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January 29, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Oligarchs

Kerby Anderson In his last two presidential addresses, Joe Biden warned of the rise of oligarchs and the development of a tech-industrial complex. He reminded the nation of the farewell address of Pr...

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January 28, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Porn Sites

Kerby Anderson Pornography and porn sites were the topic of the Supreme Court earlier this month. The key question was whether requiring age verification on a porn site violates the First Amendment....

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January 27, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Tipping Point

Kerby Anderson Charles Cooke recently asked, “Are Californians Near the Tipping Point?” He asked that question because of the reaction from many in Southern California to how politicians handled the...

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January 24, 2025
Penna Dexter

Biden’s Zombie ERA

Penna Dexter In one of his final lawless acts, just three days before leaving office, President Biden proclaimed that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land.” Congress passed this amendmen...

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January 24, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Retirement

Kerby Anderson Although Congress needs to reevaluate various programs like Social Security, it is unlikely it will do so for two reasons. First, it would be politically unwise to even modify any of t...

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January 23, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Remaking the World – Part Two

Kerby Anderson Yesterday, I talked about some of the transformations in 1776 that Andrew Wilson discussed in his book, Remaking the World. They are identified by the acronym WEIRDER. W stands for “we...

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January 22, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Remaking the World – Part One

Kerby Anderson The year 1776 changed the western world in significant ways. That is the conclusion of Andrew Wilson (pastor at King’s Church in London) in his book, Remaking the World. He was on my r...

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January 21, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Dollar and Inflation

Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about apples and inflation. There is another way to think about the inflation that has been part of our economy for the past 100 years. The supply of U.S. dollars ha...

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January 20, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Apples and Inflation

Kerby Anderson Today the U.S. is getting a new president. Soon, Canada will be getting a new prime minister. The new prime minister may be Pierre Poilievre. He was recently asked what steps he would...

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January 17, 2025
Penna Dexter

LA Burning

Penna Dexter I love living in Texas but, by birth and upbringing, I’m an LA girl — born in Pasadena, raised in a beach town, and educated at a university near downtown. I’m mourning the massive damage...

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January 17, 2025
Kerby Anderson

Fertility Rates

Kerby Anderson When I first started writing this commentary nearly two decades ago, the average woman in the United States had 2.1 children in her lifetime. This is what many demographers called “the...

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January 16, 2025
Kerby Anderson

China and Rubio

Kerby Anderson How will the new administration deal with the China challenge? We can get some perspective from Senator Marco Rubio’s book, Decades of Decadence. He will soon be confirmed as Secretary...

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