Historic Court Appointments
Kerby Anderson The US Senate has now confirmed more than 150 judicial nominees. Senator Lindsey Graham declared this was a “historic milestone.” These judges will be interpreting the Constitution acco...
Call Them Racist
Penna Dexter About the worst criticism you can offer of someone today, especially an elected official or a candidate for public office, is to call them a racist. President Trump gets this all the time...
Poll on Voting
Kerby Anderson Voters need to trust in the integrity of the ballot box. That is why we should enact common sense protections. But in our age of political division, even common-sense provisions are som...
Health Care Costs
Kerby Anderson A major campaign issue is health care. Americans are upset with the high cost of health care. Although many candidates are promoting the idea of “Medicare for All,” it won’t bring down...
Campaign Promises
Kerby Anderson No doubt you have heard the phrase: “campaign promises are like pie crust: they are made to be broken.” The first time something like that was uttered was back in the seventeenth centur...
Domestic Terrorists?
Kerby Anderson Recently the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that declares the National Rifle Association to be a domestic terrorist organization. I wasn’t too surprised since I...
Bring Your Bible
Kerby Anderson Earlier this month NFL Quarterback Drew Brees appeared in a short video to promote “Bring Your Bible to School Day.” It wouldn’t even be worth a mention in past years, but a number of c...
Philosopher Wars
Penna Dexter Twelve philosophers from across Europe, North America and Australia recently released a letter to defend the right of members of their profession to express "skepticism about the concept...
Gun Violence Statistics
Kerby Anderson While reading yet another article about gun violence and mass shootings, I came to the conclusion that most of us aren’t sure what is true and what is false. For the next few months, we...
Search for the Gay Gene
Kerby Anderson Two weeks ago, the largest study of the genetic basis of sexuality was published in Science. Based on the genomes of nearly 500,000 people, the research concluded that there was no “gay...
Ending the Electoral College
Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about judicial rulings that could affect the outcome of the Electoral College vote in 2020. While those cases make their way through the courts, the attack on the Ele...
Faithless Elector
Kerby Anderson The Electoral College has become a controversial issue in the last two decades. But a recent federal court ruling could make it even more controversial. Judges in the Tenth Circuit Cour...
