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April 2023

April 28, 2023

A List of Bureaucratic Assaults on Religious Liberty

What does the federal bureaucracy have against religious liberty? A list of proposed regulations at...

March 2023

March 14, 2023

The Revolution of ChatGPT

There is a major new development in online technology: ChatGPT, a chat system that uses...

March 10, 2023

Oklahoma’s Second Thoughts about Marijuana

In 2018, 57% of Oklahoman voted to allow medical marijuana with no restrictions. Now the...

March 07, 2023

Euthanasia for All

If there is a "right to die," then that right must extend to everyone. Not...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

And now the “Transabled”

Some people have the desire to be physically disabled--to be blind, deaf, paralyzed, or an...

January 17, 2023

COVID’s Impact on American Religion

Have churches recovered from COVID? Now that the panic has died down, has attendance and...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

Augustine on Abortion, Miscarriage, & the Law

St. Augustine wasn't sure when life began, but, contrary to how pro-abortionists are trying to...

October 18, 2022

The Hippocratic Oath vs. the New Medical Oaths

From time immemorial, physicians have sworn to "do no harm." Of course, they have also...

October 17, 2022

Sterilizing Children

"Gender affirming care" for children who want to be a different sex is a defining...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Cannabis as the New Opioids

Marijuana in the 60's had a THC level of just 2%. Breeders raised that to...

August 2022

August 26, 2022

Rest of the World Is Turning Against “Transitioning” Children

The UK, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, and Australia are turning against transgender medical treatments for...

May 2022

May 13, 2022

The Most Successful State in Handling COVID

The state that fared best with COVID was Nebraska, even though that state had no...

May 12, 2022

Canada Is Euthanizing the Poor

Legalized euthanasia in Canada was originally for the terminally ill, but it has since been...

March 2022

March 11, 2022

A Pro-Life Vaccine?

Novavax is an anti-COVID vaccine that has been submitted to the FDA for approval. Already in...

March 01, 2022

Headed to Fortress Australia

Today we start our flight to Australia to visit our daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. Due...

February 2022

February 17, 2022

Masks as Veils

As mask mandates are rescinded, some experts say that wearing masks should continue even after...

January 2022

January 03, 2022

Anti-Vax Trump Supporters Turning Against Trump

Trump has become vocal in touting his administration's achievement in developing the vaccines and in...

November 2021

November 24, 2021

The Consequences of Plagues and Pandemics (part 2)

The Black Plague of the 14th century contributed to the rise of economic and political...

November 23, 2021

The Consequences of Plagues and Pandemics (part 1)

The Bubonic Plague, also known as the "Black Death," wiped out nearly half the population...

November 11, 2021

“Worker Rebellion”

Many of the "essential workers" lauded in the early days of the pandemic would lose...

September 2021

September 15, 2021

Where We Are with COVID

When will the COVID pandemic finally be over? "The Science" can't give us definitive answers....

September 13, 2021

The Vaccine Mandate & Ruling by Decree

President Biden's vaccine mandate raises enormous constitutional problems. But his supporters don't seem to care,...

August 2021

August 19, 2021

Vaccine Hesitancy

The biggest categories of the vaccine hesitant are not evangelicals but Nones, not Trump supporters...

August 04, 2021

When Medical Schools Can’t Teach Biology

Woke culture is now going beyond the humanities and the social sciences to the hard...

August 02, 2021

Vaccination Statistics by Age

You can break down COVID vaccination statistics by race, politics, and religion. But you can...

June 2021

June 14, 2021

What If Science Caused the Pandemic?, Part II

Americans have lost faith in the government, business, schools, the media, and the church. What...

June 11, 2021

What If Science Caused the Pandemic?, Part I

We are told to trust science, follow the science, and make decisions according to science. ...

May 2021

May 17, 2021

Declaring Victory over COVID

Some are hailing the CDC's new ruling that the vaccinated no longer need to wear...

March 2021

March 16, 2021

Vaccines, Vocation, and Competitive Agency

Many American Christians lack the neighbor-centered ethic and the understanding that God works through other...

March 15, 2021

Why Won’t Evangelicals Get the Vaccine?

Evangelicals have the highest rate of hesitancy to get the COVID vaccine than any other...