Stunning Reversal
Penna Dexter Two years ago, I complained that: “Radical transgender directives just keep coming from the executive branch of the federal government.” There’s been a stunning reversal. States fought ba...
TV Dinners to Smartphones
Kerby Anderson Columnist Bob Greene noticed a connection between TV Dinners and smartphones. In fact, he says the 1950s meal was a gateway drug for screen addiction. He believes that our zombie-like a...
Political Fantasy
Kerby Anderson A recent poll of Americans conducted by NewsGuard and YouGov is disturbing on its face. It is even more concerning the deeper you delve into the data. The topline comment is that a siza...
Gen Z Spirituality
Kerby Anderson Much has been made of the slight uptick in spiritual interest among the Gen Z generation. George Barna of the Cultural Research Center agrees that there are a few positive trends, but l...
Shortages and Prices
Kerby Anderson It should be obvious by now that shortages from supply chain disruptions will be affecting Americans and the rest of the world for the near future. Whether the war continues or ends tom...
Memorial Day
Kerby Anderson Today is Memorial Day. For many Americans, it is merely a day off. For others, it marks the start of summer. But hopefully for many of you, it is a day to honor those who fought for our...
We’re Talking Less
Penna Dexter Most of us carry a telephone around with us and yet we’re not talking as much as we used to. We’re using our phones, increasingly, to communicate in ways that replace actual talking — lik...
Western Civilization
Kerby Anderson More than sixty years ago, American philosopher James Burnham wrote his famous book, Suicide of the West. He predicted that “suicide is probably more frequent than murder as the end pha...
Chatbot Shepherd
Kerby Anderson Perhaps you have seen that OpenAI is now offering a chatbot known as “Shepherd” that is a “Christ-like shepherd offering an empathetic ear and compassionate guidance.” In case you are w...
Marijuana for Dummies
Kerby Anderson Every few months, another credible study is published that warns of the dangers of frequent use of marijuana. The most recent study came from researchers at the University of California...
Right-Wing Parents
Kerby Anderson Psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt has been researching the influences on teenagers and young adults. Several years ago, we interviewed him about his book, The Coddling of the Ameri...
Middle East Ripples
Kerby Anderson The Middle East is changing and so is the world. Israel’s war with Hamas is one reason, but a more significant reason is the Iran war. Victor Davis Hanson outlines “The Global Ripples f...
