Christopher Columbus
Kerby Anderson Today is Columbus Day. While this is a holiday for many, it is an opportunity for all of us to look back on the life and exploits of Christopher Columbus. I guess we should begin by ac...
Weaponizing Sexual Accusations
Penna Dexter The loudest female voices regarding the allegations against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh were those denouncing senators' support for him and demanding it be "justified" with more...
Decline of America
Kerby Anderson Two weeks ago my commentary was all about “good news” that is rarely covered by the press since it isn’t really considered news. I wanted to come back and talk about some “bad news” tha...
Bert and Ernie
Kerby Anderson If you want to see how crazy the culture wars have become, you need look no further than Bert and Ernie on “Sesame Street.” On a fairly regular basis, viewers and political activists ha...
Last Call for Liberty
Kerby Anderson America is a divided country. Os Guinness in his book, Last Call for Liberty, argues that the American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. He believes that the...
Hurricanes and Climate
Kerby Anderson Every time a major hurricane hits the American coastline, we can be sure to hear more claims that the devastation is due to global warming. Reporters and politicians argue that the Eart...
Sexual Harassment in Sports
Kerby Anderson Just over a week ago, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban went into a Los Angeles studio to try to explain why he wasn’t aware of sexual harassment in the corporate offices of the Maveric...
Condemning Little House
Penna Dexter This past summer, the American Library Association renamed its Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. The prize is now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award. The ALA says Wilder's body of w...
Suicide Rate Rising
Kerby Anderson The suicide rate in America is increasing. That not only makes it an important public health issue. It has also become an election year issue. Antonio Delgado is a congressional candid...
Sound of Democracy?
Kerby Anderson During the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh we saw lots of protesters screaming outside the hearing room. Senator Dick Durbin declared that, “What we heard is the noise o...
Leftist Ideology
Last week I talked about the difference between the terms “liberal” and “leftist.” I wanted to revisit that discussion because I have found that it helps explain what is happening in the political sce...
Leftist Conspiracies
Kerby Anderson Conspiracies have been around for centuries, but the Internet has made it much easier to promote a conspiracy that has the potential of going viral before rational people can begin to t...
