Reflections on God … Man … Life
Opinions on contemporary political happenings and the workings of civil government.
And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man. [Genesis 9:5-6] In October of 2002, Washington, DC, and its suburbs were targets of terror. I know. I lived there. For three weeks, everyone wondered if stopping to pump gas in your car would be the last thing you did… Read more »
Predictably, there are apologists out there who are insisting that Nidal Hasan became “unhinged” due to post-traumatic stress, and that his religious beliefs played little or no role in his actions. When critics point out that Hasan never participated in the war personally, they say it was the result of hearing all the stories from those who had—sort of a secondhand post-traumatic stress. Let’s review what we know of his actions, since more evidence comes out daily. First, he was… Read more »
This is the face at which most Americans will be staring today. He’s a mass murderer who was wounded by those he attacked [initial reports said he had been killed]. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army major, went on a rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas. The last count I heard was that he had killed 12 people and wounded another 31. Now, the one salient fact in this massacre is that Hasan is a Muslim who spoke openly about the right… Read more »
Last night, I spoke at the Polk County (FL) Republican Executive Committee meeting. The focus of the talk was the importance of being principled and having the character necessary to carry out those principles. My approach was basically an overview of how Republicans have fared in those two areas over the past century. There were highs and lows in that historical survey. The conclusion was that three things are needed right now if the Republicans ever hope to direct the… Read more »
It’s now official. The Nobel Peace Prize has lost all remnants of credibility. Not that it had much to begin with, but the bestowal of this award on Barack Obama has made it clear that a person doesn’t have to do anything to win it. Well, talking a lot and apologizing for one’s country might help, but it isn’t mandatory. This is even worse than Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. It’s now obvious that celebrity is the benchmark… Read more »
The United States Constitution doesn’t say one word about education. That may surprise some people. The Founders didn’t consider government—at least at the federal level—to be the source of education. The 10th Amendment made it crystal clear [if only we would see the obvious intent of that amendment so clearly today] that whatever authority was not found in the Constitution was left to the states and to the people, respectively. Educational authority is not found there. Yet even if we… Read more »
We’re now going to engage Iran in “talks.” The president seems to believe that talking will solve all problems. This is based, I believe, on his worldview, which doesn’t truly recognize the Biblical doctrine of evil. Instead, he feels that whatever problems the world faces are the result of misunderstandings. Well, I do think he misunderstands some things. There are evil people in the world who cannot be talked out of their evil designs. One of them is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,… Read more »