March 9, 2022

Here's the truth on Ukraine, as far as I can tell

First, and most importantly, virtually no one in the U.S. has got this right, including conservative outlets and pundits.  Putin's a thug, but he's an excellent politician and a strong leader.  And he's not crazy, as s...

June 17, 2020

Every Drop of Blood

America’s sin debt for slavery was paid for long ago. “Fondly do we hope -- fervently do we pray -- that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman...

May 17, 2020

Federalism’s Latest Champion

The further left you go in your politics, the more in favor you are of central government control rather than the sharing of power that is enumerated in federalism. The same, by the way, holds true for the right -- the further right you go, the more ...

January 7, 2020

Ask an Iranian

I saw my Iranian refugee friend Kaveh in church this morning and asked him what he thought of the killing of Qasem Soleimani. “I’m a little unhappy with it,” he said. “My wife’s unhappy, too. So are our parents in Teh...

December 2, 2017

Donald Trump's Secret Admirers

It is indicative of how completely the left has taken over our major public organs and institutions, including the press, the entertainment industry, and Higher Ed, that many are embarrassed to admit to others the secret we carry around in our hearts...

November 14, 2016

Exchanging Fake Greek Columns for Real Ones

President Obama visits Greece in three days, and is walking into hazardous territory, at least for the photo ops he was planning in the birthplace of democracy. In Greece, there is none of the cognitive dissonance about President Obama that one se...

November 13, 2016

Trump as Cyrus

There's  a really interesting story in the Old Testament that richly illustrates how God sometimes uses people who do not necessarily belong to him to further his goals for the human race. The book of Isaiah, chapters 44-45, talks about the ...