Kerby Anderson Over the last few years, I have been speaking and writing about the challenge that technology poses to parents and really to all of us. And if you watch the news and visit various websites, you will see the growing concern on the part of parents and policy makers. Perhaps you read about the Denver anesthesiologist Tim Farnum who has been on a crusade against smartphones. He is convinced they have turned his young sons into zombies. He…

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Kerby Anderson The opioid epidemic in America will be getting more attention this month due to policy statements and popular magazines. A week ago, President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic to be a national emergency. Given the recent statistics, that might be an understatement. Last week, People Magazine featured the epidemic on it cover and shows pictures of the faces of the epidemic. The statistics are alarming. Fatal overdoses from natural and semi synthetic opioids like morphine and oxycodone…
Kerby Anderson The ongoing debate about school vouchers suffers because both opponents and proponents often do a poor job of explaining what they are and what they would accomplish. First, let’s look at what opponents are saying. Randi Weingarten is the president of the American Federation of Teachers. In a recent speech, she talked about the racist roots of the school-choice movement. She even compared Education Secretary Betsy DeVoss to Governor George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. The comparison…
Kerby Anderson It was a grand experiment. Declare a “War on Poverty” and years later celebrate a victory. Unfortunately, poverty won the war. The percentage of people in poverty today is just slightly lower than the percentage in the 1960s when the war to end poverty began. People living in poverty now are doing better than decades ago, but we certainly have not eliminated poverty. Peter Cove has a bold vision. The title of his book is, Poor No More:…
Kerby Anderson The events over the last two weeks are reason enough to ask a tough question. Why do some people believe there are superior races and inferior races? That is certainly not a biblical perspective. Mark Bailey is the President of Dallas Theological Seminary. He has written an insightful commentary on The Absolute Absurdity of a Supreme Race. His biblical argument looks at two key Bible passages. First, is the biblical account of creation that explains that, “God made…
Penna Dexter Columnist George Will writes frequently about how young adults can avoid winding up poor. He says, “First, get at least a high school diploma, then get a job, then get married, and only then have children.” In a recent column, he addresses the “success sequence,” which he says is “insurance against poverty.” A report published this summer, by the Institute for Family Studies and cosponsored by the American Enterprise Institute provides fresh evidence of the wisdom of George…
Kerby Anderson Jean Twenge has been researching generational differences for a quarter century. But she noticed in 2012 abrupt shifts in teen behaviors and emotional states. Up until that time there were gentle slopes of line graphs. Suddenly they became steep mountains and sheer cliffs. That year is when the proportion of Americans who owned a smartphone surpassed 50 percent. Her latest article in The Atlantic asks the ominous question: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? The generation she is thinking…
Kerby Anderson Dinesh D’Souza is ready to debunk what he calls The Big Lie, in his book by the same title. The Left have been saying that the president is a fascist and the Republican Party is akin to the Nazi Party. Street thugs and pundits throw around the Nazi card and the fascism card with abandon. He believes it is time to turn the tables and explain who the real fascists are. If you want to see a true…
Kerby Anderson When Google computer scientist James Damore tried to start a conversation about diversity and inclusion within the company, he and Google soon found themselves in a national conversation. His memo addressed “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” and explained that many ideas and viewpoints at the company could not be honestly discussed. Google’s Vice President of Diversity, Integrity & Governance criticized the 10-page memo because it “advanced incorrect assumptions about gender.” Then many of the employees at Google called for…
Kerby Anderson Where are the moderate Muslims? This a question I hear whenever there is a terrorist attack and there seems to be silence from the Muslim community. Christine Douglass-Williams tries to answer that question and many others in her book, The Challenge of Modernizing Islam. When she was on my radio program, she said the original title talked about reforming Islam. They concluded that wasn’t precise enough. She points out that currently there is a turf war within Islam…
Kerby Anderson When President Everett Piper wrote his commentary about an incident on his campus, he had no idea that it would go viral (with 3.5 million views). He told the story about one of the students who felt victimized after a university chapel by a sermon on 1 Corinthians 13, often known as the “love chapter” in Paul’s epistle. He explained the philosophy at Oklahoma Wesleyan University and ended it by saying, “This is not a day care. This…