We Are Special
Kerby Anderson Many members of the millennial generation think they are special. At least that is the conclusion of a recent study of college students. Onenewspaper report on the study put it this wa...
Intact Families
Kerby Anderson Are single-parent families just as good for children as two-parent families? Some of the headlines recently in newspapers and newsmagazines seem to say so. But all you have to do is loo...
Answering the New Atheists
Kerby Anderson Many of the best selling books over the last decade have been written by the New Atheists. Although you may never meet any of these authors, you will certainly interact with skeptics w...
Older Voters
Penna Dexter "We've become used to the idea that the young — more progressive in their voting habits — are the future, and the rest of us had just better adapt," writes Gerard Baker, The Wall Street J...
Climate Politics Trap
Kerby Anderson Now that we have had a few Democrat presidential debates, we know what a majority of candidates believe is their number one issue. That would be climate change. Some candidates say it w...
Woke Fascism
Kerby Anderson I recently saw an op-ed co-authored by Tucker Carlson with the arresting title, “Woke Fascism.” I wanted to read the authors’ perspective since I wrote a commentary back in February wi...
American Citizenship
Kerby Anderson What does it mean to be an American citizen? Although that sounds like an essay question for middle school students, it is also a question that may be answered in the next presidential...
Constitutional Order
Kerby Anderson When you were in civics class, you probably learned this formulation. The legislative branch makes laws; the executive branch carries out laws; and the judicial branch interprets laws....
Gerrymandering and the Court
Kerby Anderson Before the Supreme Court headed out of town, they ruled that federal judges cannot block gerrymandering. The term, as you may remember from my previous commentary, comes from Massachus...
Constitution Revisionism
Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about the Declaration of Independence. Since we are in the 4th of July weekend, I thought we could talk about the Constitution. The summer issue of the magazine for W...
Origin of the Declaration
Kerby Anderson Today is the 4th of July, and I thought I would take a moment to talk about the origin of the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson said that many of the ideas in...
