Mark Steyn makes a point almost nobody else is making connecting the suppression of free speech with the rise of civil discord and violence: The absence of a wide degree of vigorous free speech leads to “hate acts”, to violent societies where, in the absence of a culture of dissent, the state thinks nothing of,…
Category: Culture
Why I Will Vote for Trump in 2020
In the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election, I shared with anyone who would listen why I wasn’t going to vote for Donald Trump. The primary reason for my decision was that I wasn’t sure the country would be better off with Trump as president than it would be with Hillary. I admitted…
Sir Roger Scruton: How to Preserve Freedom in the West
Real news or fake news? Truth or lies? How do we know the difference? Sometimes all we have to do is look to God’s Word, the Bible. Such as in today’s debates over human sexuality, abortion, the historical Adam, the resurrection of Jesus, etc. Other times, more investigation and application of God’s Word is required….
“I am the 99%”
We live in a world today when it seems that civility is going by the wayside. And in which we are tempted to believe that things are getting worse than they have been in the past. Sometimes, however, that belief is based in the conceit of the present, a thought process where we believe that the…
The Story of Evolution
Six-day creationists, i.e., those of us who believe that God created the world in six 24-hour days, are often ridiculed as being unscientific. Even inside the church many have bent and twisted scripture to accommodate the very modern view that the universe has been in existence for billions of years. However, it is actually the…
The Supreme Court Is a Historically Regressive and Presently Expendable Institution
Often it is difficult to believe what the left is saying. Despite the fact that their arguments often seem irrational, there is usually rational, if incorrect, thought underlying their arguments. Here is one liberal’s take on the current debate over the Supreme Court: There are two immediate ways in which right-wing judges and justices might help…
A patriot’s perspective
David French is a patriot and a decent guy. Marvin Olasky recently published an interview with him in World Magazine. Here’s an excerpt: We’re also geographically sorting. The number of landslide counties that one side wins by 20 percent or more is the highest it’s been. The more we geographically sort ourselves, the more extreme we…
Bus Adverts Promoting Franklin Graham’s Festival of Hope to be Axed
The old saying says that “Hope springs eternal.” However, the truth is that hope is folly, anathema, a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense to those who do not believe: Banner adverts have appeared on Blackpool Transport’s Palladium fleet promoting the Festival of Hope at the Winter Gardens, which will feature American evangelist Franklin…
Big Science Tracks Political Correctness
Life is not easy, but it is a lot simpler than many would have us believe. Here are a few simple (but not simplistic) thoughts for us to chew on: God is our Creator and He created the world in six days. Jesus is our Savior if we repent of our sins and call on…
More Black Babies in New York City are Killed in Abortions Than Born Alive
Some things are a lot more simple than some folks want them to be. In the case of abortion, two simple things stand out. First, abortion is the killing of a living human child. Second, abortion is racist. Here’s Jason Riley from the WSJ: What’s not in doubt is the outsize toll that abortion has taken on the…