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Some Thoughts on Halloween and Ray Bradbury2
- Culture, Literature
- October 31, 2022
In 2015, blogger Amanda Russo posted a humorous piece “Why Halloween Is Actually A Pretty Weird Holiday.” As Russo says, on Halloween we encourage our kids to take candy from strangers. We threaten our neighbors with “Trick or Treat.” We spend a chunk of change buying and giving away sugary treats, often to people we
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Forget the hysteria about ‘forced pregnancies.’ What about forced abortions?2
Blonde is a controversial recent film about Marilyn Monroe. It’s a dark and queasy film about sexual exploitation – the story of how a stunningly beautiful woman was chewed up and spat out by Hollywood. Even the positive reviews – and there aren’t many of them – say that the graphic sex in Blonde makes it hard to
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Cut the Calories and the Screens to Cut Some Weight1
Stand a random American on a scale, and odds are we’ll find someone overweight or obese. Increasingly, America is a nation of men, women, and children where the word husky is a compliment. Many statistics confirm this expansion of our waistlines: More than 42 percent of adults over the age of 20 are now officially
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The Quest for the Best: Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?2
- Culture, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2022
The claim that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is an expression of philosophical relativism. It confuses and conflates goodness, truth and beauty with preference, prejudice and opinion. Preference has a kinship with prejudice and is often kindled by it. It can distort our ability to see beauty. Many young people prefer rock
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Judge Blocks New York’s Ban on Guns in Church—for Now0
A federal judge last week stopped New York state officials from enforcing the part of a new gun law that bans firearms from places of worship, at least temporarily. The Oct. 20 ruling is a small but important Second Amendment victory for New Yorkers and advocates of self-defense in a state that largely has been hostile to
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Beware Mama Bears5
The Presbyterian church where I once taught homeschoolers was located in a suburban neighborhood of Asheville filled with medium-sized houses and well-tended yards. And with its broad lawn and surrounding woods, the church was a place of tranquility. Except when the bears decided to pay a visit. Black bears roam much of western North Carolina,
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The Deleted Scene From Superman II That Made It a Much Better (and Darker) Movie3
- Culture, Entertainment
- October 27, 2022
One of my early childhood memories is watching the movie Superman II on television. One scene in particular left an indelible impression. The film’s villains, three Kryptonians named Zod, Ursa, and Non, terrorize a rural town. A boy rides off on a horse to get help. Zod, the leader, sees the boy trying to escape. At that
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Google and the Woke Morality Police Cancel Anti-Porn Apps1
In the latest skirmish in the cancel culture wars, Google is booting apps for fighting porn addiction off its app store. In a little-noticed move last month, the internet behemoth removed Covenant Eyes and Accountability2You from the Google Play Store. Google dropped them after journalists from Wired, a technology magazine, alleged that they violated Google’s malware
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Why I Don’t Trust the Medical System18
- Science
- October 26, 2022
After dragging my feet for more than half a decade, I begrudgingly made a clinic appointment for a physical this year. Checking in and talking with a nurse, I then waited alone in the doctor’s examination room, daring to pull down my mandated mask. But then the doctor entered—wearing a pin listing her pronouns—and she
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