In politics–as in business or sports–there is more than one way to come out on top. If you’re a person of honor, solid moral character, and talent, then you work hard, compete vigorously and fairly, and succeed on your merits. But…
It’s been said that with faith, all things are possible. But here, in the real world, basing policy decisions on faith leads to real problems. Indiana’s new Religious Faith Restoration Act (RFRA) is garnering a lot of media attention—social and traditional.…
The Republican party has lost its moral compass. Yesterday, 47 U.S. Republican senators sent an open letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The letter, which was the “brainchild” of freshman senator, Tom Cotton, was designed to undermine…
There’s been a lot of buzz in the news over the past couple of days regarding measles and vaccines. After both Rand Paul and Chris Christie each stumbled on the subject, I was please to see Hillary Clinton weigh in on Twitter…
Mike Huckabee is worried that the United States has become a “secular theocracy.” But what could that even mean? Consider the definitions of those words: secular (adjective): denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis theocracy…
Oklahoma state representative, Todd Russ (R-Cordell) has introduced House Bill 1125, an act relating to Oklahoma marriage licenses. If passed, the bill would effectively end marriage licenses for anyone other than heterosexual Christians and Jews. While the law does not explicitly specify that…
Ready for a Mike Huckabee 2016 run for the White House? I suspect one is in the works, at least the preliminarily groundwork. Each week, the software running this blog site automatically checks all the links in every post, looking for broken…
If you like the idea of living in the “Theocratic States of America,” you may be pleased with today’s Supreme Court decision. Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Christian-owned Hobby Lobby chain store is exempt from certain provisions of the…
So, the current batch of myopic, partisan, tea-puppets have “achieved” a government shutdown. It’s difficult for me to understand how any thinking, rational legislator with our country’s best interests in mind would actually strive for a government shutdown. However, it’s very…
Syria has been on my mind a lot the past few days. And it’s been on lots of folk’s minds. My good friend, Chris Alexander, just posted on Facebook a very well stated explanation of why we should not rush…