Musings on Christmas
George Washington cautioned in his Farewell Address that “reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
Culture
Hazardous Holiday Traditions
The Associated Press published an article warning against the health hazards of using fireplaces. Yes, holiday fireplaces are cozy. Yes, they’re festive. Yes, fireplaces have existed within our hominid culture ever since Adam discovered he had no belly button. But…
How history keeps wrecking the “take Christ out of Christmas” crowd
Every December, right on schedule, someone announces with great confidence that writing “Xmas” is a sinister attempt to erase Christ. Cue the outrage, the memes, and the self-appointed guardians of seasonal orthodoxy. And every year, history calmly clears its throat, raises one eyebrow, and says: “Actually… no.”
Heritage American vs Creedal America
An American believes in the American Creed, assimilates, and accepts America as a common heritage and a personal trust.
The Wolf, the Myth, and the People Who’ve Never Lived in the Woods
There’s a reason our ancestors didn’t hold hands, light candles, and sing to wolves. They eradicated them. Not out of ignorance, not out of cruelty, but out of lived experience. Wolves weren’t abstract symbols on a Patagonia catalog; they were competitors, livestock killers, and a direct threat to survival.
A Nation of Responsible Citizens or a Nation of Subjects: The Constitutional Right to Self Defense, Part II
Americans are raised to believe that safety is a service provided by the state, like water or electricity. Something you pay for, something that flows on demand. It’s a comforting idea—and completely false.
Perhaps We Should Start Telling the Unvarnished Truth Instead of Hiding Behind Euphemisms
It was with some amusement that I saw the screen blurb screen captured to the right in Wednesday morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer “Newsletters” section of their website main page. When schools move ‘tough-to-teach’ kids | Morning Newsletter by Paola Pérez | Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 6:00 AM EST It’s not unusual for students to switch …
Three Artists Killed, One Common Thread
Famous people die every day – not because they are at greater risk than anyone else, but just because nobody lives forever, and there are more famous people now than ever before. It is therefore difficult, and dangerous, to try to read too much into celebrity deaths.
Christmas as an Act of War; Part II
If you want to understand Christmas like the New Testament does, you don’t start with December 25. You start with war; Just not the kind fought with steel and blood
Police malpractice in shootings; Remember the cowards of Broward and Uvalde? They are everywhere now
This weekend, the global intifada against Jews (for now) visited Australia. A Muslim father and son turned attacked a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.
I Hate It When Lawyers Try And Tell Me The Law
Even though he is a lawyer, it’s still likely he doesn’t know the law.
Christmas as an Act of War; Part I
Christians don’t need gimmicks to believe the Bible—but we do need to stop reading it like modern people who assume the universe is silent. The biblical authors didn’t.
Why the Seizure of The Skipper Was Perfectly Legal — And a Blow to Maduro, Iran and Hezbollah
An 1100 foot oil tanker called The Skipper was sitting off the coast of Venezuela, when the U.S. Coast Guard boarded the vessel and took possession of ship, cargo and crew, launching an international chorus of hand-wringing, microphone-grabbing, and camera-mugging.
Gently, Humbly and Patiently
Because we’re so zealous for righteousness, truth, and the truth of God’s Word, we can sometimes become somewhat smug, under the banner of the old adage, “Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth.”
Today’s Democrats and Their Baffling Empathy for Drug Cartels & Criminal Aliens
If today’s Congressional Democrats were around on Dec. 7, 1941, I wonder if they would have voted against declaring war on Imperial Japan—the nation that attacked the American Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing 2,403 Americans.
The Promotion of Gambling by Professional Sports Leagues is Stupid and Dangerous
Athletes like Pete Rose and Paul Hornung and Alex Karras have been suspended or banned from their sports over gambling, Mr Rose’s suspension lasting until after his death. The “Black Sox scandal” of 1919 occurred when eight members of the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, allegedly for a payment …
Enough Is Too Much
As a nation, we have had enough…enough corruption, enough treason, certainly enough sedition, enough investigations with not enough indictments.
Importing Chaos; The paradox of nation building
In an ambush near the White House, West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom was killed and Andrew Wolfe wounded. Charged is 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan who worked with CIA-backed units during the war in Afghanistan.
Time for Trump to Invoke the Monroe Doctrine and Liberate Venezuela
President Trump and the modern populist conservative movement have campaigned on ending the forever wars, and are proud that they’ve started no new conflicts (so far, anyway) during either Trump term.
Give Us This Day Our Daily Pumpernickel
Meredith is a good Catholic woman. A mother of three. A pillar in her church. So, I can only assume this story about her father is true, since good Catholics never lie.