Defining Words
Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about “defining woke.” Today, I want to talk about defining words. Noah Rothman recently explained “How We Know That Woke Is Losing.” He begins by explaining that the...
Defining Woke
Kerby Anderson For decades, the left has been willing to redefine terms to win a debate and convince the public of their views. Tomorrow I will provide some examples of that linguistic sleight-of-hand...
Lies We Believe
Kerby Anderson Recently I mentioned the name of Shane Pruitt on my radio program, and it reminded me of his book that we talked about a few years ago. We live in a world devoid of much common sense, a...
Historical Ignorance
Kerby Anderson Years ago, a doctor wrote an article entitled, “What’s Keeping David McCullough from Sleeping?” This noted historian and award-winning author had trouble sleeping because he was worryin...
Freedom’s Foundations
Kerby Anderson Freedom in this country depends upon three important foundations: morality, limits, and human rights. First, freedom depends on morality. John Adams observed, “Our constitution was made...
N.T. Wright - Wrong
Penna Dexter Historic Christianity celebrates May 31st as The Feast of the Visitation, which has also been described as the first meeting of Jesus and John the Baptist. Mary, early in her pregnancy, t...
Bigger Government
Kerby Anderson The current debate about the federal budget centers on whether the government is too big and too inefficient. Most Republicans argue that the federal government is too big. Many Democra...
Juneteenth
Kerby Anderson Today is Juneteenth. You may know it as a recently declared federal holiday, but I have found that most Americans (outside of those who live in Texas) don’t know much about it, which is...
Compared to Whom?
Kerby Anderson “To know only one country is to know none.” That insight by Seymour Martin Lipset is so important that Jonah Goldberg believes it should be pounded into the heads of every high school s...
Political Realignment
Kerby Anderson One of the common mistakes among Christians is to assume that the future will be merely an extension of the present. We might assume there will be some changes, but often we can’t imagi...
AI and Human Control
Kerby Anderson You may remember the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” where the computer, HAL 9000, would not allow itself to be shut down by the astronauts. HAL begins to malfunction in subtle ways but...
Pride’s Slowing Momentum
Penna Dexter It’s Pride Month again. It used to be called gay pride. Now — in an effort to force the concept on all of us — it’s just Pride. There are Pride celebrations taking place across the coun...