A shadow is rising in the East. Actually, it’s the West. It’s rising in the West. But it did rise east of here over seventy years ago. Continue reading
Category Archives: Polity
What We Can Learn From Magneto
Last month we had Passover and Easter. We also had Holocaust Remembrance Day. We also had an announcement about a big Marvel film. We also had some significant events happen at Harvard.
This all brought to mind something I’ve been thinking about, and it has to do with a famous comic book character. Continue reading
Spotting Tyranny Before It Really Starts
So, we live in a democracy. We’ve seen tyranny around the world. Sometimes you see changes around you and ask, “will we have tyranny in our time?”
Tyranny doesn’t always happen overnight. Sure, a coup could happen overnight, but not without building support over time from a large number of people. So usually you have time to spot one. Continue reading
I Have One Election Prediction For Tomorrow
I have a big election prediction:
Regardless of what happens next Tuesday, Trump will claim an early victory, and then cast serious doubt on the counting at the end.
Jesus is Lord, and Neither Party Acts Like It
At first glance, it could not be any more clear.
Recently, Kamala Harris told Christians in her audience “you’re at the wrong rally,” when they declared “Jesus is Lord,” and J.D. Vance declared “Jesus is Lord” to a host of cheers and applause. If you believe Jesus is Lord, you should obviously side with the guy who says that, especially since your only other viable option is the woman who would kick you out for saying that. Continue reading
On the Myth of an Anti-War Trump
The other day a guy told me that it’s been so long since we’ve had such an anti-war president. I told him, “Yeah, it’s been a long time since Jimmy Carter.”
He said, “I meant Donald Trump.”
Is Trump anti-war?
“Drill Baby Drill” Won’t Fix The Economy
They always tell me, “do your own research.”
Actually, it’s usually, without punctuation, “its lies wake up America dont listen to the experts do your own research.” Or something like that.
So I did. I did my own research. It turns out that if you want the economy to get better, you can’t just start drilling for more oil and assume the price of everything will go way down. Continue reading
The “Journalist” Interview of Putin Wasn’t Just Bad—It Was Propaganda
You can accuse mainstream outlets like MSNBC of being “state-run” all you want, but the proof is in the pudding.
In WW2 A newspaper owned by a U.S. President would be bad, but a newspaper owned by Hitler would be worse.
Tucker Carlson has always been and always will be an opportunist who has no problem capitulating to a dictator rather than engaging in journalism that serves We the People.
And men like Putin know that he would only be useful until he needs to have them executed, because men like Carlson will always go wherever the wind blows them.
The popularity of such a “news” personality should concern you greatly. If Russia ever successfully invaded the U.S., Tucker Carlson would be among those who would gladly shake hands with a dictator and volunteer to be his personal spokesperson. Because he already has.
So if he’s bad for our country, and we want to be a healthy democracy, our solution is to refuse to watch him, and address the serious problem of those who do watch him. That is why one should never apologize for ridiculing, mocking, and exposing fans of his material. This isn’t about opinion or taste in television. It’s about duty to your fellow man.
As to John Stewart, John Oliver, or Stephen Colbert, whether you like them or not, they excel at reminding us the emperor has no clothes.
Men like Tucker Carlson will bend over backwards to tell a naked king, “what fine threads you have.”
On the Unfolding/Continuing Israel-Palestine Conflict
A couple Sundays ago my 11-year-old told me that he learned about the war happening in Israel and how he wanted to pray for them.
Then he said, “And God will always take Israel’s side, right?” Continue reading
The Relevant Sting of John Grisham’s The Appeal—Book Review
There’s good beach reading and there’s bad beach reading. I found a copy of John Grisham’s The Appeal at a beach condo this year and elected to read it, having never heard about it before. While Grisham’s legal thrillers aren’t the most literary around, you can always count on them to be well researched and executed. This is no less true of his sprawling 2008 novel.
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