Closed Minds
Kerby Anderson Thirty years ago, Allan Bloom wrote the book, The Closing of the American Mind. Charles Koch wrote an op-ed with the same title. There are some similarities between the two, but also on...
HHS Solicits Feedback
Penna Dexter The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is revamping its strategic plan for the years ahead. It is taking steps to reverse the pro-abortion emphasis the previous administration p...
Abortion Extremists
Kerby Anderson George Will asks an intriguing question in a recent column. “What would America’s abortion policy be if the number of months in the gestation of a human infant were a prime number—say,...
Pro-Choice Gotcha Arguments
Kerby Anderson Now that an abortion bill has made its way to the U.S. Senate, we are seeing a number of pro-choice arguments surfacing on social media. Some are gotcha questions intended to trip up th...
Everything All the Time
Kerby Anderson In many of my commentaries, I lament how just about everything has become politicized. We can attribute that to the fact that we live in a nation that is divided. But Daniel Foster has...
The Martyr's Oath
Kerby Anderson The plight of persecuted Christians is worse than ever. That is the conclusion of a recent report by Aid to the Church in Need. It documents that persecution of Christians today is wors...
Beyond Gender
Penna Dexter A new report reveals that founders of the feminist movement unwittingly sowed the seeds for the current demand for transgender rights. The report, entitled Sex, Gender, and the Origin of...
Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Kerby Anderson Two recent articles illustrate our uncertainty about the future of technology. One proclaims that, “More than 70% of US fear robots taking over our lives.” Another is the special editio...
Hollywood Homicide
Kerby Anderson Whenever there is a shooting or a statistic about gun violence, many instinctively call for gun control. But I also know that some of my listeners instead point to the violence we see i...
Criticizing Silicon Valley
Kerby Anderson Two months ago, I wrote about how a few were starting to call some of the billionaires in the Silicon Valley “the new robber barons.” Most of the Silicon Valley companies seemed untouch...
Seattle Economics
Kerby Anderson The Seattle City Council’s latest public policies provide perfect examples of why we need more economic education. A recent column by George Will reminds us that economic illiteracy and...
