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Kerby Anderson A Pew survey from last year found that a significant number of Americans believe that socialism “gives all people an equal opportunity to be successful.” A quarter (23%) agree with this statement with another quarter (29%) agreeing with it somewhat. Vance Ginn, writing in the Washington Examiner, is alarmed “that most people who favor socialism don’t understand it or its negative consequences.” They may be motivated by emotional appeals to fairness and equality but are unaware of the…

Penna Dexter On January 13th, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases that are, arguably, the most important of the current term. At issue are laws passed in West Virginia and Idaho that protect female sports. According to these laws only biological females may participate in women’s sporting events. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged both laws in court. Their attorneys contend that these laws violate the civil rights of transgender athletes who are biological males…

Kerby Anderson The American middle class is disappearing. The editors of the Wall Street Journal believe that is good news since more Americans are earning their way into higher income brackets. That isn’t the way the decline of the middle class is being portrayed by pundits and politicians. “President Trump’s supporters use this fear of household economic decline to justify his tariffs and industrial policies. Liberals treat it as an excuse for raising taxes, redistributing income, and adding cradle-to-grave entitlements.”…

Kerby Anderson John Halpin is the executive editor of The Liberal Patriot and writes about “The Demise of Religion Among Democrats.” This significant shift may have an impact on the 2026 elections. The educational shift in the Democratic coalition has been documented in the book, Where Have All the Democrats Gone?. Democrats used to be known as the party of the working class, but now have shifted to more college-educated voters that are usually located in some of the postindustrial…

Kerby Anderson Perhaps you have seen an Internet meme that connects mathematics to the universe. It begins with a quote by Eugene Wigner, a Nobel-prize winning physicist who was considered one of the sharpest minds in quantum theory. He observed that “the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious.” Humans invented math to count, trade, and organize logic. Yet the universe obeys equations with “terrifying precision.” Humans didn’t invent math to explain the…

=1Kerby Anderson Arthur MacWaters has a chart many people are forwarding to others. The title of his chart is “National Budgets vs. Combined US Fraud + Debt Service.” I have cited it on my radio program, but seeing the chart has an even greater impact. The top line shows the U.S. budget, which is the largest budget in the world. The next line is the budget for China. The third line is the U.S. fraud + debt service. Under that…

Penna Dexter Post-Roe v. Wade, abortion numbers have increased. Although some states prohibit it outright, chemical abortions take place in every state. Well before the justices handed down their 2022 Dobbs ruling freeing us from Roe’s  federal “right” to abortion, the Food and Drug Administration made abortion easier to obtain, and more dangerous. Abortion drugs first became legal in the U.S. in 2000. That’s the year the FDA approved the 2-drug regimen to be used during the first seven weeks…

Kerby Anderson Ed Price writes about global economics and recently wrote to explain a mystery. After World War II, we assumed we would have a vibrant international economy. When the Cold War ended, that seemed even more likely. Globalization would lead to a peaceful world and a stable economy. Instead, he says, “we are seeing the stuff of diplomatic nightmares: international tensions and competing territorial claims. There is an arms race in the South China Sea. There is a ground…

Kerby Anderson Rich Lowry believes Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is making the right decision about so-called “gender-affirming care.” The HHS is pushing back against such treatment for children under age 18. They have engaged in several regulatory actions that will discourage doctors and hospitals from continuing the practice. “As part of the effort, HHS released a review of the state of research into gender-affirming care. The study establishes that this suite of interventions — involving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone…

Kerby Anderson Andrew McCarthy asks, Who Is the Radical? He felt the need to revisit a topic he has addressed many times: radical Islam. He was the U.S. attorney that led the 1995 prosecution of the terrorists who planned the first attack on the World Trade Center. He has researched Muslim terrorism and wants Americans to clearly see these threats. He begins by reminding us of the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy. It is “integrate but don’t assimilate.” It was the subject…

Kerby Anderson Debate about the ongoing effort of deportation has surfaced a fundamental question concerning immigration. Who should stay, and who should go? At one extreme are American citizens who reject the idea that the country should have borders. But a country without borders isn’t a country. The rest of us would like to have a country that encourages immigration that is controlled and allows for people who arrive to become meaningfully integrated into the American culture. That has been…