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Kerby Anderson Today is Good Friday. On this day, believers around the world commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. We all understand that. What most of us don’t understand is why this dark day in which Jesus suffered and died is called “Good Friday.” Why isn’t it called Bad Friday or Dark Friday? Over the years, people have put forward various theories. Some argue that it is called Good Friday because something good came about because of the death, burial,…

Kerby Anderson Charles Cooke has written a powerful essay with the title, “Against Misery.” He has had enough of the “long faces” of Americans. We should have gratitude for what we enjoy and usually take for granted. “A baby who is born in America today would have been envied by pretty much every other human being who came before. Without having done anything to earn it, that baby is the beneficiary of thousands of years’ worth of other people’s effort,…

Kerby Anderson Today is April Fool’s Day, so it seems appropriate to talk about the new book by J. Budziszewski, Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy. He was on my radio program to talk about his book. His book identifies and answers 30 different lunacies, broken down into various sections. Part One are the delusions about virtue and happiness. We talked about the postmodern idea that basic right and wrong are different for…

Kerby Anderson Victor Davis Hanson wrote about “Our New Ungracious Immigrants.” He wisely began by reminding us of the positive impact of immigrants that have given us such high-tech benefits as “eBay, Google, Nvidia, SpaceX, Stripe, Sun Microsystems, Tesla, Yahoo, and a host of others.” And he also reminded us of the immigrants in the past who were thrilled to be in America and became hyperpatriotic. But something has changed. He takes a few pages to remind us of immigrants…

Kerby Anderson A few weeks ago, a Breakpoint commentary had the intriguing title: “Yes, Jesus Had a God Complex.” John Stonestreet and Timothy Padgett were writing about a survey of UK teens, ages 14 to 17, entitled “Troubling Jesus.” The goal was to understand how non-Christian kids think about Scripture. They obviously didn’t think highly of God, Jesus, or the Bible. Some felt that the God of the Bible was “really violent and aggressive.” They said God had an “unequal power dynamic.” From their…

Penna Dexter The pro-trans frenzy in public education is supposedly fading. Early in his second term, President Trump issued several executive orders meant to protect against attempts to indoctrinate K-12 students into delusional gender ideologies. School districts who violate these directives and retain policies, like allowing boys on women’s sports teams and into women’s private spaces, risk losing federal education funding. But can we really expect public education bureaucrats to resist the pressure coming from activist groups on the left,…

Kerby Anderson Alyssa Blakemore explains “Why Parents Should Read to Their Kids.” That is what she does and encourages parents and grandparents to do the same. Research from last year showed that fewer parents actually read aloud to their children. “A dismal 41 percent of zero- to four-year-olds are read to frequently, down more than 20 percentage points from 2012.” She has found that Gen Z parents now regard reading as “more a subject to learn than a fun thing…

Kerby Anderson How are Gen Z employees doing in the workplace? Two articles point to significant problems. Suzy Welch is a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business. In her article in the Wall Street Journal, she explains her values inventory that can help anyone, especially younger adults, discover their purpose through the intersection of their values, aptitude, and economically viable interests. Her analysis produced a number that startled her co-workers and her. “A mere 2 percent of Generation Z…

Kerby Anderson Conspiracy theories about Israel can be heard on many talk programs and can be read in many blog posts. Danny Burmawi took the time to list 8 common conspiracy theories about Israel and provide a short response to each of them. One is the belief that Israel drags the U.S. into Middle Eastern wars. He reminds us that the U.S. was engaged in Middle Eastern conflicts before the founding of Israel. He also points to many conflicts that…

Kerby Anderson Yesterday, I talked about the rising amount of national debt because we have increased the deficit over the last six months by $1 trillion. You might logically wonder if the government could find some ways to save some money by cutting spending. Let me illustrate how difficult that has been by taking us back to last year when Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency tried cutting spending. A few months ago, the New York Times did…

Kerby Anderson War is costly. After more than three weeks of military engagement in Iran, critics and even many supporters want to know the costs. The cost in lives has been minimal, though any person who dies in a war is a tragedy. But previous war games done by the Defense Department estimated a much greater loss of life and military hardware. And it’s reasonable to assume that Iran’s military will not be able to threaten its neighbors anytime in…