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May 2016

May 11, 2016

Thomas Jefferson was the Worst and I Would Have Voted For Him

Thomas Jefferson was a cad, a fool, and was totally naive about revolutionary France. As...

May 03, 2016

Have we all become a strumpet’s fool?

There was a time when a sneer of the elite was about "middle class morality,"...

May 02, 2016

Three Signs that the American Polity is in Trouble

No nation lasts forever. The United States of America nearly fell apart in the Civil...

April 2016

April 10, 2016

Being #NeverCruz is Too Precious: Why I Might Vote Cruz

Warren Throckmorton is a good man and as a leader in taking down liars and...

April 08, 2016

How Donald J. Trump Can Win

Donald J. Trump will never be President of the United States, but he can still...

April 07, 2016

Eisenhower, the Domino Effect, and Vietnam as a Just War

April 7 marks the day when Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of our most underrated Presidents,...

April 06, 2016

How Qualified is Secretary Clinton?

Yet again people are chatting about how Secretary Clinton is the "most qualified" person to...

April 03, 2016

Mrs. Clinton: You are a Human, You Have a Right to Life, and the Constitution Has Nothing to Do With It

Secretary Clinton is (sort of) right when she says the "unborn child does not have...

April 02, 2016

So Things Are Not So Bad. . . Right?

I feel cheerful and I am afraid to admit it. I learned a very big...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Miracles, Belief, Politics, and a Sane Life

Miracles in a Sane Life I once watched a person run from a meeting cursing...

March 21, 2016

Give Us A King or Give Us Liberty?

God loves to teach His people because He wants us to become adults. We cannot...

March 16, 2016

Screams of Agony! Get Out of Politics Now! But no . . .

Things are going badly for traditional Christians in the present Presidential race. They are going...

March 15, 2016

Brokered Convention or Not Tuesday: Live Blog

Donald J. Trump is the weakest front runner in my lifetime. Tonight will determine if...

March 13, 2016

Trumpism: How am I responsible?

A person I respect challenged me the other day over "Trumpism." Why have so many...

March 11, 2016

God save the Republic from Demagogues and Rioters

My social media is suddenly full of white nationalists crowing over a coming race war.Why?...

March 10, 2016

Miami Heat: The Republican Debate

This is the weekend before the Tuesday that will determine if there will be a...

March 08, 2016

Tuesday Night at the Election: Live Blog

Here we go . . . again. Together we will watch the returns to answer...

March 07, 2016

So Help Me God: Not Donald Trump

It happened twice. The speaker asked the people gathered to raise their right hand and...

March 06, 2016

Nancy: the Strength of Subordination

Nancy Reagan is dead. She is not the last of her era, George H.W. Bush...

March 05, 2016

Sometimes We Are All Chockers: Peter, Lincoln, and The Rest of Us

This is not really about politics. The other day Donald Trump said that "Little Marco"...

March 04, 2016

The Hands Campaign: Why It Matters

Dr. Ben Carson is famous for his book and film Gifted Hands. The neurosurgeon featured...

March 03, 2016

GOP Debate: Michigan Live Blog

Normal live blog rules: this is an immediate response to events as they unfold. Bias...

March 02, 2016

Post-Super Tuesday: Going to the Convention and a Split Party

Ben Carson is out and the brokered convention is now more likely than not. This...

March 01, 2016

Super Tuesday Live Blog

The first major returns in delegate terms come tonight. Here is my own view as...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

How I Will Vote: Ten Guidelines from President James Garfield

Tomorrow I will vote in the Texas Republican Primary. I told my team yesterday that...

February 28, 2016

Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?

The old joke has an answer: "Who is buried in Grant's tomb?" Nobody. Grant is...

February 27, 2016

On Locke This Presidential Year

America exists because of John Locke. There are reasons, of course, but this Republic owes...

February 25, 2016

Remember the Alamo: Live Debate Blog

Remember the experts who told you that Trump would fade in the Fall? These same...

February 21, 2016

Under the Plane Tree: Where Desire Meets Power

Love cannot abide the abuse of power. Or so it seems to me after a...

February 20, 2016

After South Carolina: The Undiscovered Country with a Brief History Lesson

Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary building on his New Hampshire win. He is...