The American Experiment (or The Great American Experiment) is a phrase often applied to the United States of America. It’s usually attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville but probably stems from a bad translation of his French. Too bad. It’s a marvelous term even though it can be co-opted for almost Read more…
When historians look back on our era, one of the things they will scratch their heads about is the phenomenon of “Fake News” and its attendant “Fact Checking” and wonder why we stopped calling both by their proper name: “propaganda.” Boisterous re-definition of terms and ignorance about language seems silly, Read more…
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” thundered the Great and Powerful Oz. What a wonderful scene from the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Everyone who sees that movie understands instinctively and immediately that the presentation of smoke, lightning, and sound was a fraud exposed. To avoid Read more…
Have you been to a protest lately? Perhaps you’ve been to your state capitol to see about having your state re-opened from COVID house arrest. Perhaps you’ve marched in a BLM protest to defund the police. Maybe it’s been a different civic argument. But do you know why you’re fighting? Have you a bedrock Read more…
Absence of concession indicates a pride that carries with it a desire to conform the world to our own vision. It means we think we’re God.
If our minds are not forward-focused and free from fear we will cower at every stray wind, doubt, or virus.
Three legs of a very stable stool. Liberty preserves both life and property.
Well, we are all gonna die; nobody gets out alive. But we’re being steam-rolled into accepting a cure worse than the disease.
Today, the wonder is that God has not plagued the nations with punishments for sins committed;sins that we, His church, have not been whole-heartedly fighting.
Our seemingly endless military occupation of the Middle East has recently spawned speculation about terrorist “sleeper cells” here in the United States. A fair definition of sleeper cells is: A group of people (sleepers) who inconspicuously remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, to perform acts Read more…