The problem of homelessness is like all of the problems our society is facing today; a problem of liberalism. For liberalism at its heart is a rejection of God. Which, of course, is the foundation of all of our problems. The current trendy rejection of God when it comes to homelessness is a concept called…
Category: The Left
Anointed with the Oil of Gladness
With the loss of the Vietnam War, Watergate, stagflation, the mainstreaming of drug use, and the Jimmy Carter-led American malaise, the 1970s is not a prime candidate for nostalgic memories. Yet one thing stands out when looking back to that decade; liberals had a sense of humor. Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury poked fun at everyone–liberals and…
Gimme All Your Money: The Trap of Progressive Liberalism
During its 1980’s resurgence, the Texas band ZZ Top released its Eliminator album, which contained the hit single, Give Me All Your Lovin’. The chorus went like this: Gimme all your lovin’, all your hugs and kisses too,Gimme all your lovin’, don’t let up until we’re through. Reviewing the song’s lyrics as I write this,…
The Role of the Laity in the PCA’s Battle Against the Nations
The Role of the Laity in the PCA’s Battle Against the Nations Introduction Those of us in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) have seen denomination after denomination, including our previous denomination—the PCUS, succumb to the attacks of raging nations (Psalm 2) on the church. And no matter what the points of attack have been,…
Lov Gov 2
Imagine the government personified. Not a bunch of people trying to meddle in our lives, but just one. That is what the Independence Insitute has done with Lov Gov, two great series of videos highlighting what a mess government really is these days. Watch Lov Gov 2 Episode 1 above.
What Do I Mean by Energy Efficiency? Let Me ‘splain it to You
I liked “I Love Lucy.” One of my favorite things in the show was when Lucy would get in trouble and Ricky would tell her that she had some “‘splaining to do.” A friend and I had a brief discussion on Facebook about energy efficiency. And it reminded me how twisted the definition of ‘efficiency’…
In Europe, Free Speech Bows to Sharia
The primary goal of the left today appears to be suppression of speech. Which makes total sense of your goal is to eliminate your opponents. All you have to do is to get their ideas labeled as hateful, get a mob to shout them down, get the press to denounce them and their ideas, get…
Bombs A-Weighed
Mark Steyn makes a point almost nobody else is making connecting the suppression of free speech with the rise of civil discord and violence: The absence of a wide degree of vigorous free speech leads to “hate acts”, to violent societies where, in the absence of a culture of dissent, the state thinks nothing of,…
The Caravan to Nowhere
If you can get the (almost) open borders Wall Street Journal to support closing the border, you know something big is afoot: The reality is that bowing to this migration blackmail would produce an American political backlash that would damage the cause of legal immigration and a humane refugee policy. Think of Germany’s Angela Merkel…
How Liberals Handed the Midterm Elections to Republicans
The headline over at the Transom this morning is “The Border is the October Surprise.” The October Surprise, of course, is an event one party or candidate waits until the last minute to make public in the hopes of shifting the the election outcome in their direction. The Transom quotes from Sohrab Amari’s article on…