liberty has been the major focus of Kelly Shackelford and the First Liberty Institute. He writes about it in his article in Newsweek. Whe...
