Statistics Like A Bikini

I don’t have any strong affinities for Rick Santorum.  For me, the jury’s still out on the best Republican candidate.  But, regardless of the candidate, what I can’t stand are ridiculous accusations of racism and/or discrimination whenever someone (usually a conservative) so much as mentions race.   And that’s just what happened recently in response [...]

The (True) War on Christmas – Part 2

Skye Jethani writes (emphasis mine): The New York Times conducted a survey of Christmas sermons in 1931 and reported a common theme: “the suggestion that Christmas could not survive if Christ were thrust into the background by materialism.” Another popular sermon of the period railed that Advent had become little more than a “profit-seeking period.” Sermons [...]

The (True) War on Christmas – Part 1

Disclaimer: This post reflects my personal opinion on this topic.  I do not intend to impugn anyone’s motives, nor question anyone’s parenting decisions.  I recognize that there are godly Christians who would disagree with me on this issue. I hear there’s a war on Christmas.  But when I look around, it seems that many Christians [...]

Dependency and Democracy

First Things: The original justification for the modern welfare state was that it would be a “safety net”—an exception to the rules of normal economic ebb and flow, designed to lift up those who, through some oversight, had “slipped through the cracks.” But we now find ourselves in a situation where the exception is becoming [...]

We Have No One to Blame But Ourselves

A surprisingly insightful commentary from NPR on Kim Kardashian’s failed marriage: I stress that because the Kardashian nuptials have once again triggered the cycle of indulgence and regret that marks both the public treatment of celebrity news and the day after Thanksgiving. Once again, we hear about the decline of culture, the end of intelligence, [...]

Sound Advice for the Occupy Wall Street Crowd

Dave Ramsey offers some refreshingly insightful comments: “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Yeah, that’s great. But what do you want? What are your goals? What are your demands? What result are you looking for?  The beauty of being vague is that anyone who has any emotion can get [...]

Are Evangelicals Dangerous?

Al Mohler: Are evangelicals dangerous? Well, certainly not in the sense that more secular voices warn. The vast majority of evangelicals are not attempting to create a theocracy, or to oppose democracy. To the contrary, evangelicals are dangerous to the secularist vision of this nation and its future precisely because we are committed to participatory [...]

5 Truths About Climate Change

The Wall Street Journal: 1) The carbon taxers/limiters have lost. Carbon-dioxide emissions have been the environmental issue of the past decade… Here’s a reality check: During the same decade that Mr. Gore and the IPCC dominated the environmental debate, global carbon-dioxide emissions rose by 28.5%. Those increases reflect soaring demand for electricity, up by 36%, [...]