Recent Viewpoints

Penna Dexter I read nearly every column Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker writes. I interviewed her for radio on her 2008 book, Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care. I loved the book and Kathleen struck me as a thoughtful voice for the center-right. I kept on reading her. I still do. These days I find myself disagreeing with Kathleen more than I agree with her. But I still read her columns because I like how she’s…

Kerby Anderson The latest research shows that Christian parents are sending mixed signals to their kids about living the Christian life. More than a decade ago, Probe Ministries surveyed born-again millennials and found that if parents had an inconsistent biblical view, their children would also have an inconsistent view. The only major exception to that would be for kids who got involved with a campus Christian ministry and grew in their faith. The latest research by George Barna illustrates this…

Kerby Anderson In a provocative commentary, Madeleine Kearns reminds us that “Cancel Culture Harms Us All.” She calls it “the persecution of one’s political opponents in the place of debate and the complete condemnation of those who make mistakes.” She has found that there are two common arguments against cancel culture. One argument is that cancel culture isn’t real and is “only an exaggerated right-wing talking point.” The other argument contradicts the first argument: people who are canceled deserved to…

Kerby Anderson Several educators have been injecting critical race theory into the classroom, but would you believe these ideas are even making their way into math classes? Apparently, it is happening and that is why the state of Florida rejected several dozens of mathematics books that contain “indoctrination concepts.” When politicians and pundits criticized the move, the Florida governor’s press secretary said these critics needed a “reality check.” She tweeted some math homework from a public school district in Missouri…

Kerby Anderson The synthetic drug, fentanyl, is responsible for as many as 100,000 overdose deaths. This is just one more reason why we need better border security. Fentanyl is produced mostly in China and then flown into Mexico. But there is now significant evidence that China is providing the chemicals to criminal drug networks in Mexico who then mass produce them as prescription pills. And drug cartels also lace the opioid into other drugs like heroin or methamphetamine. Fentanyl is…

Kerby Anderson In a podcast last month, White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested that the Biden administration will decide by August 31 about canceling student debt. The casual way she said it illustrates how casually the president is thinking about this. But the decision would be consequential. Charles Cooke says that if the White House were to go ahead and cancel all student debt, “it would represent one of the greatest political mistakes in modern American history. It would…

Penna Dexter Parents are increasingly raising concerns that public libraries are actively exposing their kids to sexual activities and reading material. But, when they complain about drag queen story hours and books that can only be described as pornography aimed at kids, smiling librarians assure them their libraries are simply committed to “free inquiry”. Indeed, Emily Drabinski, the recently-elected president of the American Library Association insisted in a TV interview that “There’s no big library agenda.” But there is an…

Kerby Anderson I have found that most speakers can tell you what question they receive most often. Melissa Cain Travis was on my radio program recently and said her most asked question is about the possibility of extraterrestrials. That makes sense since she often speaks on science topics that include a discussion of the vastness of the universe. The quick answer is that Scripture is silent on the possibility of other intelligent life forms in the universe. She reminds her…

Kerby Anderson For most of us, perception is reality. But there is mounting evidence that the perceptions of most Americans aren’t even close to reality. Two months ago, I talked on my radio program about a survey done by YouGov, an international research, data, and analytics group. I didn’t do a commentary on it at the time because there were so many other topics in the news. But now that the graph is showing up on social media sites, it’s…

Kerby Anderson The recent debates about free speech at Twitter have generated some excellent commentaries by liberals who wonder why others on the left are so opposed to the concept of free speech. One of those essays is by Jonathan Turley, Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He notes that, “Company boards have a fiduciary duty to do what is best for shareholders, which usually is measured in share values. Twitter has long done the opposite. It…

Kerby Anderson Here’s an economic prediction. The government will start encouraging you to buy bonds. If you think about that, such a proposition will be a tough sell since US treasuries pay around 2 percent when the inflation rate is 8.5 percent. Why would the federal government want more American citizens to buy bonds? I can answer that by citing two articles and one chart. The first article appeared in the Wall Street Journal and discussed how the US and…