Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson Does the 14th amendment automatically grant citizenship to anyone born in this country? That is the current policy of this government, but a number of constitutional scholars disagree. I have written about this in the past and want to focus on it again. But I also have noted that a number of conservative lawyers who have been on my radio program accept the government’s policy. If you think the policy should be changed, I would recommend you start by…

Kerby Anderson In a recent commentary, I mentioned that many radio listeners object to the fact that Social Security is considered an entitlement. After all, they argue, they paid into Social Security and Medicare. Now they are receiving a partial refund of money they paid into the system. While that is true for some people, it is not true for many others. Let’s look at the numbers. A credible analysis was done a few years ago by the Urban Institute….

Kerby Anderson Many people in our world accept certain lies uncritically. That is the argument in one of the chapters in the book Deceivers. Dr. Gary Frazier was on Point of View radio talk show recently to talk about his chapter dealing with “Laodicean Lies.” The church in Laodicea is mentioned in the third chapter of the book of Revelation. It was a church that was lukewarm–neither hot nor cold. In many ways, this describes our 21stcentury world. The first Laodicean Lie…

Kerby Anderson A recent post on redstate.com by someone with the identifier “surgeon67” caught my attention. It provides four important critiques of the current attempt to promote a single-payer, government-run health care plan using the title “Medicare for All.” The four points are: regulations, rationing, cost, and right to healthcare. The discussion of regulations starts with this question: Have we ever seen a government program that didn’t come with a stack of regulations that would make War and Peace seem like…

Kerby Anderson A recent Gallup poll shows that a majority of Democrats (57%) view socialism favorably compared to a new low (47%) of Democrats who view capitalism favorably. To put this in perspective, just a few years ago, a majority (56%) of Democrats viewed capitalism favorably. Meanwhile, more than seven in ten (71%) of Republicans have had a favorable view of capitalism during that same time period. The Gallup poll was quick to acknowledge that their poll does not define…

Penna Dexter Chelsea Clinton gives legal abortion credit for boosting the American economy. Speaking at a Planned Parenthood-sponsored rally opposing the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, she attempted to help her audience of abortion activists add financial persuasion to their arsenal of arguments for abortion rights. Ms. Clinton stated, “American women entering the labor force from 1973 to 2009 added three and a half trillion dollars to our economy. Right?” Actually….. the 60-plus million abortions that…

Kerby Anderson Earlier this month the tech giants (Facebook, Apple, and YouTube) announced that they would ban the content of Alex Jones. At the same time, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey explained that Alex Jones had not violated Twitter’s rule and the tech platform would act “impartially regardless of political viewpoints.” When I heard that he made that statement, I said on radio that he was about to face a huge backlash. I was right. Although he faced criticism from the outside,…

Kerby Anderson Recently, Jay Cost wrote that “The Declaration of Independence was more radical than any of the men who signed it.” Once you understand that important point, you can give more credit to the document than it currently receives on most college campuses. The standard line is this: Thomas Jefferson wrote that all people are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” but he was a slave owner. There is a significant disconnect between his words and his…

Kerby Anderson As we approach the November midterm elections, it is worth mentioning once again the need for states and local jurisdictions to clean up their voter rolls. The recent special election in Ohio was yet another reminder of the fact that there is still lots of work to be done. The race between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor ended up being very close. That means that counting of absentee ballots and provisional ballots will be important and…

Kerby Anderson What started out as a slogan and a bumper sticker has essentially become a platform of one political party. I am talking about the call to “Abolish ICE.” ICE stands for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In some respects, the call to abolish ICE is not new. Fifteen years ago, you could find some activists calling for the dismantling of ICE because they perceived that the agency violated civil rights. But the call to abolish ICE has…

Penna Dexter Two recent news stories converge to demonstrate how a fully functioning, vibrant economy depends upon a culture of life. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that job openings in the US climbed to 6.7 million in the three months ended in June, the highest level since 2001. The number of unfilled jobs is growing in nearly every industry. The Journal explains that an expanding economy that demands more labor combined with a historically low unemployment rate has resulted in a situation…