April 2, 2017

Co-opting Jesus' Name

The American progressive Left frequently decries the use of the name of Jesus Christ for political gain. I've heard this personally in conversation and read it in many articles, and the condemnation is often intense, claiming that co-opting Chris...

October 19, 2015

<em>The Martian</em>: Ode to Humanism

[Some spoilers ahead.] Throughout its two hours and twenty-two minutes of near non-stop tension, The Martian brims with one consistent message: humanity, through science, can accomplish anything. Mark Watney (Matt Damon), an astronaut, is stran...

March 17, 2015

Hillary Clinton, the Single Player

Enough has already been said about Hillary Clinton's current predicaments regarding her completely unsecured "home-brew" email server allegedly operated out of her home, in direct violation of the Federal Records Act. Amid the nois...

July 13, 2013

Bottom-Up Government

Ron Fournier in the National Journal recently wrote about "The End of Government as We Know It." His piece centers around the theories of a writer named Nicco Mele, author of "The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath." Mele states...