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Overheated political rhetoric has desensitized moderates to most ordinary political arguments. There are now few reliable weapons the two American major political parties possess which can influence moderates, on whom elections depend. Hypocrisy is one of those weapons – it is the nitroglycerin of American politics, able to explode at any time with incredible power … Continue reading »

In an interview with New Agora journalists Professor Wall and Info Crusader, former New Mexico Governor and eventual Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson was asked, in response to an article on Examiner.com which forecast his potential to win the presidency in November 2012, what it would take for him to become the 45th president … Continue reading »

Christians are often portrayed as killjoys who take the fun out of sex, while modern society blares the joys of an unrestrained sex life 24/7 from every media outlet imaginable. Christians, who oppose premarital sex, are mocked by a world which views virginity and marital fidelity with contempt, and maligned as “hating sex.” But, Christianity, far from … Continue reading »

This piece is dedicated to the young people of three great American movements: The Ron Paul campaign, the Campaign for Liberty movement and the Young Americans for Liberty movement. God Bless all of you. Many times over the course of my ongoing career as a high school teacher, I am confronted by fellow teachers and authority figures … Continue reading »

Past presidents have had many bizarre habits. Lyndon Baines Johnson used to conduct his business on the toilet. John Quincy Adams frequently skinny-dipped in the Potomac River. William Howard Taft got stuck in his own bathtub. Could any of these candidates have possibly survived a modern general election? It seems unlikely. After all, it was somehow considered newsworthy … Continue reading »

I believe in a God of love. I believe that God loves every one of His creatures with an infinite, burning love, and that He wants all His human creatures to be with Him in Heaven forever. That is precisely why I cannot support “popular” moral evils, such as homosexual activity. For I believe that love … Continue reading »

During the Cold War, a military strategy called Mutually Assured Destruction (also known as MAD) nearly led to the destruction of both superpowers of the era. The United States of America and the Soviet Union built hundreds of nuclear missiles, pointed them at each other, and threatened to devastate the other nation with those missiles if their demands were not met. This strategy kept a tenuous peace during … Continue reading »

Nowhere in the Constitution does the phrase “the separation of church and state” exist. (Thomas Jefferson first coined the phrase in 1802.) Yet there are many treat the term as though it is enshrined in the Constitution, and use it to attack those who use religious language in the public sphere. Those who bandy about the term … Continue reading »

As an ardent fan of the Minnesota Vikings and yet a citizen who hates to see taxes raised, the past couple months of debate surrounding the push for a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings has made me rather angry. It has become increasingly apparent that the two sides engaging in the debate, namely the … Continue reading »

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth… The extraordinary, the marvelous thing about Genesis is not how unscientific it is, but how amazingly accurate it is.

“A man who is made a prince by the favour of the people must work to retain their friendship;” – Niccolo Machiavelli

Most American voters base their voting decisions solely on economic considerations. The famous 1992 campaign slogan “It’s the economy, stupid!” still accurately describes the voting habits of most Americans.

I sit here in the morning finishing up reading the Bible, and there is a feeling I just can’t shake