Liberal Protests
Kerby Anderson Shelby Steele is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and an African-American author and commentator. Recently he was reflecting on the stark difference between t...
Millennial Means Nothing
Kerby Anderson In my commentaries I often refer to the millennial generation. But what does the term “millennial” really mean? According to John Quiggin, “millennial means nothing.” That is the title...
Opioid Crisis
Kerby Anderson The opioid crisis is getting worse, but there is also good evidence that solving this crisis will require careful strategies because the problem is more complex than many might imagine....
Youth Protests
Kerby Anderson This weekend students will hold demonstrations demanding gun control legislation. As I have said in previous commentaries, these young people have every right to express their views. An...
Debating Down Syndrome
Penna Dexter Two Washington Post columnists wrote opposing columns last week on Down syndrome babies' right to life. The title of Mark Theissen's piece is, "When will we stop killing humans with Down...
Christian Ethics at Harvard
Kerby Anderson Harvard University placed a Christian group (Harvard College Faith and Action) on “administrative probation” because they “pressured a female member . . . to resign in September...
Sexting More Common Than You Think
Kerby Anderson Teenagers are sending sexually explicit images and videos to each other at an alarming rate. That is the conclusion of a study posted recently in the journal Pediatrics. The journal art...
Opinion Laundering
Kerby Anderson You may start seeing the phrase “opinion laundering” more often in news and commentaries. Journalists have used the phrase to identify something that has been taking place in the public...
PROMISE Program
Kerby Anderson One of the questions that surfaces repeatedly from the shooting in Parkland, Florida is why the FBI and local law enforcement didn’t do more to stop the shooter. He was a ticking time b...
Mayor Warning Immigrants
Kerby Anderson We are a divided nation in trying to decide what to do with immigrants who have come to this country illegally. That is why Congress has not passed legislation that will clarify the sta...
Mainstreaming Mass Murderers
Penna Dexter After the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a meeting of surviving students was convened at the White House. Fifteen-year-old Justin Gruber reminded the president he wasn't e...
Broken Boys
Kerby Anderson Are boys in America broken? Many certainly are. We see them in our prisons, on the streets, and in news stories about domestic abuse or even school shootings. That is why Michael Ian Bl...
