Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson Today I want to talk about a subject that apparently both parties would rather not discuss. That’s entitlement spending. Rarely do voters want to talk about it either. In fact, whenever I do talk about it, I usually get a call from some listener who objects to calling Medicare and Social Security as “entitlement” spending. I explain that this is what the government calls it, so we must use accurate terms. Medicare is the federal health-insurance program for…

Kerby Anderson As we are learning more about transgenderism, the psychological conclusions validate some of the perspectives from authors I have mentioned in this commentary. Dr. Ryan Anderson wrote his book, When Harry Became Sally, to provide some perspective on the scientific, medical, and legal debates. Abigail Shrier’s book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, warned that young women identifying as transgender were likely doing so because of social contagion. She focused part of her book on the…

Kerby Anderson Apologies are important, especially when wrong actions hurt another person. That is why Kevin Bass, an MD/PhD medical student wrote an op-ed in Newsweek with the title: “It’s Time for the Scientific Community to Admit We Were Wrong About COVID, and It Cost Lives.” He supported authorities who called for lockdowns, vaccines, and boosters. But he admitted that “we in the scientific community were wrong.” He says part of the problem was the fact that: “We made science…

Kerby Anderson “To know only one country is to know none.” That insight by Seymour Martin Lipset is so important that Jonah Goldberg believes it should be pounded into the heads of every high school student. He suggests that: “Whenever you hear people talk about America as uniquely or exceptionally flawed—or superior—the first question you should ask is, “compared to whom?” He provides several examples. Yes, America has a murder problem. But it is worth putting that tragedy in perspective….

Kerby Anderson Nearly every controversy in the field of public education goes like this. An elite group of educators put together a radical curriculum for the students. Then other educators, politicians, or the public find out about it and ask for changes. Immediately the educational establishment claims that people with no understanding of education are censoring them. Then the establishment media begin to broadcast and publish stories about censorship in America. The latest example has been the College Board advanced…

Penna Dexter Lamenting the rise of censorship and speech controls, prominent First Amendment attorney and law school professor Jonathan Turley writes: “That alarming trend is no more evident than lawyers saying they “cannot breathe” in the presence of the exercise of free speech.” He points to the story of Robin Keller, an attorney with a distinguished career spanning 44 years, a partner at the global law firm, Hogan Lovells. Ms. Keller’s opinion piece, titled, “No Dissent on Abortion Allowed at…

Kerby Anderson With estimates that the federal deficit will increase this year, we are once again hearing comments about making the “rich pay their fair share.” Even if we set aside the moral arguments, there is still the reality that attempts to “soak the rich” haven’t generated the tax revenues promised by progressive politicians. To illustrate this, look at one of the most boring graphs in economics. If you plot federal government revenue as a percentage of GDP, you get…

Kerby Anderson Trade sanctions are apparently the favorite foreign policy tool of the Biden administration. I don’t disagree with that. Better to impose sanctions than to fight a war with an evil regime. But we also need some common sense when it comes to sanctions and export bans. A trade sanction is supposed to be a deterrent, but the verdict is out about how effective these are against a totalitarian regime. Unfortunately, a determined enemy will find a way to…

Kerby Anderson The Biden administration announced that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is rolling out a controversial facial recognition program at 16 of the largest airports. I have heard concerns about the dangers and misuse of facial recognition, so I decided to do some research. As you probably know, China and Russia use facial recognition to track their citizens. Would the implementation of facial scans at airports eventually spread to every sector of society? That is what some critics fear…

Kerby Anderson Since there is so much information and misinformation about the debt limit debate, I thought it might be worthwhile to put a few facts on the table. The US hit the debt limit last month when the debt exceeded $31.4 trillion. If you go to the debt clock website (www.usdebtclock.org), you will see the debt is now $31.5 trillion. For now, the government can use a few accounting gimmicks to briefly postpone the need for an immediate increase…

Kerby Anderson After two months of debates about classified documents, it seemed reasonable on my radio program to do a deep dive into the subject. One guest argued that we have a real problem in this country with over-classification. He is correct. The best estimate I could find calculates that the US government creates approximately 50 million classified documents each year. Why so many classified documents? Another guest suggested that was due to fear of repercussions. One expert I cited…