Well folks, the 2010 Values Voters summit just concluded and I've got to be honest: It makes me sad. Mostly, I think it arises from the knowledge that, in a vast percentage of cases, people are not binary in terms of being "good" or "bad". The same mindset that pervaded the Values Voters Summit seems to me as if it would have resulted, several generations ago, in opposing the Civil Rights Act, before that equal rights and suffrage for women, and before that, the emancipation of slaves. … [Read more...]
How to Solve the Trade Deficit – Part IV
August 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
This is part of my special on How to Solve the Trade Deficit. You can read Part I, Part II, or Part III if you missed them. The Increased Competition for Jobs Is Domestic, As Well You mention that standards of living have fallen, despite gains in things like iPods with 25,000 songs and the ability to connect instantly through the Internet. The thing is: In many respects, it isn't true - standards of living haven't fallen - unless you fit one specific demographic, which we'll talk about in a … [Read more...]
Which Supreme Court Justice Are You? (I’m Anthony Kennedy)
August 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I just took the test rated highest for accuracy answering the question "Which Supreme Court Justice Are You?". Turns out, like the famous world's-smallest-political-test I took the other day, I really am a centrist. I match Justice Kennedy 72% of the time, and he is the swing vote on the court that makes most of the decisions. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts were close runners-up based upon my answers. The criticisms from the far right of Kennedy are that he … [Read more...]
Graphic: Teen Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Collapsed Over the Past 30+ Years
August 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I told you all an article Shocking Facts About Abortion in America that the younger generations are more conservative on issues like pregnancy than our parents and grandparents - we get married later, get pregnant less, and have higher rates of education. As I've said, generally speaking things are getting better and better in America (we have more free time now than any generation that has ever lived). Some believe this is partly the result of aggressive sex education and health classes … [Read more...]
Shocking Facts About Abortion In America (And the Drop In Christians as a Percentage of the Population)
April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Instead of writing the next chapter of the book I'm working on, as I should be, I am playing We Rule and studying statistics and demographic data from various nations around the world. I'm not exactly sure how this began, but somehow or another, I ended up in databases and that started my research. What I found was fascinating. Apparently, the per capita and absolute abortion rate in the United States has been dropping like a stone for the past 20 years. In fact, as recent as 2008 (the … [Read more...]
Does Religion Have a Responsibility to Look to Science?
March 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Here's an interesting question: Does religion have just as much responsibility to examine scientific evidence as it does religious tradition and scriptural text? Put another way: Throughout history, religion taken as a whole has lagged behind scientific discovery and development, only to redefine itself decades, or even centuries, later. In the case of Christianity, the Bible, specific passages in it, as well as long religious tradition were used to justify: Slavery (not only of … [Read more...]
The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah
September 10, 2009 By 3 Comments
Discussing the Sin of Sodom at a Family Dinner After we left St. Louis, I stopped by to visit family and spent an afternoon at my grandmother's house having dinner, discussing politics, and Christianity in general. The conversation was great and had many of the same topics that the younger generation of Christians have been discussing on everything from abortion rights to international trade. One of the things that came up was how often Christians spout scripture that they believe they … [Read more...]
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