We Need Marriage
Penna Dexter Remember the PBS television show Barney and Friends? It premiered in 1992 and ceased production in 2009. The title character Barney was a purple tyrannosaurus rex who conveyed optimisti...
Cultural Captives
Kerby Anderson Christian young people are not spiritually thriving. That is the conclusion by Stephen Cable in his book, Cultural Captives: The Beliefs and Behavior of American Young Adults. Stephen C...
False Documents
Kerby Anderson An interesting aspect of the immigration debate is how forgiving many Americans can be toward illegal aliens, while never extending that same measure of grace to American citizens. One...
Bigger Government
Kerby Anderson The debate about the federal budget centers on whether the government is too big and too inefficient. Most Republicans argue that government is too big. Many Democrats ask, 'Where is yo...
Bureaucratic Efficiency
Kerby Anderson One of the many dividing lines between progressives and conservatives is their belief in the efficiency and effectiveness of government bureaucracies. Liberals may have some misgivings...
Muslim Refugee
Kerby Anderson Ayaan Hirsi Ali begins her commentary with these words: “I was a Muslim refugee once. I know what it’s like.” She was en route to Canada to consummate a marriage arranged against her wi...
Pentagon's Transgender Policy
Penna Dexter There's a welcome shift away from the social engineering in the military that drains readiness programs. The US Army released an official memo stating that "Transgender training is compl...
Robots and Jobs
Kerby Anderson Will robots destroy jobs and put all of us in the unemployment lines? Some futurists seem to be predicting this scenario. Jay Richards disagrees. He says it is an old argument that is n...
No College Diversity
Kerby Anderson We are all aware of how a conservative speaker is treated on a college campus. Now there is growing evidence that even moderate and slightly liberal speakers or professors will be treat...
Origin of the Declaration
Kerby Anderson Today is the 4thof 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 th...
Starbucks and Wages
Kerby Anderson The Starbucks CEO announced that he was going to close 150 stores. The argument given by the company was that these stores were hit with declining sales. While that may certainly be tru...
Controversial Coffee House
Kerby Anderson It is hard to imagine how a coffee house in Laurel, Maryland would be controversial. After all, the Ragamuffins Coffee House is known for not only serving coffee but also for serving up...