Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson I recently saw a list from the History Channel about seven inventions during the Gilded Age that changed the world. It reminded me of a commentary I did a dozen years ago based upon Mark Steyn’s book, After America. He had us imagine what it would be like to bring your great-grandfather living in the late 19th century to an ordinary American home in 1950. The poor gentleman would be astonished. This home is full of mechanical contraptions….

Kerby Anderson Matthew Solomson argues that “Social Justice Is Injustice.” His op-ed attempts to explain why we see so many young people supporting the terrorist actions of Hamas. They have been taught in school an inverted view of justice. He reminds us that, “When federal judges take the oath of office, they say: “I will administer justice without respect to persons and do equal right to the poor and to the rich.” This is a biblical principle that is part…

Penna Dexter The recent off-year election was not a good one for the pro-life movement. One big disappointment was the vote on Ohio Issue 1 which creates a constitutional right to abortion in what has been a pro-life state. The 57 to 43 percent vote, in favor of Issue 1, opens the door for legal late-term abortions and the negation of parental rights and health and safety protections, which Ohio pro-lifers have worked for decades to attain. In 2019, Ohio…

Kerby Anderson I have been reading the latest book from Michael Lewis, Going Infinite which is about Sam Bankman-Fried (often referred to as SBF). Lewis was thinking about the topic of his next book when he took SBF on a hike in the Berkeley Hills. He knew he had the subject for his book when SBF told him that his financial goal was “infinity dollars.” Lewis had unprecedented access to a crypto king worth billions who walked around in cargo…

Kerby Anderson The world has always been a dangerous place. But those dangers are accentuated due to erroneous assumptions about war and foreign policy. Jakub Grygiel highlights three foreign policy illusions. “The first is that leaders are responsible for wars and these countries are our rivals only because of their bad leaders.” One example can be seen in the statement by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who placed the blame of the Russia-Ukraine war on Vladimir Putin. “One man chose…

Kerby Anderson Antisemitism is on the rise in nearly every country. Who would have expected to hear “Gas the Jews” in Sydney, Australia? Jewish students in Germany are being warned by their parents not to wear the Star of David in public. Justin Cohen in a BBC story warns, “The Jewish community at the moment is full of dread, full of fear, like I’ve never seen before.” Those are just a few examples cited by Michael Brown in his commentary,…

Kerby Anderson Two economics professors at Johns Hopkins University are warning that we could be facing tough economic times soon. These men aren’t doom-and-gloom economists, but sober-minded individuals concerned about the policies of the Federal Reserve. We all know drivers who one minute floor the accelerator and then slam on the brakes. That is my metaphor for what has been happening over the last few years. Back in March 2020, the government significantly increased the money supply to send money…

Kerby Anderson The road to a progressive utopia has arrived at disillusionment for so many in the younger generation. New York Post writer Kendall Qualls begins, “Your intentions were noble. You wanted to make the country and the world a better place.” The goal of this emerging generation was to “fundamentally change America” by attempting to align their values with liberal progressive goals. It seemed like the best way to deal with racism in this country was to support BLM and…

Penna Dexter Most politicians — even those with strong religious faith — don‘t necessarily make that the first thing they want you to know about them. They want to appeal both to voters who will trust them more because of their faith and also to those who will trust them less or who want faith and the Bible left out of politics. Politicians often publicly explain how their faith informs their position on a social issue, like abortion, or gay…

Kerby Anderson John Stossel recently did a video on the Covid deception. The reason for his latest documentary was the release of Senator Rand Paul’s book, Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up. He began the video by asking us to remember when the senator accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding China’s Wuhan virus lab. Fauci replied, “Senator Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about.” Stossel says the media loved it. Vanity Fair smirked, “Fauci Once Again Forced to Basically…

Kerby Anderson “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” That’s a phrase we often use that has been attributed to Everett Dirksen, though it is doubtful he ever said it. But let me suggest a variation of it. “A regulation here, and a regulation there, and soon you are talking about real money.” Over the years, I have talked about the economic costs of more and more regulations. Recently, a consumer watchdog organization calculated…