Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson You have probably heard the observation that often the military is “fighting the current war with the tactics of the previous war.” There has been a tendency for military leaders to rely on strategies and approaches that were successful in the past, even when they were ineffective due to new technologies. Christian Brose argues that “America Must Prepare to Face the Foes of the Future.” He illustrates that by quoting the Washington Post, “Ukraine Attacks Russian Air Bases in…

Kerby Anderson When Texas Democrats fled the state to avoid a vote on redistricting, all of us started learning more about the phenomenon of gerrymandering. Even though I have written at least a half dozen commentaries about gerrymandering, I learned how significant the issue has become. For example, most of those Democrats fled to Illinois, which was given two F grades by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and described by some commentators as “the most gerrymandered state in the Union.” Many…

Penna Dexter The fertility rate in the United States just hit 1.6 children per woman, an all time low. The replacement rate — the level that will keep the population stable —  is 2.1 children per woman in the U.S. and 2.25 globally. Drop below 2 and depopulation begins. Two economists at the University of Texas, Austin outline the factors leading toward depopulation and warn against allowing it to happen. The Wall Street Journal’s Greg Ip reviewed their book, After…

Kerby Anderson You may have seen the announcement that astronomers have found an asteroid (Asteroid Psyche 16) that has been found to contain gold reserves worth $700 quintillion. That announcement was followed by the statement that this would be enough to make everyone on Earth billionaires. Numerous comments correctly noted that it would make gold worthless, and we would all still be poor. Many recommended that the person writing the headline should take an economics class. There is no evidence…

Kerby Anderson Many companies have made the decision to move their headquarters out of California. But the latest decision by In-N-Out Burger is something new because most of their restaurants are in the state of California. And the president of In-N-Out says she is leaving not only for financial reasons but also for personal and family reasons. Allie Beth Stuckey (who used to be one of the regular cohosts of the Point of View millennial roundtable) recently interviewed Lynsi Snyder…

Kerby Anderson Professor Gad Saad always provides great insights on a variety of topics when he has been on my radio program. In this case, I want to focus on an interview Charlie Kirk recently did with him to explain why so many Muslims were moving to Western countries. He began by acknowledging that many Muslims are moving to the U.S. and Europe for economic opportunities for them and their children. But he agreed with Charlie Kirk that a percentage…

Kerby Anderson President Trump has accomplished quite a bit in his six months, especially when you consider that he has had to do that without many of his nominees. As of late July, there were 256 nominations pending in the Senate. To put that in perspective, only 86 of his nominees have been confirmed. Not one U.S. attorney had been confirmed at that time. The confirmation process is taking too long due to many factors. I suggest it may be…

Kerby Anderson On a rare occasion, the electricity to our house goes out. But will such outages be more frequent in the future? Is the solution more alternative energy sources or more fossil fuel plants? Leaders in the Democratic party have attacked the recent Republican budget bill because it is phasing out subsidies for wind and solar power. They claim that this legislation will cause power shortages and higher electricity rates. However, the latest Energy Department study documents that just…

Penna Dexter Do you love to read books — but don’t do it enough? That’s me. The most interesting people in my life are those who read a lot of books. Why do I not read as many books as I’d like? Why do I have a stack of them on my bedside table that never seems to get shorter. It’s not that I don’t read. Computers and phones give us things to read all day. “Fear of Missing Out”…

Kerby Anderson Perhaps you have heard of the “heckler’s veto.” This occurs when someone who disagrees with a speaker’s message triggers actions or protests to disrupt the event and get the speech cancelled. We have seen this tactic on university campuses primarily used against conservative speakers. I thought of this tactic when I read about the controversy surrounding expensive security fees charged against Turning Point USA at a Texas university just thirty miles from my radio studio. The administration charged…

Kerby Anderson A recent poll by Pew Research Center discovered that 27 percent of Americans view evangelicals as the most unfavorable faith. They also discovered that Jews ranked as the most favorable religious group. The poll asked Americans to rank six of the mainstream religious groups. Those were Jews, mainline Protestants, Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, and Evangelical Christians. The greatest number of unfavorable feelings were expressed toward Evangelical Christians and Mormons. By contrast, the most positive feelings were reserved for Jews…