Religion and Politics
I just talked with a friend who ended up reconnecting with some high school friends from 40 years ago. They've all been having regular Zoom meetings and catching up on family, children, and other life events. But my friend lamented that they don't talk about religion...
Congressman Introduces Creeper Act 2.0
There are some things you'd rather not talk about in polite company but when public health and safety are at stake, good citizenship requires us to do so. Such is the case with child sex dolls. These are life-like dolls meant for sex and they're distributed worldwide,...
China Cracking Down on Hong Kong
Chinese communists are once again cracking down on democracy in Hong Kong. Four pro-democracy members of the legislature were ousted after China's top lawmaking committee said the provincial government could kick out any elected official considered a threat to...
Election Results = Rejection of Identity Politics
Democratic Political consultants are busy trying to figure out what when wrong in the election. Even though they apparently won the presidential race, it was by no means a landslide or a mandate. Democrats were supposed to pick up a couple dozen seats in Congress, win...
Red Wave Washes Over Kentucky
Republicans had a successful election night nationally, adding multiple U.S House of Representatives seats and taking or maintaining control of 55 out of 99 state legislative chambers. Two of those chambers are the Kentucky House and Senate where we saw Republicans...
“Stop the Steal?”
There are many charges of election fraud in battleground states and they should be investigated. Fair and honest elections are critical to stable democracies. Both parties should realize that compromising election integrity undermines the validity of the government....
SCOTUS Hears Important Religious Liberty Case
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court gives us some insight into America's political divide and a hint as to why voters in middle America voted Republican. The city of Philadelphia is suing Catholic Social Services because they refused to place foster children in homes...
Elections Can’t be Bought
Money can buy a lot of things, but one thing that it can't buy is an election. Consider that Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate raised $315 million as they tried to flip races in Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas. But it didn't pay off...
Veterans Day Observed
Today is Veteran's Day. It was originally known as Armistice Day which marked the silencing of the guns of WWI on November 11, 1918. Now we honor all our veterans who've ever served in our armed forces. National defense may be something we take for granted but in a...
Polls Wrong Again
Once again, the political polls were way off. The presidential race was supposed to be a Biden landslide. Democrats were supposed to win the U.S. Senate and pick up several seats in Congress. As it is, Republicans picked up six seats in Congress and held the Senate....
