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November 2023

November 29, 2023

The Psychology of Political Violence

The brutal attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians were shocking. Also shocking was the cheering...

March 2023

March 21, 2023

Truth in Labeling

A writer observes that since "liberal" denotes freedom, tolerance, and individualism--values not typically honored today...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

Other Parallels with Orwell’s Ministry of Truth

The Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board is being compared to the Ministry of Truth in...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

The Left’s Culture War

Conservatives and Christians are associated with the culture wars. But the most aggressive culture warriors...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Identity Politics on the Right?

Now that the Left has adopted identity politics, the mindset of intersectionality, and the rhetoric...

September 2020

September 10, 2020

The Futility of Coercing or Punishing Belief

Historically, some religions and governments have tried to compel people to hold a certain belief...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

The Left Discovers the Second Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms is usually thought of as a conservative issue....

June 19, 2020

Power and Moral Purity

The anti-racism protests are a repudiation of moral relativism, which is healthy. Human equality and...

June 01, 2020

USA as a “Failed Social Experiment”?

Riots sparked by police violence, protests against the COVID-19 shutdown, economic devastation, political dysfunction, and...

May 2020

May 20, 2020

Bourgeois Leftists

Today's leftists tend to be from the affluent middle class, while the rightists tend to...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

The Left’s Hatred of Capitalists

Bernie Sanders says that the socialism he favors is the freedom-loving, pro-business, we're-all-in-this-together welfare state...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

How the Left Can Help You Be Religious

Writer and radio host Dennis Prager has written a hilarious--but also dead serious--essay entitled How the...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Trouble in the Church of Intersectionality

If intersectionality has become a religion, it may be on the verge of schism. The principle...

September 2018

September 14, 2018

What Would a “Progressive” Foreign Policy Look Like?

The Democrats think they have a good chance to pick up the House of Representatives...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

With Ocasio-Cortez, Dems Consider Bernie Sanders Too Conservative

The victory of a 28-year-old avowed socialist over a long-time Democratic congressman in a New...

July 05, 2018

Plans to “Violate the Norms” to Build a “Lasting” Progressive Regime

Even as Democrats denounce President Trump for violating political norms, some of their number are...

July 02, 2018

Communism Is Back in Fashion

As progressives are moving further and further to the left, some are not stopping at...

June 2018

June 04, 2018

Christianity without Redemption or Forgiveness

We have blogged about how intersectionality--the fellowship of all of the oppressed under the unity...

May 2018

May 04, 2018

The 200th Birthday of Karl Marx

May 5 is the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. Seldom have the ideas of one...

March 2018

March 23, 2018

Islam & Intersectionality

According to the leftist tenets of intersectionality, the interlocking dynamics of power and privilege mean...

March 07, 2018

Intersectionality as Religion

To understand today's leftists--including why they shut down free speech on university campuses--you need to...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

The Marxists at the Gun Range

You might see some folks wearing red bandanas around their necks shooting their AK-47s at...

November 2017

November 15, 2017

Only Christians Can Be Atheists and Only Atheists Can Be Christians?

Ernst Bloch was a Marxist--indeed, a Stalinist--who believed that Christianity is the inspiration for the...

October 2017

October 16, 2017

Why Leftists Are Now Silencing Liberals

Campus leftists have long been silencing conservative speakers. Now they have started to silence liberal...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

Liberalism’s obsession with language

Camille Paglia is a feminist, a leftist, a lesbian, an atheist. . . .And yet...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Intersectionality

If you are going to understand and navigate the complexities of oppression, victimhood, and political...

February 20, 2017

And now the conservative Generation Z

Forget Millennials. A new generation is coming of age: Generation-Z. It's being heralded as the...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

What’s been missing at the Democratic convention

What's been missing at the Democratic National Convention? (1) American flags. The first night, there...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

Are Christians responsible for the Orlando shooting?

The left is blaming Christians for the Orlando attack on gays and lesbians, while defending...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Back to protests, riots, and May Day demonstrations

Protesters, mostly Hispanics, rioted at a Donald Trump campaign event in Orange County last weekend....