Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment practices have been in the news for some time. But there is growing evidence that the popularity of ESG mandates is fading. Alison Schrager writes that “The ESG Bubble is Bursting.” Sure, individuals would like to invest in corporations that reflect their values, but she says, “what counts as virtuous is rarely cut and dried.” Vivek Ramaswamy warns “How Woke Capital Politicizes Your Retirement.” He explains that politics have quickly come to…

Kerby Anderson If I could summarize the questions many political strategists are asking, it would come down to one question, ‘Will the voters notice?’ They may notice the problems around them, but will voters connect these policies to the politicians? Victor Davis Hanson reminds us that we live in a country that “obsesses over whether biological men can compete in women’s sports as transgendered males.” Many of us live in cities where “crime is spiking at levels not seen in…

Kerby Anderson For centuries, marriage was defined as one man and one woman. But various states and then the Supreme Court in its controversial 5-4 decision ruled that every state must recognize same-sex marriage. That was not the end of the debate. The House of Representatives recently passed the deceptively named Respect for Marriage Act to codify the Supreme Court decision. There are many good reasons to reject the concept of same-sex marriage, which I recount in our Point of…

Kerby Anderson Since the passage of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, the president along with the supporters of the bill claim that it will reduce future drug prices. Let me emphasize the word “future” since there isn’t much hope that expensive drug prices will drop any time soon. The act does contain eight provisions that have the potential of reducing future drug prices. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been given new powers to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies….

Penna Dexter Under the current administration, the United States is becoming an exporter of the Gender Identity Revolution.  Last June, President Biden issued an executive order which instructs agencies of the US government to take steps to stop “conversion therapy,” which mostly involves counseling or  psychotherapy to reveal underlying issues that may contribute to someone’s distress with their biological gender. It’s used to avoid the implementation of drastic, risky, and often irreversible measures to try to bring “gender congruity” to…

Kerby Anderson Erwin Lutzer calls for Christians to take a bold stand for Christ in a collapsing culture in his new book No Reason to Hide. He says we should not be complicit with the culture, nor should we be complacent in the culture. Instead, we should be courageous. He identifies all sorts of threats coming at Christians from the culture. Most of them are from outside the church, though some have made their way inside the church. One chapter…

Kerby Anderson Many economists are talking about an impending debt crisis. They also feel it is hard to get our attention since the US has been in debt for years. But what is on the horizon is unprecedented. If you look at total public and private debt, it is 370 percent of GDP. Economic research concludes that when this debt load exceeds 300 percent, problems begin to develop in the economy. We may not have a crash (though many are…

Kerby Anderson When the New York gun control law went into effect earlier this month, two politicians made some statements that deserve some rebuttal. New York Governor Kathy Hochul claimed, “This whole concept that a good guy with a gun will stop the bad guys with a gun, it doesn’t hold up. And the data bears this out, so that theory is over.” At the same press conference, New York City Mayor Eric Adams implied that more concealed carry permits…

Kerby Anderson Once students were back in school, Jeremy Adams decided to write a five-part series that proposed ideas for fixing American education. What I found so surprising was how many of his ideas had less to do with teachers and the classroom. For example, his first idea was to “ban cell phones in class once and for all.” When he was a guest on a radio program recently, he described what he called “one of the seismic changes to…

Kerby Anderson It is tempting to believe that life on earth is getting worse each day. The news media will highlight one catastrophe after another. But environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg says that the “inconvenient truth” is that there is quite a bit of good news about the environment. Weather disasters are in the news. The latest flood, storm, wildfire, or heat wave makes headlines and are routinely covered even in the local news. Yet the facts show that our world is…

Penna Dexter In 2000, certain professional baseball teams began holding LGBT-themed “Pride Nights” which have promoted and financially supported LGBT non-profits. Over the past twenty years, 29 of the 30 Major League Baseball teams have hosted such events, with many doing so every year. The one holdout — the Texas Rangers — has refused to give in to shakedown efforts from some powerful LGBT charities. Kudos to my hometown team. The Rangers have so far resisted threats by LGBT activist…