Thoughts on Obama
While I’ve tried to veer away from politics per se, it’s important to stare our culture in the face from time to time and think about who we are as a nation. The impact of decades of teaching that all...
View ArticleWorldview Weeks 16 & 17: Metanarratives
I’m blogging through a worldview class I’m teaching for our homeschool coop through the next year in this series of posts. Each week I’ll post a class outline and notes. What is a metanarrative? Within...
View ArticleWhy are liberals so rude?
Why is it that liberals feel no qualms about being rude? Far too many people who are perfectly polite and courteous, otherwise, think nothing of insulting you for not sharing their political opinions....
View ArticleIs Technical Progress Human Progress?
“Up and to the right.” It’s the coy name a lot of folks give to those ubiquitous charts that always show up in every presentation. The line always seems to move up and to the right. If we were to chart...
View ArticleA (Progressive) Message from the Future
Hey sweetheart, it’s Rob. I’m gonna be coming home late tonight. There’s a storm coming up the Jersey shore and they’re expecting the Turnpike to be under water for a couple of hours. So the tunnels...
View ArticleThe Wrong Side of History
“If you oppose gay marriage, you are on the wrong side of history.” “If you oppose climate change legislation, you’re on the wrong side of history.” “If you oppose equal pay for equal work, you’re on...
View ArticleProgressive Xenophobia Rising
Every now and then an incident occurs that so completely exposes the worldview of the person involved that it deserves to become iconic (whether or not it actually does). One particular incident stands...
View ArticleProgressive Borg
In the common mind, conservatives are those who want to enforce a common set of values, a common idea of “perfect,” a common belief system, and a common way of life. The meme against conservative...
View ArticleThoughts on Obama
While I’ve tried to veer away from politics per se, it’s important to stare our culture in the face from time to time and think about who we are as a nation. The impact of decades of teaching that all...
View ArticleWorldview Weeks 16 & 17: Metanarratives
I’m blogging through a worldview class I’m teaching for our homeschool coop through the next year in this series of posts. Each week I’ll post a class outline and notes. What is a metanarrative? Within...
View ArticleWhy are liberals so rude?
Why is it that liberals feel no qualms about being rude? Far too many people who are perfectly polite and courteous, otherwise, think nothing of insulting you for not sharing their political opinions....
View ArticleIs Technical Progress Human Progress?
“Up and to the right.” It’s the coy name a lot of folks give to those ubiquitous charts that always show up in every presentation. The line always seems to move up and to the right. If we were to chart...
View ArticleA (Progressive) Message from the Future
Hey sweetheart, it’s Rob. I’m gonna be coming home late tonight. There’s a storm coming up the Jersey shore and they’re expecting the Turnpike to be under water for a couple of hours. So the tunnels...
View ArticleProgressively Blind
If there’s one point any observer of the modern world can settle on, it’s this: conservatives are ignorant, while progressives are smart. On everything from global warming to gun control, conservatives...
View ArticleEquality of Outcome and the Human Spirit
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:27 is, mostly likely, one of the most often referenced verses in my...
View ArticleThe Ultimate End of Equality of Outcomes
A consistent leftist egalitarian would recognize that there is no principled ground for not taxing every red cent of either the wealthiest “one percent” or, for that matter, of that earned by anyone...
View ArticleThe Re-education Solution
China has decided that Christianity, Islam, and other religions are not a social or legal problem, but rather a mental one — so they are committing Christians, Muslims, and other religious believers to...
View ArticleEruption of Tyranny
This last week, Mr. Obama moved himself from the category of duly elected officeholder under the Constitution of the United States to plain old tyrant — for what he did, and what he said, bears no...
View ArticleFalse Correlations
Take a look at the following chart. If I told you the red line is the annual value of a world stock market index, you’d quickly see the desirability of knowing what the blue line represents. Whatever...
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