Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson As college students arrive on campus, they confront the “sticker shock” of college tuition. Although lots of comments have been made about President Biden’s plan for student loan debt forgiveness, the real problem has been the rising cost of college tuition. Notice two things are not said by the administration and by those who support student loan forgiveness. No one is saying that the decision won’t cost taxpayers very much. The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School concluded that…

Penna Dexter In her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, British journalist Louise Perry employs facts, figures, human nature, and common sense to argue that the sexual revolution, and the “free sexual playing field” it gave rise to, have been terrible for women. Ms. Perry is not a religious conservative. She states: “It’s precisely because I’m a feminist that I’ve changed my mind on sexual liberalism.” Feminists told women that the availability of birth control and abortion meant…

Kerby Anderson As we look through the corridors of history, we see the rise and fall of nations. The symptoms of societal decline are well known. Governments spend too much and debase their currency. Leaders get decadent and patriotism declines. Families fracture, and eventually the society falls apart. A nation in decline fails to protect its citizens. One of the important functions of a society is to protect the weak from those who intend them harm. Not only is crime…

Kerby Anderson Political campaigns often bring out the worst in gubernatorial candidates, but we are hearing proclamations from governors and former governors attacking the voters. The current campaigns in New York and Florida are just a few examples. The predicate in New York came from the former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Back in 2014, he made it clear that people with certain political views were free to leave the state. What were these toxic views, according to him? That…

Kerby Anderson After Congress passed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, we heard all sorts of promises that only the very rich would be audited. The billions of dollars allocated to the Internal Revenue Service for compliance efforts supposedly would not be used to audit the middle class. Jared Bernstein, who serves on the Council of Economic Advisors, reassured everyone that the money “will not be spent on increasing audits of anybody making less than $400,000 a year.” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured us that the…

Kerby Anderson When I talk about the polarization in this country, I am often asked why is there so much hostility against Christians? We are often the greatest source of ministry and encouragement in the community. In his book, Christians in a Cancel Culture, Joe Dallas devotes a chapter to this question about hostility toward Christians. You can summarize his excellent discussion with three words that begin with the letter “C.” The first is convenience. Whenever truth is told, someone…

Kerby Anderson Today is Labor Day. Although this day was set aside to honor trade and labor organizations, I believe it is a day when Christians can also consider how they view work and labor. The Bible has quite a bit to say about how we are to view work, and so I devote part of a chapter in my book, Making the Most of Your Money, to a biblical view of work. First, we are to work unto the Lord in…

Penna Dexter A colleague sent me an essay by writer and podcaster Bridget Phetasy. Its title is “I regret my promiscuity”. Her story moved me to tears, beginning with her statement “…if I’m honest with myself, of the dozens of men I’ve been with (at least the ones I remember), I can only think of a handful I don’t regret.” Bridget Phetasy wrote this piece after reading and reviewing a new book: The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by British journalist Louise Perry. In…

Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about the book, The Sovereign Individual which decades ago predicted the death of the nation state. To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of the demise of the nation state are greatly exaggerated. Governments may still exist and exercise their power, but we can see how the power and influence of some governments are in decline. There are many reasons for this trend. First, is geography. The information revolution has made it possible for many people…

Kerby Anderson The authors of their book, The Sovereign Individual, explain that we are entering into the fourth stage of human society. First, there were the hunting and gathering societies. Then came the agricultural societies. More recently we had the industrial societies. Now, we live within informational societies. Although the book was written in the 1990s, there are sections of the book that are quoted even now in the second decade of the 21st century. The authors predicted we would…

Kerby Anderson In a culture dominated by political correctness from the left, some views are not allowed to be expressed. The next logical step would be to prevent the news media from even interviewing people holding discredited views. A group called “Physicians for Reproductive Health” have published an open letter to reporters and news editors. They demand that those in the media never interview pro-life people. They say it is time to “stop giving air-time to anti-abortion activists.” They reject…