Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson There are many modern conveniences we take for granted. Near the top of that list is light. To be more precise, we take for granted artificial light, except when our lights go out. But light as a product illustrates the benefits of modern technology. A story in Human Progress explains how “light has turned from something too precious to use into something everyone can afford.” It used to take 10 hours a day for six days to produce…

Kerby Anderson Political correctness has been around for decades. But Victor Davis Hanson wonders if it is often used to mask failures in business and government. We certainly have seen major institutions over the last two years go woke. The leaders spend a great deal of time sermonizing and virtue signaling, perhaps to distract from their failures. He calls that the “Bloomberg effect.” The city of New York has difficulty clearing snow from the streets. Perhaps that is why the…

Kerby Anderson The last bastion of common sense and traditional values has been the military. But we are hearing some disturbing comments from several US generals and others in the upper echelon of the military. One of the guests on my radio program suggested that military leaders might not advance above the rank of lieutenant colonel unless they embraced the new woke mindset of the Pentagon. That may or may not be true, but it might explain why we are…

Kerby Anderson Rod Dreher has been writing about the plight of Princeton professor Joshua Katz, who has been attacked by students, faculty, and administration over his public dissent of attempts to give additional benefits to Princeton faculty of color (additional salary, sabbatical semesters). Dreher, as you may remember, is the author of the book, Live Not by Lies, which describes the similarity of Communist countries that attacked anyone who engaged in dissent from the totalitarian orthodoxy. That was what he…

Kerby Anderson Abortion is back in the news for a variety of reasons. This fall, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization based on the Mississippi pro-life bill. Also, the Texas legislature passed a “heartbeat bill” that became law. And Nancy Pelosi announced that the US House of Representatives will vote on the “Women’s Health Protection Act” attempting to enshrine abortion law. Many of us feel like we have been here before. In…

Penna Dexter Once in a while, a law is enacted that shocks us in the way it illuminates the difference between good and evil. This happened on September 1st when Texas’s new “Heartbeat Law” went into effect. Here’s what conservative writer and podcaster Matt Walsh said about it. “If you have ever had any doubts about which is the bad side in the culture war, this week ought to clear up your confusion. Leftists are mad — screamingly, deliriously mad…

Kerby Anderson If you look at some of the COVID numbers, you will find that the statistics defy the spin placed on it by politicians and the media. That’s the argument that Charles Cooke uses in his latest commentary. All you need to do is look at the chart linked to my commentary to see that any spin by Democrats or Republicans or media personalities is wrong. His opening statement is also his conclusion. “Two presidents. Fifty states. One-hundred-and-ninety-five countries….

Kerby Anderson A recent article based on a Herzog Foundation survey concluded that Christian schools vastly outperformed public schools. That shouldn’t be too surprising since students in Christian schools usually outperform students in public schools. But a closer look at the survey showed the results were measuring parental satisfaction rather than student performance. We have had more than a year of lockdowns and online education. A month ago, I quoted from a report from McKinsey & Co. that discovered that…

Kerby Anderson Once several Democrats returned to the state legislature, Texas was able to pass an election reform bill. A recent commentary by Dr. Merrill Matthews lays out some facts about election fraud. One problem is the deceptive way the media covers the issue. Reporters and TV anchors will say there is no evidence of “widespread voter fraud.” That’s not the issue. I have heard everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Barack Obama express doubt there is widespread voter fraud. Instead,…

Kerby Anderson President Biden’s intelligence community finished its investigation into the origins of the virus from China. As most of us suspected when the investigation was announced, the government report was “inconclusive.” To be precise, one agency did believe the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute for Virology, while two other agencies believe the virus originated in animals. Thaddeus McCotter reminds us, “This outcome was foreshadowed at the start by a statement from the Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines:…

Kerby Anderson Today is Labor Day. Although this day was set aside to honor trade and labor organizations, I believe it is a day when Christians can also consider how they view work and labor. The Bible has quite a bit to say about how we are to view work, and so I devote part of a chapter in my book, Making the Most of Your Money, to a biblical view of work. First, we are to work unto the Lord in…