Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson Before the election, I would often do a feature on “problems the next administration will face no matter who is elected.” Now we know that it will be a Trump administration that will face these issues. One of the most difficult to resolve will be federal deficits. Lyn Alden (author of Broken Money) has written about this and appeared on the Fox News program “Making Money with Charles Payne.” Federal deficits are hard to fix for many reasons….

Kerby Anderson Yesterday, I talked about some of the tests Glenn Beck proposes in his new book Propaganda Wars. The first three are the “liar-liar test,” the “what is a woman test,” and the “egg-throwing gorilla test.” If you don’t know what those are, you might consult the transcript for yesterday’s commentary. His fourth test is the “bias test.” People and institutions are more likely to cite facts that support their ideological or religious views. If a secular, liberal news…

Kerby Anderson Propaganda Wars is the newest book by Glenn Beck. His opening chapter has a “Welcome to Clown World” section that will cause most readers to shake their heads and roll their eyes. His chapter on “The Propaganda Industrial Complex” is a warning for all of us to use discernment when using media. His later chapters address the problem of deepfakes and various other forms of deception. One chapter that will be helpful to you is how to discover…

Kerby Anderson As December 2024 is winding down, many Americans begin to think about their finances. First, they are considering what donations they might make before the end of the year. Second, they are looking to 2025 and thinking about developing a financial plan. Unfortunately, many of us don’t get past just thinking about developing a plan. If you are eager to put together a sound financial plan, I recommend Forging Financial Freedom by Chad Hufford. He sets forth seven…

Penna Dexter The troubled Boeing Company got a new CEO in August. Early on, Kelly Ortberg began winding down DEI at Boeing. DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion — has been around for decades. Diversity requires the elevation of immutable differences — like race, age, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. Equity —often mistaken for equal opportunity — emphasizes equal outcomes. In favor of achieving these, employee merit is necessarily de-emphasized and therein lies the seed of DEI’s failure. After…

Kerby Anderson The Western world is facing a birth rate crisis. Wilfred Reilly says these young adults resemble captive panda bears who must be persuaded to mate. He cites a psychological study that revealed that roughly 50 percent of young men have never or almost never approached a woman to ask for a date. Even if men and women get married, they are less likely to have children. The fertility rate has been dropping for decades. That is why Edward…

Kerby Anderson Decades ago, Ronald Reagan observed, “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.” This is the challenge that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy face as they lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The two of them explained their plan to reform the government in their Wall Street Journal op-ed. They are assisting…

Kerby Anderson Gerard Butler wrote in the Wall Street Journal that he hopes that “Four More Years of Trump May Make America Normal Again.” He begins with the Hans Christian Andersen story of the “Emperor’s New Clothes.” A small boy calls out the truth in the charade. Gerard Butler points to five items of invisible attire we have had to wear for too long. First is “the idea that people who have stolen into this country illegally should be showered…

Kerby Anderson As we all know, this country is carrying a national debt of $36 trillion. The Bible warns us about debt. Proverbs 22:7 says, “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a servant to the lender.” We need to do something rather than ignoring our debt problem. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has proposed that the US put together a bitcoin strategic reserve. She has introduced the BITCOIN Act in the last session of Congress and will…

Kerby Anderson Now that we are in the last month of the year, let me recommend what you may want to plan to do in 2025. I would recommend you read through the Bible in one year. Here are two resources from Pastor Jack Graham that will help you do that. First, he is the author of the new book, The Jesus Book. He provides ten chapters that will help you read through the Bible. He begins by helping us…

Penna Dexter Many times, over the past decade or so, I have muttered under my breath: “The Emperor Has No Clothes.”  The phrase of course is from Hans Christian Anderson’s tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” in which dishonest “tailors” provide a vain king with garments, clothes that don’t actually exist. The swindlers explain that they are weavers of fabric that would be “invisible to anyone who was unfit for his office, or who was unusually stupid.” Naturally, the king buys…